Summary: Published guidance on data center UPS failure usually stops at prevention of failures. Test batteries, maintain transfer switches, monitor warning signs. But what happens after a failure, when someone must decide what stays on and what gets cut before…
Data centers are the backbone of the modern digital economy, but they are also coming under scrutiny for their environmental impact. Both energy and water usage are gaining public and political attention. Computer systems generate massive amounts of heat, and…
Alpha Compute has signed a binding term sheet for a planned 200 MW natural gas-powered data center campus in Pennsylvania. The agreement includes the option to expand the campus to as much as 1 GW of capacity. The project adds…
PPL Electric’s AI data center demand pipeline now totals 31.8 GW, with 11 GW under signed agreements. A PPL-Blackstone joint venture has secured sites in Pennsylvania to build up to 14 GW of new generation. The figures point to sustained,…
Furukawa Electric is investing 100 billion yen to expand its optical fiber production capacity. The move responds to rising demand for high-speed connectivity tied to AI data center buildouts. The investment adds to a wave of fiber and interconnect capacity…
Microsoft has agreed to purchase 23,602 tons of carbon removal from Crew, a wastewater alkalinity enhancement company. Crew’s process adds alkaline material to wastewater streams to lock away carbon dioxide. The deal adds to Microsoft’s broader portfolio of carbon removal…
CleanCore has formed a joint venture to develop a 55 MW data center in Minnesota. The project is backed by an $800 million, 10-year lease agreement with AI chipmaker Cerebras. The lease locks in capacity for Cerebras well before the…
Bloom Energy shares rose 15% after the company disclosed a $1.7 billion deal tied to AI data centers, per TradingView. TradingView’s report did not detail the counterparty, site location, or contract term behind the agreement. The market reaction points to…
Coravel has signed a hyperscaler customer for its newly launched data center platform. The platform is being positioned at 1.2 GW of capacity, per the report. Further details on the customer’s identity, site location, and timeline were not disclosed in…
Cerebras plans to grow its European data center footprint to 200 MW of capacity by 2027, according to Indiatimes. The build adds a large block of AI inference load to a European grid that is already power constrained. Wafer-scale AI…
