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NVIDIA, Cloverleaf Partnering to Advance Data Center Development
Technology giant NVIDIA is furthering its support of artificial intelligence (AI) and data center construction. Cloverleaf Infrastructure, a group that supports the AI buildout by providing power sources and infrastructure…
PJM Widens Response to Data Center Load as Capacity Shortfalls Deepen
PJM Interconnection has proposed a new framework that would allow large data centers and other major electricity users to enter service without first securing enough new capacity to cover their…
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Shapiro Sets Binding GRID Requirements in Pennsylvania, Targets Data Center Power Costs
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on Aug. 18 that raises the bar for large data center development in the state, directing agencies to condition favorable permitting treatment…
Contested 5-GW Ridgeline Gas, Solar, and Data-Center Complex in West Virginia Clears Site-Control Question
The West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection's (WVDEP) Division of Air Quality (DAQ) has determined that Purcellville, Virginia-based Fundamental Data satisfied the site-control requirements associated with its August 2025 air…
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Texas 2.5-GW Gas-Plus-Nuclear Project Proceeds to Engineering, Licensing Phase
Blue Energy and GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) have signed an agreement to launch the next phase of their collaboration on a planned 2.5-GW gas-plus-nuclear power project in Victoria,…
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Abbott Orders Full Audit of Texas Data Center Interconnection Queue, Threatens to Deny Grid Access
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) and the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) to conduct a comprehensive audit of every data center…
More Data Center Operators Commit to Abbott's Texas Standards as Power Companies Endorse ERCOT Batch Framework
A growing group of data center operators—including Dallas-based Skybox Datacenters, Austin-headquartered bitcoin miner and hyperscale developer Mara, and global colocation giant Digital Realty—have publicly committed to comply with Texas Gov.…
Texas Audit Could Delay 49.8 GW of Data Center Load, Cost Projects Up to $15 Billion, BNEF Warns
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's Aug. 3 order pausing all new data center connections to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid until a comprehensive audit is complete could delay…
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3 GW Off PJM, Again: What NERC’s 2024 Investigation Already Told Us
More than 3 GW of data center load left the PJM system on July 22, 2026, after a single transmission fault. The North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) investigated the…
The POWER Interview: How Is Rising Scrutiny Changing the Way Data Centers Secure Power? 
A recent flurry of state and federal action points to a marked pivot from treating data center growth as a grid-planning challenge to requiring large-load customers to show who pays…
AI Data Centers Demand a New Model for Power Infrastructure
Unprecedented scale and load volatility are pushing developers beyond traditional generation strategies toward integrated, digitally orchestrated power systems built for speed, stability, and resilience. As
Make Every Data Center a Power Hub
America is debating data centers as though technological leadership and affordable electricity are competing goals. That framing misses the opportunity.
Can Utility Supply Chains Keep Pace with AI Data Center Demand? Seven Procurement Strategies to Power the Future
As artificial intelligence (AI) adoption accelerates, the gap between electricity demand and grid capacity is widening rapidly. While this trend is often framed as a power generation and transmission challenge,…
Making Energy Intensity a Controlled Variable
Rising power costs and load increases have elevated energy monitoring and analysis on plant agendas, but consumption only becomes controllable once it is reliably measured per unit produced and modeled