Key Takeaways: Google’s Nebraska data centers consumed about 732.1 million gallons of water in 2025, up from 134.7 million gallons in 2023 and 46.6 million gallons in 2022, according to Google’s self-reported figures. The increase puts a concrete number behind a debate spreading across Nebraska: how much water sho
Key Takeaways: Antora Energy has raised an oversubscribed Series C amid intensifying demand for power from factories, data centers, and other large industrial customers. The announcement did not specify the round’s dollar value in the available details, but it positioned energy availability as a central constraint
Key Takeaways: DeForest’s decision to walk away from a proposed QTS Data Centers campus ended one of Wisconsin’s more ambitious technology infrastructure projects. It also left behind a detailed public-benefits package that could influence how other municipalities negotiate with hyperscale developers. The $12 bill
Key Takeaways: Energy Storage Solutions Drops $19.2 Billion North Carolina Data Center Key Takeaways: • Energy Storage Solutions withdrew its Edgecombe County AI data center proposal after delays, local resistance, and investor concerns. • Residents questioned the project’s effects on water supplies, electricity c
Key Takeaways: MediaTek Approves $5 Billion Push Into Data-Center AI Chips Key Takeaways: • MediaTek approved a $5 billion discretionary financing budget to support long-term growth, including custom AI data-center chips and server silicon. • MediaTek expects more than $2 billion in data-center AI chip revenue in
Key Takeaways: Tim Mathern Urges Data Center Debate in North Dakota Special Session Key Takeaways: • State Sen. Tim Mathern wants North Dakota lawmakers to address AI and hyperscale data centers during a possible special session. • Five hyperscale centers already operate in the state, with additional projects plan
Key Takeaways: Meta, Google and BlackRock Commit $265 Million to Train Data Center Trades Key Takeaways: • Meta is allocating $115 million to train roughly 5,000 people during the first year of America’s Workforce Academy. • Google is investing $50 million to expand annual electrical apprenticeship intake from 19,
Key Takeaways: DOE Taps Brookfield and NextEra for $100 Billion Paducah AI Campus Key Takeaways: • Brookfield, NextEra Energy and utility partners plan a 1.8-gigawatt AI and high-performance computing campus in Kentucky. • NextEra Energy plans 2 gigawatts of natural gas generation and up to 2.6 gigawatts of batter
Key Takeaways: PJM Handles 3 GW Load Drop After Ashburn Data Centers Disconnect Key Takeaways: • An Ashburn transmission fault prompted data centers to transfer to backup power, removing more than 3 GW of demand from the PJM grid within seconds. • PJM and Dominion Energy stabilized the system without bulk power re
Key Takeaways: BlackRock Markets $12.3 Billion Bond for Meta’s Texas AI Campus Key Takeaways: • BlackRock is marketing high-grade bonds due in 2048 to finance a 1-gigawatt AI data center campus in El Paso, Texas. • Initial pricing reflects a wider risk premium as investors assess rapidly expanding AI infrastructur