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Read LS Electric Wins $138m Switchgear Order for Bloom Fuel Cells at Pennsylvania Data Center
South Korean electrical equipment maker LS Electric has secured a 185.3 billion won ($138.5m) order from Bloom Energy to supply switchgear and distribution transformers for fuel cells at a Pennsylv...

LS Electric Wins $138m Switchgear Order for Bloom Fuel Cells at Pennsylvania Data Center

October 14, 2026 Pennsylvania

South Korean electrical equipment maker LS Electric has secured a 185.3 billion won ($138.5m) order from Bloom Energy to supply switchgear and distribution transformers for fuel cells at a Pennsylvania data center. Deliveries of the 38kV equipment are expected between April and July next year....

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Read Digi Power X Secures $200m Debt Financing for Alabama AI Data Center
Data center and energy infrastructure developer Digi Power X has secured a $200 million debt financing commitment, syndicated by Goldman Sachs and provided by an unnamed major lender. The funding w...

Digi Power X Secures $200m Debt Financing for Alabama AI Data Center

October 14, 2026 Alabama

Data center and energy infrastructure developer Digi Power X has secured a $200 million debt financing commitment, syndicated by Goldman Sachs and provided by an unnamed major lender. The funding will support its 40MW data center in Columbiana, Alabama, which is being built in two phases: 15MW by...

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Read 2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity
[Texas](https://baxtel.com/data-center/texas) now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than [Virginia](https://baxtel.com/data-center/virginia). Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW buil...

2026 Is the Year Texas Passes Virginia in Data Center Capacity

October 13, 2026 Texas

Texas now has more data center capacity operating and under construction than Virginia. Baxtel tracks 28.3 GW built or building in Texas, against 17.8 GW in Virginia. On capacity already online, Virginia still leads, 12.3 GW to 11.1 GW. If projects scheduled for this year deliver on time, Texas...

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Read Memphis Council Delays 12-Month Data Center Moratorium Vote to Oct. 20
Memphis city councilors voted 7-5 on Oct. 6 to postpone a decision on a 12-month moratorium on new data centers, the second delay for a measure that would freeze approvals across a market now tied ...

Memphis Council Delays 12-Month Data Center Moratorium Vote to Oct. 20

October 13, 2026 Memphis

Memphis city councilors voted 7-5 on Oct. 6 to postpone a decision on a 12-month moratorium on new data centers, the second delay for a measure that would freeze approvals across a market now tied to Elon Musk's AI buildout. The council moved the vote to Oct. 20 after a packed meeting that...

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Read FERC Backs PJM Data Center Registry, Rejects Curtailment Plan
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [approved a registry of large electricity users](https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/docketsheet?docket_number=er26-3515), including data centers, in an Oct....

FERC Backs PJM Data Center Registry, Rejects Curtailment Plan

October 13, 2026 United States

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission approved a registry of large electricity users, including data centers, in an Oct. 9 order in Docket ER26-3515, but rejected PJM Interconnection's plan to curtail those customers ahead of other demand response when the grid is stressed. The order keeps...

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Read Serverfarm Tops Out First 108MW Building at $6.6B Arkansas Campus
[Serverfarm](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/serverfarm-realty) has topped out the first building at its $6.6 billion data center campus in Clarksville, Arkansas, placing the final structural beam ...

Serverfarm Tops Out First 108MW Building at $6.6B Arkansas Campus

October 12, 2026 Serverfarm: Clarksville, Arkansas ARK1

Serverfarm has topped out the first building at its $6.6 billion data center campus in Clarksville, Arkansas, placing the final structural beam on a 300,000 sq ft facility set to deliver 108MW of capacity. Chief executive Avner Papouchado announced the milestone on LinkedIn, with the Wednesday...

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Read Microsoft Trims Mount Pleasant Data Center Plan To Seven Buildings From Nine
Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected tax...

Microsoft Trims Mount Pleasant Data Center Plan To Seven Buildings From Nine

October 12, 2026 Milwaukee

Microsoft has cut the number of buildings planned for the 791-acre Durand Avenue portion of its Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center campus to seven from nine, reducing the parcel's projected taxable value by about 24 percent, or nearly $1.9 billion, the Milwaukee Business Journal reported...

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Read Five-Building Data Center Planned in Metter, Georgia
A five-building data center campus has been proposed in Georgia.
Canoochee River RV Resort, LLC has filed an application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the proposed Canoochee...

Five-Building Data Center Planned in Metter, Georgia

October 12, 2026 Georgia

A five-building data center campus has been proposed in Georgia. Canoochee River RV Resort, LLC has filed an application with the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for the proposed Canoochee River RV Resort Data Center Project. The development is planned for a 470-acre site at 2700 Airport...

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Read Data Center Fires and Power Outages Have Doubled Since 2024
Data center fires and power failures have more than doubled since 2024, according to the Energy Incident Register. Reported incidents rose from eight in 2024 to 20 in 2025 and 19 in 2026. Of 93 inc...

Data Center Fires and Power Outages Have Doubled Since 2024

October 12, 2026 United States

Data center fires and power failures have more than doubled since 2024, according to the Energy Incident Register. Reported incidents rose from eight in 2024 to 20 in 2025 and 19 in 2026. Of 93 incidents recorded across 26 countries since 2010, 47 occurred from 2024 onward. The US recorded 33...

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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 ServerDomes Global Breaks Ground on 350MW Hueco Ranch Campus Near El Paso
Kaufman & Company and ServerDomes Global broke ground on Oct. 7 on Hueco Ranch, a $15 billion geodesic-dome data center campus near Desert Haven in Hudspeth County, Texas. The campus spans roughly ...

