ERCOT's Fast-Track Grid Wins Data Centers as Texas Solar and Storage Surge
Energy

ERCOT's Fast-Track Grid Wins Data Centers as Texas Solar and Storage Surge

As ERCOT's fast-track interconnection draws data centers to Texas, Georgia Power, Antora Energy, ComEd and ib vogt push ...

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Ex-rental broker Igal Feibush's $15B bet on Pennsylvania AI data centers
Real Estate

Ex-rental broker Igal Feibush's $15B bet on Pennsylvania AI data centers

The former Citi Habitats co-founder turned a Carlisle, Pennsylvania horse farm into PAX-1, one of the state's largest pr...

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Heineken's Heat Battery, BP's Solar Exit and an FCC Inverter Ban: This Week in Cleantech
Energy

Heineken's Heat Battery, BP's Solar Exit and an FCC Inverter Ban: This Week in Cleantech

A renewable heat battery for a Portuguese brewery, 90 GW of data center power plans, a $7.6B grant reversal and BP's sol...

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Equinix Nearly Doubles Capex Outlook as AI Inference Demand Accelerates
Technology

Equinix Nearly Doubles Capex Outlook as AI Inference Demand Accelerates

Equinix raised 2026 capex to as much as $6B and lifted long-term revenue growth targets, betting the AI shift from train...

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Google Backstops Anthropic’s $15B Data Center Deal with Lease Guarantees
Companies

Google Backstops Anthropic’s $15B Data Center Deal with Lease Guarantees

Google is providing billions in lease guarantees for AI startup Anthropic’s use of a massive new Texas data center campu...

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Meta Reveals $279 Billion in Future Data Center Leases as AI Buildout Accelerates
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Meta Reveals $279 Billion in Future Data Center Leases as AI Buildout Accelerates

Meta disclosed $278.99 billion in new lease obligations for AI data centers, a 53% jump from last quarter, signalling an...

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TC Energy Posts $987M Q2 Profit, Bets $400M on Data Center Gas Demand
Companies

TC Energy Posts $987M Q2 Profit, Bets $400M on Data Center Gas Demand

Pipeline giant TC Energy reported a 18.5% jump in second-quarter net income to $987 million and approved two new expansi...

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Meta's Stock Plunges 6% as AI Spending Fears Overshadow Revenue Surge
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Meta's Stock Plunges 6% as AI Spending Fears Overshadow Revenue Surge

Meta's Q2 revenue soared 28% to $60.8B, but a disappointing Q3 outlook and surging AI investments sent shares down over ...

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Aon's Q2 Revenue Climbs to $4.25bn on Data Centre and Construction Surge
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Aon's Q2 Revenue Climbs to $4.25bn on Data Centre and Construction Surge

The brokerage giant reported 5% organic growth, driven by data centre construction and strong client retention, even as ...

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Bloom Energy Revenue Tops $1 Billion as AI Demand Fuels 165% Growth
Companies

Bloom Energy Revenue Tops $1 Billion as AI Demand Fuels 165% Growth

Fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy smashed expectations with a $1.07 billion quarter, lifted full-year guidance, and swung to ...

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Nvidia and OpenAI Plan $500B+ Supersized Data Center in Ohio, the World’s Largest
Technology

Nvidia and OpenAI Plan $500B+ Supersized Data Center in Ohio, the World’s Largest

Nvidia and OpenAI are negotiating a 10-gigawatt data center project that would cost over $500 billion, far exceeding any...

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Applied Digital Secures 150MW Lease with CoreWeave at North Dakota Campus
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Applied Digital Secures 150MW Lease with CoreWeave at North Dakota Campus

Applied Digital has landed a major lease with cloud provider CoreWeave for additional capacity at its Ellendale facility...

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SpaceX's Orbital Data Center Plan Slammed as 'Dumb' by Analyst
Technology

SpaceX's Orbital Data Center Plan Slammed as 'Dumb' by Analyst

Analyst Peter Zeihan calls SpaceX's orbital data center idea 'dumb,' citing radiation, cooling, and up to $250B in costs...

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Liquid Cooling Gains Ground in AI Data Centers, But One Size Doesn't Fit All
Technology

Liquid Cooling Gains Ground in AI Data Centers, But One Size Doesn't Fit All

Next-generation AI chips produce too much heat for air cooling alone, pushing data centers toward liquid systems. But op...

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A Single Fallen Power Line Revealed How Data Centers Can Destabilize the Grid – Here's the Fix
Technology

A Single Fallen Power Line Revealed How Data Centers Can Destabilize the Grid – Here's the Fix

A fallen line in Northern Virginia caused 3.1 GW of data centers to disconnect simultaneously, sending voltage spikes ac...

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Virginia Groundwater Study Warns New Data Centres Cannot Rely on Strained Aquifer
Technology

Virginia Groundwater Study Warns New Data Centres Cannot Rely on Strained Aquifer

A long-withheld state scientific study finds eastern Virginia's groundwater is too constrained to sustainably support an...

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New York’s Data Center Moratorium Risks Sending $600B Hyperscaler Boom Elsewhere
Real Estate

New York’s Data Center Moratorium Risks Sending $600B Hyperscaler Boom Elsewhere

A one-year freeze on large-scale data centers could drive billions in investment to Texas and Virginia while New York cr...

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Japan's Data Center Boom Sparks NIMBY Backlash as Lawsuits Target Zoning Gray Zone
Real Estate

Japan's Data Center Boom Sparks NIMBY Backlash as Lawsuits Target Zoning Gray Zone

Local communities are pushing back against the rapid spread of AI data centers in Japan, with lawsuits in Chiba prefectu...

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From Strip Clubs to Data Centers: Developer’s $10B Imperial Valley Plan Hits Legal and Water Roadblocks
Real Estate

From Strip Clubs to Data Centers: Developer’s $10B Imperial Valley Plan Hits Legal and Water Roadblocks

Sebastian Rucci’s push to build a 950,000-square-foot data center in California’s Imperial Valley has triggered lawsuits...

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Colorado River Hydropower Output Plummets as Data Center Demand Surges, Setting Up Cost Crisis
Energy

Colorado River Hydropower Output Plummets as Data Center Demand Surges, Setting Up Cost Crisis

The Wayne N. Aspinall Unit is producing nearly 30% less power than its historic average, while federal regulators fast-t...

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