PJM Interconnection — which oversees the grid for some of the densest data center developments on Earth — wants to overhaul itself. Not everyone thinks it’s up to the task.
The push for new data centers at Microsoft is putting one of the its key clean power goals at risk.
A UK firm has signed a deal with Nigeria’s Katsina State to deploy 50,000 solar-powered smart lamp posts that collectively function as a distributed AI data center, without using electricity from the grid.
Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital, has a new venture that is reportedly buying land near large power sources.
Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
In a first, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said it will require data centers to disclose details of their energy use.
Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.
Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.

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