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News Analysis Microsoft’s 38GW Plan: A Tripling of Data Center Power A new report says Microsoft aims to more than triple its data center capacity by 2032 — here's why that scale matters to your… September 11, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Nvidia’s Australia Deal Is a Preview for US Power Grids Nvidia's plan to help bring 2GW of data centers online in Australia by 2027 mirrors the buildout pressure hitting US grids right now. September 10, 2026 Read →

News Analysis SLB’s $4.1B Cooling Deal Shows AI’s Hidden Infrastructure Race Oilfield giant SLB is buying cooling specialist Kelvion for $4.1B, a sign that keeping AI data centers from overheating is now big business. September 1, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Brazil’s 300MW Data Center Bet Mirrors the US Playbook A new Brazilian campus that could grow past 1GW shows the hyperscale data-center model spreading well beyond US borders. August 22, 2026 Read →

News Analysis Why More Communities Are Pushing Back on Data Centers Opposition to data center construction is rising across the US. Here's what's driving it and how you can get involved locally. August 16, 2026 Read →

News Analysis NZ’s Largest AI Data Center: A 360MVA Preview for US Grids A new substation deal in New Zealand shows the scale of power hyperscale AI now demands — a pattern playing out across US grids… August 12, 2026 Read →

News Analysis AI Firm Inks Deal for Power-Hungry Space at 60 Hudson An AI customer will lease up to 3.8MW at NYC's historic 60 Hudson data center — a small deal that signals a much bigger… July 30, 2026 Read →

News Analysis UK Data-Center Program Left in Limbo — Lessons for US Watchdogs A UK agency shake-up shows how easily data-center oversight programs can stall when the government office running them disappears. July 29, 2026 Read →

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