Data Center Construction at Midyear: Demand, Friction, and Building Discipline
Data center buildouts are booming in 2026, but challenges like power, labor, and community concerns demand innovation and collaboration.
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Prometheus’ 1.5 GW Texas Data Center Plan Tests Private Power
Data center developer Prometheus Hyperscale is betting that the fastest way to put AI compute in West Texas is to avoid an…
Zayo Locks Up Corning Fiber Capacity for AI Network Buildout
Telecommunications firm Zayo is reserving manufacturing capacity with Corning for a material portion of the fiber it expects to need through 2030,…
PJM Strategy Targets Data Center Growth, but Policy Gaps Remain
PJM Interconnection envisions a power system in which data centers drive most new electricity demand, but its five-year strategy begs a critical…
AI Infrastructure Pushes Data Center Capex Forecast Above $3 Trillion
AI infrastructure spending is forecast to push global data center capex beyond $3 trillion by 2030, driven by hyperscalers and AI-specialized clouds.…
EdgeCore Says Data Centers Should Pay Their Own Power Costs
EdgeCore Says Data Centers Should Pay Their Own Power Costs. 6 Min Read. Picture of Mesa Campus via EdgeCore. EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure…
Micron Puts $10B Behind US AI Memory Research
The new Idaho research hub will target memory, compute, and packaging as AI systems push existing technologies.
AI Data Center Networking: Scaling Up, Out, and Across with 102.4T Ethernet
As AI clusters scale and network silicon becomes the bottleneck, next-generation switching architecture targets latency and multi-site connectivity.
House Bill Would Put Federal Electricity Tax on Data Centers
A new House bill would impose a federal excise tax on electricity consumed by data centers, targeting facilities with more than 1…
Nvidia Backs OpenAI’s Ohio Data Center Buildout With $105B Guarantee
The chipmaker is tying its financial support to long-lived infrastructure and the residual value of the hardware that will operate within it.…