Data Center News
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U.S. data centers could face a 33-gigawatt power shortfall through 2028, according to Morgan Stanley’s latest estimate, even after accounting for accelerated solutions such as onsite generation, fuel cells and nuclear power. The bank raised its estimate for incremental U.S. data-center demand from 68 GW to 97 GW. Its model counts 21 GW of facilities…
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Nscale, an AI infrastructure company that emerged from Bitcoin miner Arkon Energy, has filed for a New York Stock Exchange IPO after rapidly expanding its compute, data-center and power footprint.
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xAI is building toward nearly 2 gigawatts of AI computing power across its Greater Memphis and Southaven infrastructure, turning the Tennessee-Mississippi state line into one of the world’s largest concentrated AI compute projects. Mississippi announced more than $20 billion of xAI investment in Southaven in January. The company’s MACROHARDRR data center is part of a…
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Alibaba is planning one of the world’s largest AI infrastructure expansions, targeting more than 20 gigawatts of global data-center capacity by 2032. CEO Eddie Wu announced the target at Alibaba Cloud’s Apsara conference as the company prepares for rapidly rising demand for artificial-intelligence computing. Twenty gigawatts puts the announcement firmly in power-grid territory: the AI…
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GlobalFoundries and Marvell are expanding U.S. silicon-germanium manufacturing capacity in Vermont as AI data centers demand faster, more efficient optical networking.
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SOS Limited is reporting higher hosting revenue while outlining a much larger data-center ambition, connecting its existing cryptocurrency infrastructure business with a proposed expansion into AI and cloud computing. The company reported hosting revenue of $7.501 million, up 15.3%, while it evaluates a proposed data-center campus on Indonesia’s Bintan Island. The project has been described…
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Hut 8 has emerged as the winning bidder for two West Texas data-center sites formerly operated by bankrupt Bitcoin mining pool Poolin, offering $140 million in cash and other consideration for the Pyote and Tarbush facilities. The auction result is a major new infrastructure development following Hut 8’s broader Texas expansion, but the transaction is…
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Luxor Technology has launched Luxor AI, extending its Bitcoin mining hardware, energy, compute-market and software experience into full-stack AI and high-performance computing infrastructure.
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Ethernet has advanced from megabit office networks to 400G and 800G data-center fabrics. At ECOC 2026, the Ethernet Alliance is demonstrating interoperable 1.6T Ethernet technology as the industry prepares for another major bandwidth step.
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Hut 8 says it supports Texas’ new data-center standards as the state tightens expectations around grid reliability, water conservation, community impact and infrastructure costs. The response is especially relevant because Hut 8 grew from Bitcoin mining into a broader energy and digital-infrastructure platform and is now developing one of Texas’ largest AI data-center campuses. Texas…
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Texas has placed new scrutiny on the infrastructure pipeline supporting large data centers, a development with direct implications for Bitcoin miners competing for the same substations, transformers, transmission capacity, powered land and water resources. Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to pause permitting associated with data-center projects while the Electric Reliability…
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Canaan says an approximately 8 MW Nordic district-heating installation built around its hydro-cooled Avalon A1566HA Bitcoin mining systems is now fully online, turning ASIC heat into hot water for roughly 2,800 homes. The September 24 update marks a significant milestone for a project Canaan first detailed in May. At that point, approximately 2 MW of…
