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Read California Resources and Bloom Energy Sign MOU For 1GW of California Fuel Cells
California Resources and Bloom Energy signed a [memorandum of understanding](https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/11/02/3393776/0/en/california-resources-corporation-announces-strategic-...

California Resources and Bloom Energy Sign MOU For 1GW of California Fuel Cells

November 03, 2026 California

California Resources and Bloom Energy signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly evaluate 1GW or more of solid-oxide fuel cell generation in California. The non-binding agreement names data centers, utilities, community choice aggregators, municipalities, and other industrial users as...

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Read Sabey Data Centers Pilots HVO Diesel Replacement at Austin Data Center
[Sabey Data Centers](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/sabey-data-centers) has started a pilot using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a diesel replacement in backup generators at its Austin campus...

Sabey Data Centers Pilots HVO Diesel Replacement at Austin Data Center

October 30, 2026 Austin

Sabey Data Centers has started a pilot using hydrotreated vegetable oil (HVO) as a diesel replacement in backup generators at its Austin campus. The company is testing the renewable fuel as the primary fuel source for those generators, according to Sabey's announcement. Sabey says the pilot...

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Read PG&E Data Center Pipeline Reaches 12.87GW, Defers Load Beyond 1.8GW
PG&E's data center pipeline reached 12,870 MW in September, up from 12,710 MW at the end of June. The utility furnished the figures with its [third-quarter 2026 earnings materials](https://investor...

PG&E Data Center Pipeline Reaches 12.87GW, Defers Load Beyond 1.8GW

October 28, 2026 California

PG&E's data center pipeline reached 12,870 MW in September, up from 12,710 MW at the end of June. The utility furnished the figures with its third-quarter 2026 earnings materials on October 22. Large load beyond an initial 1.8 GW sits on a list of work that will be delayed or deferred....

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Read Umatilla Declares Emergency Over Oregon Data Center Permit Pause
The city of Umatilla, Oregon, has declared a state of emergency over Governor Tina Kotek's order pausing state environmental permits for new and expanded data centers, an escalation of local pushba...

Umatilla Declares Emergency Over Oregon Data Center Permit Pause

October 25, 2026 Oregon

The city of Umatilla, Oregon, has declared a state of emergency over Governor Tina Kotek's order pausing state environmental permits for new and expanded data centers, an escalation of local pushback against the statewide freeze. Five of the six city council members present voted for the...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediat...

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Taylor Approval for 1GW Texas Data Center Campus

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for the Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project immediately east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. The joint venture announced the...

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Read Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project e...

Big Watt, PowerHouse Win Approval for 1GW Behind-the-Meter Texas Campus

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to approve a development agreement with Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre data center and power project east of the city that could reach one gigawatt of capacity. In a joint press release, the partners...

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Read Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse
Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse ...

Taylor Approves 1GW Gas-Fired Data Center Campus for Big Watt, PowerHouse

October 15, 2026 Austin

Taylor City Council voted 5-0 on Oct. 8 to annex and approve a development agreement for Taylor Technology Campus, a 664-acre hyperscale project east of Taylor that Big Watt Digital and PowerHouse Data Centers say could support up to one gigawatt. The partners announced the approval in a Business...

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Read Oregon Halts Data Center Permits Statewide Through July 2027
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has directed the state Department of Environmental Quality to stop processing and issuing air and water pollution permits for new or expanded data centers until July 1, 2...

Oregon Halts Data Center Permits Statewide Through July 2027

October 14, 2026 Oregon

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has directed the state Department of Environmental Quality to stop processing and issuing air and water pollution permits for new or expanded data centers until July 1, 2027. The order came in an Oct. 9 letter to DEQ Director Leah Feldon, which the governor's office...

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Read Project Longhorn Files $366M First Building at Anthropic-Linked Texas Campus
The first data center building at the 2,842-acre Cedar Creek campus being developed by [Pacifico Energy](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/pacifico-energy) and [BlackChamber Group](https://baxtel.com...

Project Longhorn Files $366M First Building at Anthropic-Linked Texas Campus

October 11, 2026 Austin

The first data center building at the 2,842-acre Cedar Creek campus being developed by Pacifico Energy and BlackChamber Group is on file with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. The October 7 filing, reported by Community Impact, outlines a $366 million building at the Bastrop...

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Read Data Center Firm Set to Acquire Former IBM Research Campus in Silicon Valley
Former IBM research campus in San Jose, California, is being acquired by data center developer Blackstart Digital. According to Mercury News, Blackstart has agreed to acquire the former IBM Almaden...

Data Center Firm Set to Acquire Former IBM Research Campus in Silicon Valley

October 06, 2026 California

Former IBM research campus in San Jose, California, is being acquired by data center developer Blackstart Digital. According to Mercury News, Blackstart has agreed to acquire the former IBM Almaden Research Center at 650 Harry Road, with financial terms undisclosed. The deal could close before...

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Read Amazon, Constellation Sign 20-Year PPA For 190MW Calvert Cliffs Uprate
[Amazon](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/amazon-aws) and Constellation Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to fund a 190MW uprate at the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusb...

