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Build & Design
Texas Powers Past Virginia in Global Data Center RankingsTexas Powers Past Virginia in Global Data Center Rankings

Dallas, West Texas, and Austin-San Antonio climbed Cushman’s global rankings as AI infrastructure chases power and land.

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
May 22, 2026
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4 Min Read
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Build & Design
AI Inference Pulls Infrastructure Back into Metro Data CentersAI Inference Pulls Infrastructure Back into Metro Data Centers
byShane Snider
May 22, 2026
4 Min Read
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Infrastructure
Nvidia Earnings Show AI Spending Moving Beyond GPUsNvidia Earnings Show AI Spending Moving Beyond GPUs
byShane Snider
May 21, 2026
4 Min Read
Build & Design
SpaceX IPO Filing Recasts Company as AI Infrastructure GiantSpaceX IPO Filing Recasts Company as AI Infrastructure Giant
byShane Snider
May 21, 2026
6 Min Read
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Build & Design
Why FAST-41 Now Covers AI Data Centers and CopperWhy FAST-41 Now Covers AI Data Centers and Copper
byShane Snider
May 20, 2026
5 Min Read
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Build & Design
Virginia Tightens Data Center Generator Permitting as Community Scrutiny GrowsVirginia Tightens Generator Permitting as Community Scrutiny Grows
byShane Snider
May 19, 2026
6 Min Read
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Regulations
Oklahoma Law Opens New Front in AI Data Center Power Debate
Oklahoma Law Opens New Front in AI Data Center Power Debate
May 19, 2026
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6 Min Read
byShane Snider,James Walker
Dominion Energy Virginia’s North Anna Power Station
Deals
NextEra-Dominion Merger: A $67B Bet on AI Power Demand
NextEra-Dominion Merger: A $67B Bet on AI Power Demand
May 18, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
Cloud
Earnings Roundup: Neoclouds Shift From GPU Race to Power Wars
Earnings Roundup: Neoclouds Shift From GPU Race to Power Wars
May 15, 2026
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6 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
Equinix Expands Fabric Geo Zones to Tackle Data Sovereignty
Equinix Expands Fabric Geo Zones to Tackle Data Sovereignty
May 14, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Build & Design
AI Transforms Data Centers into Power and Cooling Plants
AI Transforms Data Centers into Power and Cooling Plants
May 14, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Energy & Power Supply
Gridlock or Growth? ERCOT Warns Texas AI Power Boom May Not Materialize
Gridlock or Growth? ERCOT Warns Texas AI Power Boom May Not Materialize
May 14, 2026
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5 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
Live GPU Rental Listings Point to Early Price Compression
Live GPU Rental Listings Point to Early Price Compression
May 13, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
Nscale’s $790M Financing Marks a Shift to Utility-Style Deals
Nscale’s $790M Financing Marks a Shift to Utility-Style Deals
May 12, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
After the Power Crunch, AI Infrastructure Hits a Silicon Wall
After the Power Crunch, AI Infrastructure Hits a Silicon Wall
May 11, 2026
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5 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
Are AI Neoclouds Rewiring Data Center Traffic Patterns?
Are AI Neoclouds Rewiring Data Center Traffic Patterns?
May 8, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Build & Design
Interconnection Delays Push Texas Data Center Behind the Meter
Interconnection Delays Push Texas Data Center Behind the Meter
May 8, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
Will Fiber and Photonics Define Nvidia’s Next AI Data Center Push?
Will Fiber and Photonics Define Nvidia’s Next AI Data Center Push?
May 8, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
Uptime
From Capacity to Chaos: How AI Data Centers Challenge the Grid
From Capacity to Chaos: How AI Data Centers Challenge the Grid
May 8, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Deals
Nvidia Places Massive AI Infrastructure Bet on IREN’s 5 GW Pipeline
Nvidia Places Massive AI Infrastructure Bet on IREN’s 5 GW Pipeline
May 7, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
DataVita’s DV1 data center
Data Center Career Development
Build an AI Tool, Land a Job: Data Center Operator Launches Hiring Contest
Build an AI Tool, Land a Job: Data Center Operator Launches Hiring Contest
May 7, 2026
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2 Min Read
byJames Walker,Executive Editor
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Data Center Construction
Core Scientific’s Muskogee Bet: Can Crypto-Era Infrastructure Fuel AI?
Core Scientific’s Muskogee Bet: Can Crypto-Era Infrastructure Fuel AI?
May 7, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Networking
How OpenAI’s New Networking Protocol Aims to Solve AI Bottlenecks
How OpenAI’s New Networking Protocol Aims to Solve AI Bottlenecks
May 6, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
Networking
HPE Pushes Self-Driving Networks into Production
HPE Pushes Self-Driving Networks into Production
May 6, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
AMD’s AI Infrastructure Push Drives 57% Data Center Growth
AMD’s AI Infrastructure Push Drives 57% Data Center Growth
May 6, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
Astera Labs Targets Fragmented AI Workloads with New Fabric
Astera Labs Targets Fragmented AI Workloads with New Fabric
May 5, 2026
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5 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
Infrastructure
IREN Buys Mirantis for $625M to Unlock AI Compute Utilization
IREN Buys Mirantis for $625M to Unlock AI Compute Utilization
May 5, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Build & Design
Meta’s Space Solar Bet Highlights AI Data Center Power Gap
Meta’s Space Solar Bet Highlights AI Data Center Power Gap
May 5, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Infrastructure
AI Demand Surges as Billions in Compute Remain Locked
AI Demand Surges as Billions in Compute Remain Locked
May 5, 2026
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5 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Next-Gen Data Centers
IBM Targets Enterprise AI Control Layer with ‘Operating Model’ Push
IBM Targets Enterprise AI Control Layer with ‘Operating Model’ Push
May 5, 2026
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4 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Build & Design
AI Data Center Boom Rewires US Power Supply Chain
AI Data Center Boom Rewires US Power Supply Chain
May 4, 2026
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7 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
Regulations
North Carolina Targets Hyperscale Costs with Proposed AI Infrastructure Bill
North Carolina Targets Hyperscale Costs with Proposed AI Infrastructure Bill
May 4, 2026
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5 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
Servers in a cloud setting
AI Data Centers
Google-Anthropic Deal: AI Capacity Now Pre-Sold at Gigawatt Scale
Google-Anthropic Deal: AI Capacity Now Pre-Sold at Gigawatt Scale
May 1, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
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Next-Gen Data Centers
Microsoft AI Surge Exposes Data Center Capacity Gap
Microsoft AI Surge Exposes Data Center Capacity Gap
Apr 30, 2026
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3 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer
Cooling
The Breaking Points: Cooling Struggles to Keep Pace With AI Power Density
The Breaking Points: Cooling Struggles to Keep Pace With AI Power Density
Apr 30, 2026
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5 Min Read
byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

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