DOE Retreat on Transmission Corridors Tests the Case for Building Ahead
Developers of data centers can obtain gigawatts of electricity even before the construction and authorization of a transmission line. The discrepancy is…
Category: Data Center
AI Rack Density’s Real Limits: Power, Cooling, Failure Risk
Over several years, every successive era of technology has incorporated greater computing power into smaller areas. The trend towards maximum performance in…
Data Center Backlash Reaches the Ballot Box
A review by Data Center Knowledge found that at least 18 current officeholders lost elections between August 2025 and August 2026 after…
QumulusAI Scales GPUs, but Powered Capacity Sets the Pace
QumulusAI increased its number of deployed GPUs by over three times in the second quarter, as it brought contracted computing capacity into…
‘Out of Hyperbole’: Nvidia’s AI Boom Tests Data Center Infrastructure Limits
“I’m running out of hyperbole and adjectives.”. That was analyst Steven Dickens, CEO and principal analyst at HyperFrame Research, reacting to Nvidia’s…
How Data Centers Are Using AI to Run Cooler and Smarter
Data center operators are racing to build capacity for AI workloads, and as they do, they are increasingly deploying AI to run…
PJM’s Power Shortfall Puts Data Center Growth in Focus
PJM’s latest capacity auction left the RTO 6.8 GW below its Reliability Requirement for the 2028/29 delivery year, increasing pressure on the…
OpenAI Moves Energy Planning Inside Data Center Organization
OpenAI is moving energy planning within its data center development organization, signaling that power technologies and flexible computing are converging into a…
DOE Keeps Eddystone Power Plant Online Amid Data Center Demand Surge
The Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered PJM Interconnection and Constellation Energy to keep 760 MW of generation at Pennsylvania’s Eddystone Generating…
Liquid Cooling Options: RDHx, Direct-to-Chip, Immersion
As AI and high-performance computing (HPC) drive up server power densities, data centers are turning to liquid cooling to remove heat more…