Data Center News
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New Era Energy & Digital disclosed a $116 million standby letter of credit supporting Phase 1 power for its West Texas AI data center campus and says it is now pursuing hyperscale tenant leases directly.
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DOE is backing FERC reforms that would push PJM to assign more new generation and grid-infrastructure costs to data centers and other large electricity users that drive the need for them.
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Wood Mackenzie says four-hour battery storage is now cheaper than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 markets it modeled. AI data-center demand is helping push turbine costs higher, but four-hour batteries still have real duration limits.
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MIT researchers are using machine learning to increase data-center server utilization, reduce software waste, and get more useful computing from hardware already installed.
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Finland ordered environmentally altering work paused at Google’s planned Muhos and Kajaani AI data center sites while environmental-impact reviews are completed, creating a permitting test for Google’s $15.1 billion Finnish infrastructure expansion.
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Applied Digital reported $341.9 million in fiscal Q1 revenue, up 322% year over year, as its AI-factory and high-performance-computing data center business scaled rapidly.
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AirTrunk is investing another $1 billion in its 300+ MW TOK1 campus in Japan, using liquid cooling to turn hyperscale cloud capacity into high-density AI infrastructure.
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What is Power over Ethernet? Learn why Bitcoin mining sites use PoE for cameras, Wi-Fi and sensors, how PoE standards work, and why ASIC miners need separate kilowatt-class power.
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What is SNMP? Learn how Bitcoin mining sites use SNMP to monitor switches, PDUs, UPS systems, environmental sensors, and the network infrastructure around ASIC fleets.
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Goldman Sachs now sees U.S. data-center capacity reaching 64 GW by end-2026 and 90 GW by end-2027 despite grid constraints and growing local opposition.
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A UPS is more than a battery. Learn how standby, line-interactive, and online double-conversion UPS systems protect data centers between the utility grid and backup generators.
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Aragón has attracted more than €60 billion of expected data-center investment. Here is how fast permitting, power, fiber and water turned the Spanish region into an AI infrastructure hub.
