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PJM, the largest power market in the US, navigates the collision of data centres, decarbonization, and affordability – spotlighting key opex tensions for AI DCs in a hyperscaler hub.
Massive capex ramp: Investor-owned utilities plan $1.4T through 2030, up 27% from $1.1T, with AI data centers as leading driver amid aging grid...
Steel fabricator Zekelman hires Jim Marsh as Executive Director for Digital & Mission Critical Infrastructure to target AI and hyperscale data center...
AI data centers promise to redraw U.S. infrastructure as the fastest-growing sector driven by AI demand, spurring infratech advances—but straining...
Vertiv (VRT) has gained nearly 90% in 2026, hitting $310 after BNP Paribas' outperform rating and $345 PT (15% above market). With ~80% sales from...
AI's real bottleneck is construction capacity, not chips – Microsoft, Oracle CEOs confirm.
AI boom pivots data centers inland as power constraints hit coastal hubs like Northern Virginia:
Key hurdles crippling US data center growth amid AI boom:
Goldman Sachs forecasts 220% global data center power growth by 2030, US claiming 60% at 750 TWh, straining grids to 11% of electricity demand.
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Hyperscalers shift inland as regulatory hurdles, rising power costs, and grid congestion plague Virginia and Texas.
Key projects in emerging...
Escalating grid strains are the top bottleneck for hyperscaler buildouts, eclipsing capital availability:
AI demand explosion hinges on power, cooling, and land – not just buildings:
Microsoft engineers are pioneering HTS cables and microfluidic cooling to slash power loss and enhance efficiency in data centers—key for tackling AI's soaring energy and cooling costs.
Half of AI's planned 2026 data centers won't open due to a steel supply bottleneck, with 200-week lead times and heavy reliance on China creating unsolvable delays. This physical choke point trumps GPU hype, hitting capex timelines hard.
Power trumps all: AI infrastructure makes power availability the top site selection factor, sidelining coastal constraints.
Key inland migration trends amid AI boom:
