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Project Star Pairs a Texas Data Center Campus With Dedicated Energy Infrastructure
A newly announced $22.3 billion campus in Encinal, Texas combines data center capacity with planned generation and grid-support infrastructure.
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Aligned Breaks Ground on 2-Gigawatt Project Phoenix Data Center Campus
The three-building campus in Shippingport, Pennsylvania, pairs gigawatt-scale digital infrastructure with dedicated on-site generation.
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A 29-megawatt Tennessee data-center site tests the value of substation-adjacent capacity
Atlantic HPC's September 30 filing describes a Dyersburg site with 29 MW of contracted demand and a path that still depends on utility construction and transformer upgrades.
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DOE grid selections target more than 20 gigawatts of capacity from existing corridors
DOE's September 24 SPARK selections focus on reconductoring and advanced transmission technologies to expand capacity on existing rights of way.
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NVIDIA and Palantir put AI factory supply-chain coordination into the delivery conversation
NVIDIA and Palantir have announced an AI collaboration beginning with NVIDIA’s own supply-chain operations.
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Australia’s proposed AI factory buildout treats land, power and shell capacity as a coordinated system
NVIDIA has announced collaboration with Australian cloud and infrastructure partners on an AI factory buildout of up to two gigawatts by 2027.
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3M and Microsoft’s optical partnership brings installation and maintenance into AI network design
Microsoft and 3M have announced a partnership that includes deployment of 3M’s Expanded Beam Optical technology in Azure data centers.
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Microsoft’s Mount Pleasant milestone shows what an operational AI campus announcement should establish
Microsoft’s June update reported that its first Mount Pleasant, Wisconsin, data center facility was fully operational after equipment startup activities began in April.
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Google’s West Virginia storage partnership connects the AI power discussion to battery duration
Google is backing a West Virginia energy project with MN8 Energy and Eos Energy Enterprises that combines solar generation with two types of battery storage.
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Google’s Lea County exploration puts water and power commitments at the start of site planning
Google says it is exploring a potential data center in Lea County, New Mexico, while discussions and important project details remain unresolved.
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Amazon and Wiwynn’s Texas expansion puts AI hardware manufacturing on the regional infrastructure map
Amazon and Wiwynn have announced an expansion of server manufacturing in Socorro, Texas, with nearly 1,000 additional advanced manufacturing jobs expected by the end of 2027.
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NVIDIA’s DSX Ready program brings power and cooling procurement closer to the AI rack
NVIDIA has introduced DSX Ready, a qualification program initially covering battery energy storage systems and cooling distribution units for AI factories.