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This week's data center news highlights the intense pressure and shifting dynamics within the industry, underscoring the critical need for strategic planning in power, resiliency, and community engagement . NVIDIA's achievement of 100% renewable electricity  across its operations sets a new sustainability benchmark for the AI chip sector, signaling that clean energy is now a competitive necessity for major AI infrastructure clients. Concurrently, the AWS outage in Northern Vi

The competition for prime land in the United States has never been fiercer. As the digital economy expands and the clean energy transition accelerates, data centers and utility-scale solar farms  are increasingly vying for the same parcels of land. Both require vast acreage, robust infrastructure, and specific environmental conditions, creating a complex challenge for landowners, developers, and investors alike: determining the "highest and best use." Traditional land valuati

The global data center industry is undergoing a massive transformation, driven primarily by the explosive growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI), creating urgent demands for revolutionary power solutions and infrastructure. Recent major industry developments underscore this shift: Brookfield Asset Management is investing up to $5 billion to deploy Bloom Energy's on-site fuel cells, providing a rapidly deployable, behind-the-meter alternative to the aging grid. This move, alon

Ohio has definitively moved from an emerging data center market  to a national powerhouse. A recent economic impact study out of the...

The booming demand for new energy infrastructure—from utility-scale solar and wind to power-hungry data centers —is exposing the...

Battery arbitrage represents one of the most promising revenue streams in the modern energy market. This strategy involves storing...

In the dynamic landscape of the data center industry, recent developments highlight a significant acceleration in growth and...

The energy landscape is changing faster than ever before. Data centers are scaling across the globe, solar projects are surging in development pipelines, and battery energy storage systems (BESS) are becoming essential for grid reliability. The convergence of these three forces— solar, data centers, and BESS —represents one of the most transformative opportunities for developers, investors, and energy market players. What makes this combination so powerful? When deployed t

The data center market  has been long defined by mega-scale, massive, centralized hyperscale projects that serve as the backbone of the...

In the race to build the next generation of data centers, success hinges on three things: power, land, and connectivity . While power and...

This week in data center news, we're seeing major developments that highlight the industry's rapid evolution, from massive new projects...

This month, the data center industry is buzzing with new partnerships and developments that address the escalating demands of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. From innovative cooling solutions to strategic campus expansions, companies are finding new ways to boost efficiency and capacity. Johnston Controls is focusing on greener data centers with technologies that reduce energy and water consumption, while Nokia and SuperMicro have teamed up to deliver integrated,

President Trump's Thursday night gathering with Silicon Valley's most powerful leaders at the White House wasn't just diplomatic...

Artificial intelligence is reshaping industries at breakneck speed, but behind every machine learning model and neural network lies a massive energy appetite. AI data centers are consuming electricity at unprecedented rates, creating both challenges and opportunities that will define the next decade of energy infrastructure development. The numbers are staggering. A single ChatGPT query requires nearly 10 times more energy than a traditional Google search. Training advanced A

Data centers are growing not just in size, but also in operational intelligence, sustainability, and efficiency. This expansion is driven by global enterprises investing heavily in new facilities, thereby expanding their digital infrastructure and redefining IT power and management. This transformation is influenced by new legislation and technological breakthroughs, meeting the rising global demand for better performance and reduced environmental impact. This week, we dive i

Updated Sept. 2, 2025 Data Centers  have earned their place in the digital economy with their increasing demand over the last decade. As LandGate data forecasts, the data center market has become a vital pillar in supporting the digital revolution and is expected to grow 51.4% over the next decade, doubling power capacity till 2029.  Texas stands out as the second largest data center market within the United States and is an increasingly attractive location for new data cente

The renewable energy sector faces a significant paradox: soaring demand for clean energy collides with formidable transmission...

The American energy sector stands at a crossroads. Between 2025 and 2030, the industry faces an investment requirement of approximately...

The burgeoning growth in data centers is not merely characterized by an increase in physical scale, but by a profound shift towards...

Substations around the country serve as critical, yet increasingly strained nerve centers of an aging power grid, and with continuous...