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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February 19, 2026 United States
US solid state transformer developer DG Matrix has raised $60 million as part of its Series A funding, led by Engine Ventures.“This Series A marks our transition from breakthrough technology to scaled infrastructure deployment,” said Haroon Inam, CEO of DG Matrix. “We are working with...
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February 18, 2026 United States
Cryptominer NFN8 Group has filed for bankruptcy protection in Texas, with all of its assets put up for sale. The company pointed to a number of business challenges that had put pressure on its revenue line, but blamed a late 2025 data center fire for causing bankruptcy."For lessors whose miners...
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February 18, 2026 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."We have under development approximately 26,000 acres across two jurisdictions with the infrastructure necessary...
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February 18, 2026 Utah
US clean energy company Zeo Energy Corp has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with AI data center company Creekstone Energy to develop 280MW of solar and storage capacity for Creekstone’s data center campus in Millard County, Utah.“AI workloads are driving unprecedented demand for power....
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February 17, 2026 Ohio
The Ohio township of Muhlenberg has introduced a 12-month moratorium on planning applications for new data centers after residents voiced concerns about a digital infrastructure and energy campus being planned nearby.In comments reported by the Circleville Herald, trustee Jeff Wippel said the...
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February 17, 2026 Oklahoma
An Oklahoma House budget subcommittee has approved legislation aimed at protecting residential ratepayers from having to foot the bill for new infrastructure driven by rising data center demand.“This would make sure that regular ratepayers aren’t having to pay for those really high energy costs,...
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February 16, 2026 United States
The CEO of generative AI firm Anthropic warned that the purchase of escalating data center compute costs could be "ruinous" for the company if timed wrong."I really do believe that we could have models that are a country of geniuses in the data center in one to two years," he said."One question...
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February 14, 2026 United States
The company this week announced the acquisition of Kratos Industries, a manufacturer of low-voltage (LV) and medium-voltage (MV) power equipment. Terms of the deal were not shared.“Data centers are facing unprecedented pressure to build out digital infrastructure at scale and with extreme...
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February 13, 2026 Oklahoma
Canadian energy company Jericho Energy Ventures has partnered with real estate developer Comstock Holding to form a joint venture focused on the development of AI data center campuses across Oklahoma."We are pleased to welcome Comstock, a leading real estate investor and developer, as a major...
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February 09, 2026 United States
Google Gets Greenlight for Data Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma The Sand Springs City Council has approved a gigawatt- scale data center campus development proposed by Google for just outside of Tulsa, Oklahoma, dubbed "Project Spring," planned for an 827-acre property located at 5615 OK-97, Sand...
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