As LNG becomes critical infrastructure for data center resilience, operators must use performance-based fire modeling and proactively integrate fuel systems into their overall safety strategy.

ERCOT’s Batch Zero framework centralizes grid reviews, streamlining large-load approvals to meet soaring AI and data center power demands.

Virginia’s new electricity tax on data centers, including self-generated power, is projected to generate $600M annually.

Microsoft’s West Texas power agreement with Chevron shows how AI developers are securing generation capacity alongside compute.

Data center operators are launching training programs, apprenticeships, and college partnerships to address growing AI-era talent shortages.

Data center build timelines are driven less by the shell and more by permitting, utility interconnection, and supply-chain bottlenecks.

Evaporative cooling still dominates data centers, but with rising liquid cooling adoption, is the industry ready to embrace more sustainable solutions?

FERC gave six grid operators 60 days to justify or revise large-load tariffs and 30 days to explain how they will power growing AI demand.

Operators are deploying battery systems to support reliability and grid flexibility, but cost, performance, and complexity still hinder adoption.

Amazon and Google’s multibillion-dollar data center investments in Montgomery County are positioning Missouri as a key destination for hyperscalers seeking power and scalability.