3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (657+ words) Urban data centers deliver low-latency performance and rich interconnection for metro workloads. Learn when they make sense, key trade-offs, and how to find the right provider. Most data centers are large, standalone buildings surrounded by open space. But there’s another…...

2+ day, 16+ hour ago   (264+ words) Insight and analysis on the data center space from industry thought leaders. Property tax is a major, often-overlooked cost in AI data center ownership that should be strategically managed from design through operation, not treated as a yearly accounting task....

4+ day, 1+ hour ago   (347+ words) Data centers provide the environments where compute runs; telcos deliver the networks that connect them. Here’s how the two ecosystems diverge and overlap. A data center is a facility purpose-built to house IT equipment. Facilities range from hyperscale campuses with…...

5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (883+ words) With US data center electricity use surging, developers must prove they can secure scalable, reliable power before breaking ground. US data center used an estimated 312.6 TWh of electricity in 2025, a 25.5% year-over-year increase – nearly eight times the growth rate of overall…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (851+ words) Flex’s $4.4B EPC Power deal adds 800V DC and grid-forming technology as AI data center rack densities rise and operators rethink power delivery. Flex will acquire power-conversion company EPC Power for $4.4 billion, adding 800V DC, grid-forming and other power technologies to its data…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (664+ words) While alternatives to evaporative cooling exist, most data centers don’t adopt them because the economics currently don’t justify the higher capital costs and operational complexity. In public debates about data centers, one of the loudest objections is that they drain…...

2+ week, 1+ hour ago   (382+ words) Solid-state transformers are gaining traction as a way to convert medium-voltage AC directly to 800 V DC in AI data centers. Still, questions remain about the technology’s maturity. “The move from AC to DC can be hastened by the introduction of…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (1313+ words) DOE declined three proposed transmission corridors as its own study cites data center load growth, raising questions about how far ahead utilities should build. Data center developers can seek gigawatts of power years before a transmission line can be permitted…...

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (899+ words) As AI racks push past 100 kW, electrical engineering and resilience planning – not chip counts – are setting the cap. For decades, each new generation of hardware has packed more compute into less space. AI accelerated that trend to a pace data…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (986+ words) The company’s strategy emphasizes that “bragawatts” aren't all equal: a megawatt at the end of a weak radial line has far less value than one supported by redundant, resilient transmission systems. Galaxy Digital, a digital assets and data center infrastructure…...