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Five Colorado Cities and Counties Pause or Ban New Data Centers in 2026

Colorado's Front Range spent the spring slamming the brakes on data centers. Denver, Jefferson County, Boulder County, Larimer County, and the city of Longmont have all moved to pause or ban new development since May. Colorado Springs did the opposite. Its planning department quietly approved a roughly 50 MW AI data center at the former Intel chip fab near Garden of the Gods Road. ...

June 21, 2026

Posted by: Mike Bavto

Colorado (CO)

Siemens to Supply Natural Gas for Fermi's Planned 11GW Facility

Fermi America, the company behind the planned 11GW data center mega campus in Amarillo, Texas, has signed two Letters of Intent (LOI) with Siemens Energy to support energy infrastructure build-out at the site.Under the first LOI, Siemens will negotiate the delivery of three F-class SGT6-5000F ...

October 03, 2025

Fermi America

Microsoft Signs 100MW Solar PPA in Japan

Microsoft has signed a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Japanese energy firm Shizen Energy for 100MW of solar power in Japan.The power will be supplied from four solar projects in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions of Japan. According to Shizen, all four projects have reached financial close, a...

October 02, 2025

Microsoft Azure

ChillMine Partners with AAAS Energy for Solar Powered Facility in Palpye, Botswana

AAAS Energy, a Dutch energy company, has partnered with ChillMine, a US cloud computing firm, to develop a solar-powered data center campus in Botswana. They signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to “establish a world-class facility designed to serve AI computing, global hyperscalers, and...

September 29, 2025

Munich-München

Microsoft Signs Green Steel Supply Deal with Stegra

Microsoft has signed a deal with green steel company Stegra for the supply of low-carbon steel for use within its data centers. The agreement will see Stegra deliver green steel, which it claims is up to 95 percent less carbon-intensive than conventional steel, to Microsoft's data center equi...

September 25, 2025

Microsoft Azure

Microsoft Signs Ten Year Partnership with Shayp

Microsoft has signed a ten-year partnership with Belgian water technology company Shayp to support the launch of its corporate water efficiency platform, Shayp 4IMPACT, designed to deliver verifiable and auditable water savings. It will commence with deployments across schools and public build...

September 17, 2025

Microsoft Azure

Digital Realty Signs 13.4MW Community Solar Deal

Global colocation data center developer Digital Realty has signed a solar supply agreement with US Independent Power Producer (IPP) Soltage for 13.4MW of capacity from a portfolio of community solar projects in Illinois. The deal is Digital Realty’s second community solar-linked agreement with...

September 13, 2025

Digital Realty Trust

Optus to Offload 340 Mobile Towers to Waveconn

Australian telco Optus has this week announced it will sell 340 mobile towers and rooftop sites to Australian digital infrastructure company Waveconn. The carrier said the transaction is part of the company's strategy to "unlock capital for future investment and enhance customer experience."Ac...

September 04, 2025

Australia

AWS Launches Cloud Region in New Zealand

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has launched a new cloud region in New Zealand dubbed the AWS Asia Pacific (New Zealand) Region. This region consists of three availability zones. AWS has previously said it would invest around NZ$7.5 billion (US$5.3 billion) in its cloud operations and infrastructure...

September 02, 2025

Amazon AWS

Virtus Signs cPPA for 31MW of Power

UK data center developer Virtus has signed a corporate Power Purchase Agreement (cPPA) for 31MW of wind power from the Lynn and Inner Dowsing (LID) windfarms, a pair of offshore wind farms in the North Sea. Virtus will offtake 16 percent of the total generation from LID, with a commencement da...

September 02, 2025

United Kingdom

Prometheus X Engie to Colocate Data Centers with Renewable Assets

AI data center developer Prometheus Hyperscale has partnered with Engie North America to colocate data centers with renewable and battery storage facilities in and around Dallas, Texas. This agreement will see Prometheus deploy liquid-cooled data center infrastructure alongside Engie's renewab...

September 01, 2025

Prometheus Hyperscale

Fermi America Forms nuclear partnership with Doosan Enerbility

Fermi America has signed another partnership to support the development of its planned 11GW HyperGrid AI mega campus in Amarillo, Texas. Fermi signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Doosan Enerbility, a South Korean nuclear power plant component manufacturer."Having worked with Doosan...

August 28, 2025

Fermi America

Compass Mining, Onmine Partner to Energize 10MW site in Texas

Bitcoin mining company Compass Mining has announced the full energization of a 10MW cryptomine data center facility in Texas, a project developed in partnership with Onmine, which helped provide crucial infrastructure, and coordinated the site’s development with ERCOT - the Electric Reliabilit...

August 26, 2025

Texas

Caterpillar, Hunt Energy to Deliver up to 1GW of Power in North America

Caterpillar, one of the world's largest manufacturers of industrial equipment, has partnered with US power infrastructure developer Hunt Energy in a multi-year initiative to deliver upwards of 1GW of generation capacity for data centers in North America. The first project is expected to launc...

August 21, 2025

North America

Equinix Signs Three Major Deals with Advanced Nuclear Firms

US data center giant Equinix has expanded its commitment to nuclear energy, announcing three major agreements with advanced nuclear developers that together could provide up to 774MWe of power.The first deal was with Radiant, a microreactor company based in El Segundo, California. As part of t...

August 14, 2025

Equinix

AWS Signs 80MW PPA with Gentari

Amazon Web Services (AWS) has signed a long-term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Gentari, a Malaysian-based renewable developer, for 80MW of wind power from a project in Tamil Nadu, India.The wind project is expected to commence operations in mid-2027 and will generate approximately 300,00...

August 06, 2025

Amazon AWS

Hyundai to Deliver Nuclear Power to Fermi America's 11GW AI Campus

Fermi America, the developer of the planned 11GW HyperGrid AI mega campus in Amarillo, Texas, has partnered with Hyundai to deliver nuclear power to the project. The companies signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which supports the joint planning of a nuclear-based hybrid energy project...

August 05, 2025

Fermi America

$10m Natural Gas Pipeline to Supply Onsite Fuel Cell Facility at Ohio Facility

Aspire Energy Express, the Ohio subsidiary of Chesapeake Utilities, has partnered with American Electric Power (AEP) to build and operate an intrastate natural gas pipeline to serve a fuel cell facility set to power a data center behind-the-meter. The new natural gas pipeline will cost approxi...

August 05, 2025

Ohio

PG&E Data Center Pipeline Swells to 10GW

California’s largest utility company, Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), has reported another increase in its data center pipeline. The utility said that it now has 10GW of capacity in its pipeline, expected for connection over the next ten years.Of the 10GW, 17 data center projects ...

August 02, 2025

United States

Talen Energy Acquires Two Gas Plants within PJM Market

US Independent Power Producer Talen Energy has made two major power generation acquisitions in Ohio and Pennsylvania to support its capacity to power the data center sector.The company acquired the 1.058GW Moxie Freedom Project located in Salem Township, Pennsylvania, from Caithness Energy, an...

July 30, 2025

United States

San Jose and PG&E Sign Deal to Guarantee Power Delivery

The City of San Jose in California has signed an Implementation Agreement with utility Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to streamline and guarantee power delivery for data centers and other large load customers. According to the partners, the deal is in response to the skyrocketing ...

July 30, 2025

San José

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