Verizon and Corning announced a multibillion-dollar supply agreement on 8 September 2026 covering more than 80 million miles of high-density optical fiber from 2027 to 2032, targeting both broadband expansion and AI data center interconnect.
10 Sept 2026
Data CentresThe DOE's Office of Energy Dominance Financing closed a $1.9 billion loan to NextEra on 8 September 2026 to restart Iowa's only nuclear plant, anchored by a 25-year Google PPA.
10 Sept 2026
Data CentresFlexSysAI has launched a grid-flexibility pilot with ResetData, CSIRO, and the University of Queensland, testing AI workload shifting on a live Nvidia H200 cluster in Australia's NEM.
10 Sept 2026
Data CentresBritain's state-owned grid operator has extended its Palantir Foundry contract for £21.2 million without inviting rival bids, arguing its critical connections and balancing processes are too embedded to switch.
9 Sept 2026
Data CentresMarc Oman, who spent nearly 12 years at Google closing 2 GW+ of European renewable PPAs, joins Mistral Compute days after the French AI lab raised €3 billion in a Samsung-led Series D.
9 Sept 2026
Data CentresPID-controlled cooling distribution units are tuned for steady-state loads. AI accelerators produce millisecond-scale power transients. The gap between those two timescales is an unaccounted-for reliability risk.
8 Sept 2026
Data CentresIreland's energy regulator proposes discounted gas connections for new data centers in exchange for accepting planned supply interruptions during peak demand periods.
8 Sept 2026
Data CentresStulz has launched the TelAir 4 and WallAir 4, fourth-generation air cooling systems for edge data centers and 5G infrastructure, available to order from 1 September 2026.
8 Sept 2026
Data CentresHarworth Group has entered exclusivity with an unnamed operator for a second hyperscale powered land sale, disclosing a six-site pipeline with up to 1 GW of connection capacity across the North of England and Midlands.
22 Aug 2026
Data CentresNvidia has made a minority investment in Houston-based Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a powered-land developer with more than 7 GW sold and a 10 GW-plus pipeline, as the chipmaker extends its reach upstream.
22 Aug 2026
Data CentresBloom Energy's Power Connect shifts electrical integration from job sites to its U.S. factories, promising data center operators more than 40% faster on-site power installation.
21 Aug 2026
Data CentresNorthern Concept Swanb Pty Ltd has lodged plans with Ipswich City Council for a 10-story, 103,955 sqm data center in Swanbank, adjacent to Powerlink Queensland's Blackstone Substation.
20 Aug 2026
Data CentresTrane Technologies and Eaton published a joint medium-voltage reference design on 17 August 2026, promising 15% energy efficiency gains and 30% lower installation costs for AI data centers.
20 Aug 2026