Data Center News
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Chinese researchers report 3.2 Pb/s of real-time data transfer through a 24-core, 10.3-km optical fiber. Here’s what is independently documented, and what remains to be verified.
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NERC’s October 21 filing asks FERC to approve new owner and operator registration categories for qualifying AI data centers and Bitcoin mining sites at 50 MW and 100 kV.
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Four companies could receive up to $389 million in proposed CHIPS research awards for fusion power semiconductors, GaN AI power delivery, and high-purity quartz.
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Meta reserved early access to up to 1 GW of proposed space solar power from Overview Energy. Explore the 2028 orbital trial, 2030 delivery goal and technical challenges.
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Vertical Semiconductor signed a letter of intent for up to $73 million in CHIPS R&D funding to develop vertical GaN chips and demonstrate a proposed 2.5 MW AI rack. Funding and efficiency targets are not final results.
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TeraWulf expands its revolving credit facility to about $400 million as utility power guarantees become central to its Kentucky data-center development.
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Crusoe’s new $700 million financing backs the generators planned for its AI facilities. Learn how behind-the-meter power and equipment-backed lending work.
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FingerMotion plans to buy Newbit’s 9.9 MW Alberta power-site rights for $2.3 million. Here’s what the agreement includes and what remains pending.
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Learn how data center technicians inspect, install and verify rack blanking panels to limit hot-air recirculation without blocking equipment intakes.
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Core Scientific closed its $444 million Polaris DS acquisition, securing 440 MW of grid-connected Oklahoma power as it plans an expanded AI data center campus.
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Texas suspended at least 17 data-center construction stormwater authorizations and paused automated permit approvals. What changed, what the permits cover, and what remains unresolved.
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Endeavour and Trevi Systems plan to use recovered AI data center heat for forward-osmosis desalination. Explore the proposed water yields, how the technology works, and what must be proven.
