March 04, 2026 Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania lawmakers may soon put forward a proposal for a statewide moratorium on new data center developments.In a memo circulated to members of the Pennsylvania Senate on February 12, Democratic state senator Katie Muth said she plans to introduce legislation “in the near future” to impose a...
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March 03, 2026 Georgia
A new data center campus may be on the way to Columbus, Georgia. Economic development organization Choose Columbus announced that the Development Authority of Columbus is in negotiations with Habitat Partners to secure a site for the proposed project.Project Ruby would be a $5 billion+ data...
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March 02, 2026 United States
Aircraft developer and natural gas turbine provider Boom Supersonic has selected US energy firm Baker Hughes to supply gas-generation equipment to complement its 42MW natural gas turbine platform. The equipment will support a 1.21GW onsite power agreement Boom has signed with AI data center...
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February 28, 2026 United States
A data center simulator game – aptly named “Data Center” – where you can “build, cable, and grow a living data center,” is set to release later next month. Players will have to “build, cable, and grow a living data center from the group up,” according to the game’s description on Steam. Unlike...
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February 28, 2026 Virginia
The two houses of Virginia’s legislature, the Senate and the House, have passed two competing budgets that call, respectively, for the removal and approval of an existing data center sales tax exemption. The Senate’s budget proposal calls for ending the exemption effective January 1, 2027,...
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February 28, 2026 Pacific Northwest
The US Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has issued a request for information (RFI) for an “on-premises next-generation AI compute data center.” The proposed facility would be funded and operated by the DOE itself, separate from a broader initiative that would...
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February 26, 2026 United States
In its first new solution since acquiring Nubis Communications last year, Ciena continues to tackle data center AI demands with the launch of a flexible, high-density pluggable optical engine, Vesta 200 6.4T CPX. The new solution is claimed to reduce power consumption by up to 70 percent, while...
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February 26, 2026 United States
US President Donald Trump has directed major data center operators and technology companies to build their own power generation infrastructure to supply their facilities. Speaking during his annual State of the Union address, Trump argued that the move is necessary to prevent consumers from...
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February 25, 2026 North Carolina
The technology firm acquired the 1,350-acre Person County Mega Park in Woodsdale Township back in November 2024, reportedly paying $26.85 million for the land. At the time, no plans for the site were shared.Kyle Puryear, Person County board of commissioners chairman, said: “Person County is proud...
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February 25, 2026 United States
In collaboration with Supermicro, US virtual power producer (VPP) CPower Energy and AI orchestration platform Bentaus have completed a joint demonstration project aimed at improving how AI compute interacts with the power grid. As part of the trial, CPower transmitted real-time wholesale...
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February 24, 2026 Mississippi
The governor of Mississippi hit back at calls to pause data center construction across the US. Governor Tate Reeves claimed that those seeking a data center moratorium were "yearning to submit our society to outside forces: mobs, international councils, or communist China.""I understand...
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February 23, 2026 United States
Kevin O’Leary Targets 7.5GW Data Center Development in Utah TV’s Kevin O’Leary is plotting a second “Wonder Valley” development, this time in the US state of Utah, and says the scheme could offer up to 7.5GW of power for hyperscale data centers.Adani Plans to Develop 5GW of Data Center Capacity...
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February 23, 2026 North Dakota
Researchers at North Dakota State University (NDSU) and Resource Innovation Institute have formally launched a public-private research initiative to assess the possibility of colocating large-scale greenhouses with data centers in North Dakota.As part of the initiative, US data center operator...
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February 23, 2026 United States
In its latest earnings report, the utility said that it now expects at least 10GW of data center load to be signed under Electricity Service Agreements (ESA) by the end of Q1. Vincent Sorgi, president of PPL, said during the call that he believes “ all of the 25.2GW of projects have a high...
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February 23, 2026 United States
The global digital economy depends on data centers. Every AI model trained, financial transaction processed, cloud application delivered, and video streamed relies on physical infrastructure engineered for reliability, scalability, and efficiency. As demand increases, driven by artificial...
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February 21, 2026 Kansas
A 115-acre data center project could come to Osawatomie, Kansas, says the local government. “The city has entered into a predevelopment agreement with Alcove Development to explore the feasibility of a potential data center campus,” reads a post by the City of Osawatomie. Alcove’s proposed data...
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February 21, 2026 Virginia
US’ largest grid operator, PJM Interconnection, has approved an $11.8 billion transmission expansion plan to keep up with surging data center connection requests across its footprint. The Regional Transmission Operator (RTO) serves all or parts of 15 states across the East Coast and South of the...
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February 21, 2026 New Jersey
Local authorities in New Brunswick, New Jersey, voted on Wednesday against allowing the construction of a data center on a plot of land slated for redevelopment, instead requiring that a park be built on the site. The New Brunswick City Council was reviewing a proposal for the Jersey-Sandford...
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February 20, 2026 Maine
Proposals to bring in a data center moratorium in Maine have threatened plans for a new campus in the Pine Tree State. The proposed bill, sponsored by Representative Melanie Sachs, includes a two-year moratorium on facilities above 20MW in the state while the impacts of data centers are studied...
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February 20, 2026 United States
Satellite operator SpaceX unveiled Stargaze, a novel SSA platform that uses 30,000 star trackers on its 9,600-satellite fleet to track surrounding objects in orbit and measure their speeds. “While Stargaze embodies a major improvement to the ability of any operator to fly safely, it is imperative...
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