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CPP Investments commits $741M to CtrlS for India AI data center buildout
Canada's largest pension fund takes an 8.2% stake in CtrlS and joins a hyperscale joint venture as India's AI infrastructure race accelerates.
HPE and Nvidia expand AI Factory with Vera CPU and Agent Toolkit
The joint platform adds Nvidia's first agent-tuned CPU, a new agent toolkit for Private Cloud AI, and confidential computing across the stack.
Emerald AI's Conductor pitches flexible data centers as the grid bottleneck answer
A Duke study says US grids can absorb 76 GW more — about 5% of total capacity — if data centers flex just 0.25% of the year.
Amazon says its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025
Amazon's first public water disclosure pegs usage at 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour, down 2% from 2024 even as operations expanded.
Meta strikes first India AI data center deal with Reliance in Jamnagar
A 168-megawatt facility in Gujarat extends a partnership that began with Meta's $5.7B Jio investment in 2020.
Shelbyville mayor calls data center opponents' homes 'shitty' on camera
Scott Furgeson dismissed yard-sign protests against a $2 billion build as coming from rentals; residents pushed back on local TV.
New York passes one-year data center moratorium, awaits Hochul signature
The bill would be the first statewide ban of its kind, freezing projects above 20 megawatts while the state studies AI infrastructure impacts.
Kevin O'Leary halves Utah's Project Stratos data center to 20,000 acres
After pressure from Utah's Senate president, O'Leary will cut 19,430 acres — but the footprint still exceeds Manhattan.
Meta is building data centers in tents to keep up with AI compute demand
Six 125,000-square-foot rapid-deployment structures outside New Albany, Ohio, powered by 200 MW of off-grid gas turbines.
Google defends evaporative cooling as Microsoft, OpenAI retreat from it
Seven in ten Americans now oppose new data centers, and water is the top concern. The industry is splitting on how to answer.
UN researchers say AI will double data center power and water use by 2030
A new UN analysis projects AI workloads will push global data center electricity and water consumption to twice today's levels within five years.
Google pledges to replenish more water than its data centers use by 2030
Five new water commitments and $17M in stewardship funding arrive as 70% of Americans say they oppose local data center construction.
Megaport raises $594M after landing four AI infrastructure contracts
The Australian network-as-a-service provider taps equity markets to fund a pivot toward AI workloads after winning four customer deals.
Erin Brockovich launches data center map after 4,000 community complaints
The environmental activist says transparency — not water or noise — is the top concern in submissions about US data center buildouts.
Utah approves 40,000-acre Stratos data center despite 4,000 public objections
Kevin O'Leary's 9GW AI campus could raise Utah carbon emissions 55% and nighttime temps by 12°F.
NextEra-Dominion merger creates utility giant to chase 130GW data center pipeline
The $67B deal positions the combined company to more than double generation capacity to 225GW by 2032.
NextEra to buy Dominion in $66.8B deal as AI power demand surges
The combination would create one of the largest US utilities at a moment when data center load is reshaping power markets.
Lake Tahoe loses its power supplier to Nevada's AI data center boom
Liberty Utilities' contract with NV Energy expires May 2027, and data center load requests dwarf the resort region's needs by 40x.
Pennsylvania residents organize against 60 proposed data centers at virtual town hall
A two-hour online forum drew 225 attendees and aimed criticism at Gov. Josh Shapiro as a Quinnipiac poll finds 68% oppose local AI data centers.
NV Energy to cut power to Lake Tahoe by May 2027 as Nevada data centers absorb capacity
Liberty Utilities must replace 75% of its supply for 49,000 California residents while Nevada plans for 5,900 megawatts of new data center demand.
University of Washington student ships interactive map of AI data center policy
Isabelle Reksopuro's tool uses Claude to refresh four times daily, charting buildouts from The Dalles to Texas.
Foxconn Q1 profit jumps 19% on AI server demand, beating forecasts
The world's largest contract electronics maker is riding the AI buildout, with Q1 earnings outpacing analyst estimates.
xAI runs 46 gas turbines at Mississippi data center under 'mobile' loophole
Mississippi treats the trailer-mounted turbines as mobile, exempting them from air-pollution rules for one year; the NAACP is seeking an injunction.
Data centers push into rural America with jobs math that doesn't add up
Maine's governor vetoed an 18-month data center moratorium citing 150 jobs at a Jay facility; a Texas study found net job creation closer to zero.
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