Shane Snider

State of Reliability report documents multiple 1 GW-plus customer-initiated load reduction events, prompting new modeling guidance and standards work.

QTS withdrew its $30 billion Digital Gateway project despite strong infrastructure, raising questions about whether permitting certainty and community opposition now rival power availability as deal-breaking factors.

The state’s first extra-high-voltage network marks a fundamental shift in grid planning – building massive capacity for data centers and other large loads before they even break ground.

New rack-mount and single-frame systems give enterprises more flexibility as data center space, cooling, and AI demands intensify.

Days after QTS abandoned its $30 billion Digital Gateway project, county supervisors unanimously rejected the first planning step for a proposed 43 million-square-foot data center campus.

Local opposition groups surged to 430 from 76 since 2025, while recent Virginia project failures suggest community acceptance is emerging as a new site-selection variable for AI infrastructure.

Meta’s 1 GW Alberta campus reveals how hyperscalers now secure power and transmission years before announcing AI campuses.

After a cryptocurrency mining project collapsed in one Ohio town, a proposed AI data center is testing whether early community engagement, developer-funded infrastructure and public disclosure can become part of the permitting playbook.

New serverless fine-tuning and inference services target the full AI model lifecycle – from model customization through production deployment.

North Carolina repealed the sales tax exemption on data center electricity while preserving equipment incentives as AI power demand reshapes policy.