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Galaxy Digital acquires 500 acres in McGregor, Texas, for a 74 MW AI campus under a new 'beneficiary proves' model requiring self-funded grid and water upgrades.

Developers of a 300-megawatt AI data center in Vineland, New Jersey, propose on-site Bloom Energy fuel cells to bypass public grid capacity bottlenecks.

DIMAAG unveils its ZettaWatt 800 V DC power architecture to smooth synchronized GPU load fluctuations and meet Texas's ERCOT ride-through mandates.

The Tucson Mayor and Council adopted some of the most stringent regulations in the US for large-scale data centers, mandating water and power supply disclosures.

Crusoe and Aalo Atomics partner to deploy modular sodium-cooled nuclear reactors directly at data centers, starting with a 2027 pilot in Idaho.

ERCOT halts its Batch Zero transmission planning study as data centers drive a massive 474 GW queue of electricity interconnection requests in Texas.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered mandatory PUCT and ERCOT audits for all proposed data centers, targeting water and electricity consumption.

The U.S. data center industry recorded a massive $22.3 billion in construction starts in June 2026, driven by unrelenting demand for AI infrastructure.

Meta elevates its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to a record $130–$145 billion to fund massive AI-optimized data centers and power infrastructure expansions.