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Urban Data Centers: Who Needs Them and Where to Find Them
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (657+ words) Urban data centers deliver low-latency performance and rich interconnection for metro workloads. Learn when they make sense, key trade-offs, and how to find the right provider. Most data centers are large, standalone buildings surrounded by open space. But there’s another…...
Flex Pays $4.4B for EPC Power as AI Data Centers Push 800V DC
1+ week, 2+ day ago (851+ words) Flex’s $4.4B EPC Power deal adds 800V DC and grid-forming technology as AI data center rack densities rise and operators rethink power delivery. Flex will acquire power-conversion company EPC Power for $4.4 billion, adding 800V DC, grid-forming and other power technologies to its data…...
The Corrosion Blind Spot in the AI Buildout
1+ week, 3+ day ago (321+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. AI data centers' massive capital investments are at risk from corrosion, which begins during construction – not operations – yet preservation is rarely included in project governance or early planning....
SLB’s $4.1B Kelvion Deal Expands AI Data Center Push
1+ week, 6+ day ago (966+ words) SLB’s $4.1B Kelvion deal expands its data center business into thermal management as AI drives higher power densities and cooling demands. SLB will spend $4.1 billion to acquire thermal management company Kelvion, expanding its data center business into cooling and heat rejection…...
QumulusAI Scales GPUs, but Powered Capacity Sets the Pace
2+ week, 3+ day ago (997+ words) QumulusAI more than tripled its deployed GPU fleet in the second quarter as it brought contracted computing capacity online and signed $169.7 million in new customer agreements. The Atlanta-based AI infrastructure provider had 3,088 GPUs deployed at the end of June, up…...
DOE Retreat on Transmission Corridors Tests Grid Planning
2+ week, 2+ day ago (1313+ words) DOE declined three proposed transmission corridors as its own study cites data center load growth, raising questions about how far ahead utilities should build. Data center developers can seek gigawatts of power years before a transmission line can be permitted…...
OpenAI Moves Energy Planning Inside Data Center Organization
2+ week, 4+ day ago (1062+ words) OpenAI is adding an energy-technology role as it expands flexible-load, generation and storage strategies across its growing AI data center portfolio. OpenAI is moving energy planning inside its data center development organization, signaling that power technologies and flexible computing are…...
DOE Keeps Eddystone Plant Online Amid Data Center Demand Surge
2+ week, 5+ day ago (1137+ words) The 760 MW Eddystone coal plant will remain online longer as PJM faces rising data center load, generator retirements, and delayed power resources. The Department of Energy (DOE) has ordered PJM Interconnection and Constellation Energy to keep 760 MW of generation at…...
Zayo Locks Up Corning Fiber Capacity for AI Network Buildout
3+ week, 2+ day ago (1143+ words) The agreement secures a material portion of the fiber Zayo needs for its 15,000 route-mile network expansion through 2030. Telecommunications firm Zayo is reserving manufacturing capacity with Corning for a material portion of the fiber it expects to need through 2030, protecting plans…...
EdgeCore Says Data Centers Should Pay Their Own Power Costs
3+ week, 4+ day ago (1193+ words) The developer-operator says it will fund the power infrastructure its campuses need, but the definition of “full cost” depends on how utilities allocate broader grid investments. EdgeCore Digital Infrastructure says it will fund the generation, transmission and delivery infrastructure its…...