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Colorado Cities Draw Data Center Lines From 1 MW to 100 MW. The Number Decides Which Buildings Can Host Computing.
Grand Junction paused data centers at 1 MW; other Colorado cities use 10 MW or 100 MW. Learn why the threshold decides which buildings can host…
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Four-Hour Batteries Beat Gas Peakers on Cost in All 43 Markets Wood Mackenzie Modeled
Wood Mackenzie finds four-hour batteries cheaper than open-cycle gas turbines in all 43 modeled markets. What turbine lead times and tariffs mean for…
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The Data Center Next Door: How the AI Power Race Reshapes Your Reliability, Your Rates and Your Community
In a single week, Google locked up roughly 3,590 megawatts of nuclear capacity and regulators wrote new rules for giant loads. None of it is under a…
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PJM's Capacity Gap Widens as Data Center Load Outpaces Supply
The grid operator's latest auction fell 6,831 megawatts short. New large-load rules move electrical capacity onto the underwriting sheet.
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Why PJM Wants New Data Centers to Bring Their Own Power
PJM asked federal regulators on August 17, 2026 to require new data centers to secure their own generation or be curtailed first during shortages. What…
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DG Matrix Builds the Power Router for Data Centers Today, and the Building of Tomorrow
DG Matrix's Interport solid-state transformer delivers native 800 VDC at 98.5% efficiency and collapses 10-20 legacy components into one intelligent…
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Google and Voltus Turn 100 Megawatts of Building Flexibility Into PJM’s Cheapest Capacity
A first-of-its-kind agreement pays homes and businesses for the load they already control, and it tells owners exactly where the next revenue line sits.
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100 Gigawatts and Counting: GE Vernova's Order Book Reveals the Real Pace of the AI Energy Buildout
For commercial real estate operators, planners, and infrastructure executives modeling the speed-to-power question, GE Vernova Q1 earnings figures are…
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The $66.8 Billion Question: What the NextEra-Dominion Merger Means for the Power Map Underneath Commercial Real Estate
What the NextEra and Dominion Energy merger means for PJM capacity, Virginia data centers, interconnection timelines, and commercial real estate…
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Project Hummingbird Models the Hyperscale Power Island
A 944 MW behind-the-meter gas plant on a Pennsylvania coal mine becomes a cellular power blueprint.
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The Programmable Grid: DG Matrix is Scaling the Solid-State On-Ramp
The electrification and AI data center narrative is shifting from funding to deployment, with market leader DG Matrix recently raising $60M in a Series…
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Denver Joins the Pause: The Great Data Center Moratorium
Denver, Colorado joins a growing coalition of "resilient cities" that are prioritizing grid stability and water security over raw tax-base expansion.
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