Can Large-Load Flexibility Ease Data Center Energy Concerns?
Can data centers stabilize energy grids rather than strain them? Large-load flexibility could be the key to reducing blackouts and costs.
Category: Data Center
Data Center Hardware Highlights: August 2026
The latest in data center infrastructure – from power and minerals to networking, CPUs, and rack-scale AI systems – shows the stack…
For High-Density AI, Available Data Center Space May Not Be Usable
A 5 MW data center buyer recently approached more than 10 North American operators seeking capacity for 140-160 kilowatts per compute rack.…
Home-Based GPU Networks: Viable Supplements to AI Data Centers?
A very physical problem is blowing up the AI boom. Communities overwhelmingly do not want the massive data centers required to support…
Amazon Explores Grid Connection for 8,000-Acre AI Campus
The project combines a planned private energy generation complex with an AI data center and has drawn national scrutiny over its potential…
Sunrun, Voltus Bring Home Batteries Into AI Capacity Push
Sunrun’s Voltus deal adds residential batteries to the capacity options available to AI hyperscalers, but distributed resources cannot solve every physical grid…
APAC Data Center Pipeline Surges as AI Pre-Leasing Tightens Supply
Asia-Pacific’s data center development pipeline reached a record 26.5 GW in the first half of 2026 as investment in AI and cloud…
PJM’s New Deal for Data Centers: Bring Power or Face Cuts
PJM Interconnection (PJM) has asked the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to create a conditional reliability framework for major new electricity users,…
Lynk Global and Omnispace complete merger, create Elveo Mobile
Low Earth orbit (LEO) satellite operators Lynk Global and Omnispace have today (August 17) finalized their merger deal. As part of the…
GDS Holdings raises full-year sales target to 1GW by end-2026
Chinese data center developer GDS Holdings is expecting more than 1GW of new sales by end-2026, raising its sales targets to 1GW…