August 06, 2026 United States
US energy solutions firm Redaptive and energy optimization company Recurve have launched a platform designed to reduce data centers’ time to power. The solution combines Redaptive’s financing and deployment capabilities with Recurve’s Flex platform, which measures and validates capacity created...
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August 05, 2026 United States
German engine manufacturer Everllence has signed a deal to supply 480MW of gas engine capacity to an unnamed US data center developer. The company will provide 24 of its 18V51/60G gas engines, which will power the data center behind the meter. “This contract is one of our most important off-grid...
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August 04, 2026 United States
The UK government has approved the controversial redevelopment of Truman Brewery into a mixed-use development that includes a data center. Deputy Prime Minister and Housing Secretary Angela Rayner granted approval after Tower Hamlets Council rejected the proposal in 2025. Following an appeal by...
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August 03, 2026 United States
LG to Invest Additional $910m in 200MW Data Center Near Seoul South Korean conglomerate LG will invest an additional 1.3 trillion won ($910 million) in its 200MW data center project in Paju, an investment which more than doubles the company’s previous commitment of 615.6 billion won ($441.7...
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July 30, 2026 United States
Energy firm Uniper plans to develop a new data centre hub at its Staudinger power plant site in Großkrotzenburg, Hesse, Germany. The project will be built on land previously occupied by a coal-fired power station that is being demolished. The hub will include a battery energy storage system and a...
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July 29, 2026 United States
PJM Interconnection, the largest US grid operator, has filed plans with FERC to secure additional power and manage rising data centre demand. One proposal would create a reliability backstop procurement process to match available supply with unmet data centre power needs. The process is expected...
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July 28, 2026 United States
Data centers support today’s digital services, including cloud computing, AI, banking, healthcare, and online platforms. As infrastructure becomes larger and more complex, maintaining reliability, efficiency, and uptime has become increasingly challenging. Modern facilities rely on interconnected...
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July 22, 2026 United States
US data centers could require up to 194GW of power by 2035, according to BloombergNEF, an 83 percent increase from its previous forecast. The growth would see data centers account for around 20 percent of US electricity consumption, driven largely by new AI infrastructure projects, including...
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July 21, 2026 United States
Aon has expanded its Data Center Lifecycle Insurance Program (DCLP), adding $5 billion in capacity and broader risk solutions for data center developers and operators. The multi-line insurance program covers construction, cargo, cyber, and operational risks across the data center lifecycle. The...
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July 21, 2026 United States
Intel is reportedly planning another round of layoffs, with job cuts expected to affect its data center division. The layoffs were first reported by The Oregonian, though the number of employees impacted has not been confirmed. “As part of our broader strategy to become a more focused and...
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July 20, 2026 United States
Stream Proposes 867-Acre Data Center Campus in Graham, Texas Stream Data Centers is planning a data center campus called Project Saltworks on an approximately 890-acre site in Graham, Texas, to include 15 data center buildings with around $10 billion in investment, expected to generate around $14...
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July 15, 2026 United States
SLB and Liberty Energy are partnering to deliver modular power and infrastructure solutions for AI and high-performance data centers. The companies aim to accelerate deployments through behind-the-meter power systems that bypass traditional grid connection timelines. "The bottleneck in AI...
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July 13, 2026 United States
Meta Plans $9.17 Billion Gigawatt-Scale Data Center in Alberta, Canada Meta is planning an AI focused 1GW data center in Sturgeon County, Alberta with a CA$13 billion (US$9.17 billion) investment on the facility expected to scale up to 1.8GW of capacity, marking the company’s first facility in...
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July 07, 2026 United States
Orbital Compute Inc. has filed with US regulators for permission to deploy up to 100,000 orbital data center (ODC) satellites over the coming years. The five-month-old space startup, which recently emerged from stealth with a $5 million pre-seed funding round, says the satellite constellation...
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July 06, 2026 United States
National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn for Microsoft Texas Data Center National Grid Ventures has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron, expected to supply Microsoft’s planned 2GW data...
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July 06, 2026 United States
National Grid Ventures Invests $1.75bn for Microsoft Texas Data Center National Grid Ventures has acquired a 35% stake in Joulent for $1.75 billion to support development of Project Kilby, a 2.67GW natural gas facility being developed with Chevron, expected to supply Microsoft’s planned 2GW data...
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July 01, 2026 United States
Omen AI has raised $31 million in Series A funding to develop systems for monitoring servers and other data center equipment. The San Francisco-based company’s round was led by Nava Ventures, bringing its total funding to $41.5 million since its 2024 founding. Investors include former Meta COO...
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June 29, 2026 United States
Introduction In today's digital economy, virtually every online interaction depends on a data center. Whether someone is streaming a movie, making an online payment, accessing a cloud application, or training an artificial intelligence (AI) model, there is a data center working behind the scenes...
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June 26, 2026 United States
Senator Bernie Sanders and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez have introduced the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, which would halt construction of new AI data centers until a federal regulatory framework is established. The bill applies to AI facilities exceeding 20MW and...
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June 26, 2026 United States
US hydrogen fuel cell developer FuelCell Energy has signed its first binding data center power agreement with US developer Fit Energy USA. Under the deal, FuelCell will provide up to 380MW of on-site fuel cell generation to power data centers behind the meter, potentially marking one of the...
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