ServerDomes Global Breaks Ground on 350MW Hueco Ranch Campus Near El Paso

October 11, 2026 ServerDomes Global: Hueco Ranch

Kaufman & Company and ServerDomes Global broke ground on Oct. 7 on Hueco Ranch, a $15 billion geodesic-dome data center campus near Desert Haven in Hudspeth County, Texas. The campus spans roughly 24,000 acres and is planned to generate 350 MW, KTSM reported. County officials say no one told...

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Read Cipher Digital Extends Barber Lake Lease to 20 Years, Revenue Tops $9 Billion
[Cipher Digital](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/cipher-digital) has extended the contracted lease life of its [Barber Lake data center](https://baxtel.com/data-center/cipher-digital-barber-lake) i...

Cipher Digital Extends Barber Lake Lease to 20 Years, Revenue Tops $9 Billion

October 10, 2026 Cipher Digital : Barber Lake

Cipher Digital has extended the contracted lease life of its Barber Lake data center in Colorado City, Texas from 10 years to 20, lifting total contracted revenue at the site from $3.8 billion to more than $9 billion. The increase, announced in late September as the first buildings near...

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Read ThisWay Global Plans 73MW AI and HPC Data Center in Bryan, Texas
ThisWay Global plans a 73MW data center in Bryan, Texas, called the Research and AI Compute Center (RACC). Located at Texas A&M-RELLIS, it will provide AI and HPC resources to eligible researchers,...

ThisWay Global Plans 73MW AI and HPC Data Center in Bryan, Texas

October 10, 2026 Texas

ThisWay Global plans a 73MW data center in Bryan, Texas, called the Research and AI Compute Center (RACC). Located at Texas A&M-RELLIS, it will provide AI and HPC resources to eligible researchers, public-sector organizations, and industry users. The project is planned for a 25-acre site,...

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Read ThisWay Global Revives Bankrupt Texas A&M Site As 73MW AI Center
ThisWay Global plans a 73MW research and artificial intelligence computing center at the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus in Bryan, Texas, reviving a $700 million project that stalled when its original deve...

ThisWay Global Revives Bankrupt Texas A&M Site As 73MW AI Center

October 09, 2026 Texas

ThisWay Global plans a 73MW research and artificial intelligence computing center at the Texas A&M-RELLIS campus in Bryan, Texas, reviving a $700 million project that stalled when its original developer filed for bankruptcy. The Austin company announced the Research and AI Compute Center...

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Read AWS Files 36-Building Data Center Plan at 4.5GW Homer City Campus
Amazon Web Services has formally signed on to the largest gas-powered data center project in the United States. Amazon Data Services, Inc., the company's development arm, filed a Preliminary Land D...

AWS Files 36-Building Data Center Plan at 4.5GW Homer City Campus

October 07, 2026 Hyperscale Data Center

Amazon Web Services has formally signed on to the largest gas-powered data center project in the United States. Amazon Data Services, Inc., the company's development arm, filed a Preliminary Land Development Plan with the Indiana County planning commission on August 28 under the project name...

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Read Google Signs 20-Year Nuclear PPA With Constellation For 890MW In PJM
[Google](https://baxtel.com/data-centers/google) will buy 890 MW of new nuclear output from Constellation Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 11 reactors across the PJM Interco...

Google Signs 20-Year Nuclear PPA With Constellation For 890MW In PJM

October 07, 2026 Pennsylvania

Google will buy 890 MW of new nuclear output from Constellation Energy under a 20-year power purchase agreement covering 11 reactors across the PJM Interconnection, the companies announced on Oct. 6. Constellation will spend more than $4.3 billion upgrading reactors in Illinois, Pennsylvania and...

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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 Top Data Center News for 28th September - 3rd October, 2026
**[Virtus Raises £2.45bn to Fund Data Center Expansion](https://baxtel.com/news/virtus-raises-2-45bn-to-fund-data-center-expansion)**
**European data center operator Virtus Data Centres has secure...

Top Data Center News for 28th September - 3rd October, 2026

October 05, 2026 United States

Virtus Raises £2.45bn to Fund Data Center Expansion European data center operator Virtus Data Centres has secured a £2.45 billion ($3.25bn) financing package from a consortium of 13 banks to support the development and expansion of its data centers across the UK and Europe, including its 78MW...

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Read New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M Over Unpermitted Vineland Generators
Newly obtained public records show that a 300-megawatt data center under construction in Vineland, New Jersey, ran 62 unpermitted natural gas generators for nearly a year and released an estimated ...

New Jersey Fines DataOne $1.07M Over Unpermitted Vineland Generators

October 04, 2026 New Jersey

Newly obtained public records show that a 300-megawatt data center under construction in Vineland, New Jersey, ran 62 unpermitted natural gas generators for nearly a year and released an estimated 140 tons of smog-forming nitrogen oxides before state regulators intervened, according to an...

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Read Lambda, Sharon AI Raise $1.36B In GPU-Backed Debt On Same Day
Two neoclouds on opposite sides of the Pacific closed a combined $1.36 billion in GPU-backed debt on October 1. [San Francisco-based](https://baxtel.com/regions/san-francisco-bay-area) Lambda [clos...

Lambda, Sharon AI Raise $1.36B In GPU-Backed Debt On Same Day

October 03, 2026 United States

Two neoclouds on opposite sides of the Pacific closed a combined $1.36 billion in GPU-backed debt on October 1. San Francisco-based Lambda closed a $1 billion investment-grade term loan, its first institutional deal above that mark, while Australian operator Sharon AI entered a US$356 million...

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