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The global surge in data center development, driven by AI, cloud adoption, and 5G, is shifting focus toward emerging markets. While these regions offer compelling benefits like less competitive land pricing and shorter power delivery timelines, the long-term financial viability of a data center hinges on one critical, often-underestimated factor: future power cost volatility. Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) is the industry's cornerstone efficiency metric. However, relying sol

The story of electricity generation in the United States is a tale of innovation, ambition, and adaptation. From the first flickers of incandescent bulbs to the massive, invisible power that fuels our digital lives, the way we generate electricity has constantly changed. This journey reflects our nation's growth, our technological advancements, and our evolving understanding of the world around us. Today, we face a new and powerful demand: the relentless energy needs of data

The surge in renewable energy demand has transformed specific geographic areas into "High-Demand Zones" (HDZs) —regions critical for utility-scale projects due to superior solar insolation, wind resources, or proximity to transmission infrastructure. In these HDZs, calculating a fair and financially sound land lease rate is no longer a matter of simple comparable sales. It requires a sophisticated, data-driven analytical framework  that accounts for true project value, risk,

This week in data center news, the relentless demand for AI infrastructure  is fundamentally reshaping the market, driving massive investments, key acquisitions, and unprecedented technological shifts for developers. The necessity of advanced cooling and power  took center stage: Eaton Corp's nearly $10 billion acquisition of Boyd Thermal signals a major consolidation around liquid cooling solutions . Simultaneously, the urgent need for high-density power is being met by inno

While utility-scale solar developers face mounting interconnection delays and complex federal tax incentive timelines, data centers are experiencing unprecedented energy demands. This convergence has created a unique opportunity: direct, behind-the-meter (BTM) energy partnerships  that bypass traditional utility bottlenecks entirely. The fundamentals make perfect sense. Data centers  require massive amounts of reliable, clean power to operate their facilities. Solar developer