Amazon, Constellation Sign 20-Year PPA For 190MW Calvert Cliffs Uprate

October 01, 2026 Maryland

Amazon and Constellation Energy have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement to fund a 190MW uprate at the Calvert Cliffs Clean Energy Center in Lusby, Maryland, the companies said in a joint announcement on Sept. 30. The deal covers 690MW of power, including the 190MW of new emissions-free...

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Read Oregon Pauses State Land Sales For Data Center Projects Through July 2027
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to pause land transactions for new data center projects. The freeze covers unapproved easements, leases, land-use permits, property sales, and ...

Oregon Pauses State Land Sales For Data Center Projects Through July 2027

September 11, 2026 Oregon

Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has ordered state agencies to pause land transactions for new data center projects. The freeze covers unapproved easements, leases, land-use permits, property sales, and other state land agreements for data centers. It will remain in place through July 1, 2027, unless...

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Read Former LBNL Supercomputing Site in Oakland Slated for 20MW Data Center
A real estate firm is planning to convert a former supercomputing facility in Oakland, California, into a 20MW data center. First reported by BizJournal, Behring Cos. plans to redevelop 415 20th St...

Former LBNL Supercomputing Site in Oakland Slated for 20MW Data Center

August 12, 2026 California

A real estate firm is planning to convert a former supercomputing facility in Oakland, California, into a 20MW data center. First reported by BizJournal, Behring Cos. plans to redevelop 415 20th Street, a four-story building that once housed the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory’s Oakland...

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Read Oregon Governor Halts Data Center Project And Blocks Land Sale Approval.
Oregon Governor Blocks Data Center Development Near Portland. Governor Tina Kotek has halted plans for a data center project outside Portland by directing the state to cancel its land sale agreemen...

Oregon Governor Halts Data Center Project And Blocks Land Sale Approval.

August 04, 2026 Oregon

Oregon Governor Blocks Data Center Development Near Portland. Governor Tina Kotek has halted plans for a data center project outside Portland by directing the state to cancel its land sale agreement with developer Verrus. The state had planned to sell about 32 acres at Salem’s Mill Creek...

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Read Sabey Breaks Ground on 120MW Data Center Campus in Oregon
Sabey is starting vertical construction of a new data center in Oregon. Sabey Data Centers this week announced that the company was “going vertical” at its SDC Umatilla campus.

“Watching the fir...

Sabey Breaks Ground on 120MW Data Center Campus in Oregon

July 23, 2026 Oregon

Sabey is starting vertical construction of a new data center in Oregon. Sabey Data Centers this week announced that the company was “going vertical” at its SDC Umatilla campus. “Watching the first steel go up is always a significant moment because it turns years of planning, engineering and hard...

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Read Developer Withdraws Proposal To Convert El Segundo Hotel Into Data Center
Eight Form has withdrawn its proposal to replace a Hyatt Place hotel in El Segundo, California, with a data center. The plan involved demolishing the hotel at 750 N. Nash Street to build a five-sto...

Developer Withdraws Proposal To Convert El Segundo Hotel Into Data Center

July 15, 2026 California

Eight Form has withdrawn its proposal to replace a Hyatt Place hotel in El Segundo, California, with a data center. The plan involved demolishing the hotel at 750 N. Nash Street to build a five-story, 230,780 sq ft (21,440 sqm) facility with 50MW of capacity. Eight Form withdrew the proposal...

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Read 99MW Data Center Planned by Prologis in San Jose
Real estate firm Prologis is planning a 99MW data center in San Jose, California. The proposed three-story facility would span 516,000 sq ft (47,935 sqm) across a 15-acre site on Silver Creek Valle...

99MW Data Center Planned by Prologis in San Jose

July 09, 2026 California

Real estate firm Prologis is planning a 99MW data center in San Jose, California. The proposed three-story facility would span 516,000 sq ft (47,935 sqm) across a 15-acre site on Silver Creek Valley Road and include an on-site substation. Construction is expected to take around two years, with...

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Read Proposed 99MW Data Center in Kern County, California
Applications have been submitted for the development of a 99 MW data center in California. The proposed facility would be located near the intersection of US Highway 395 and State Route 178 in Inyo...

Proposed 99MW Data Center in Kern County, California

July 07, 2026 California

Applications have been submitted for the development of a 99 MW data center in California. The proposed facility would be located near the intersection of US Highway 395 and State Route 178 in Inyokern, an unincorporated community within Kern County, California. The single-story, 238,000 sq ft...

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Read Rowan Secures $3bn in Green Financing for Texas Data Center Campus
Rowan Secures $3bn in Green Financing for Texas Data Center Campus

Rowan Secures $3bn in Green Financing for Texas Data Center Campus

May 28, 2026 Rowan Digital Infrastructure

Rowan Digital Infrastructure has secured nearly $3 billion in debt financing to support construction of its turnkey data center campus in Temple. The company said the deal marks the largest financing in its history and will fund development of the 300MW campus. The financing was arranged under...

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Read Plans Emerge for 600MW Data Center in Coachella, California
Plans Emerge for 600MW Data Center in Coachella, California

Plans Emerge for 600MW Data Center in Coachella, California

April 11, 2026 California

A 600MW data center could be developed in Coachella, Southern California. Developer DMK Projects is proposing to build the facility on a 240-acre site at the corner of 52nd Avenue and Fillmore Street.Project documents presented at a City Council meeting on February 11 indicate that DMK plans for...

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