The latest data center news from the trade press and major outlets: new campuses, power deals, cooling, AI buildouts and the jobs they create. Updated three times a day. Each story links to the original publisher.
Could the Societal Value of Workloads Shape Data Center Policy?
As opposition to data center expansion grows, policymakers may eventually look beyond power and water consumption to ask whether the digital services those facilities support justify their environmental and infrastructure…
Reliability Standards for AI Data Centers, Crypto Miners Move Closer to Adoption
The proposed rules must still be approved by NERC’s board and federal regulators. As written, they would apply to computational loads of 50 MW or more connected at voltage levels…
Data Center Developers Face Tighter Margins as Construction Costs Rise
JLL says strong AI demand is not enough to protect projects lacking power certainty, anchor tenants, and credible delivery timelines.
OPC Global Summit: News spans AI-optimized hardware, cooling equipment
The OCP Global Summit is taking place this week in San Jose, Calif., and the news is flowing. The summit is an annual conference of the Open Compute Project, an…
Japanese consortium bets on building bobbing bit barns
Four firms believe server farms on barges in ports will help solve the problem of finding suitable sites