| | | | | | | | | | Virginia’s new large-load rate class and Georgia’s explicit risk-transfer rules show how hyperscale growth is being reshaped toward more structured, financially responsible development, and toward clarity about who pays when the forecast breaks. |
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| | | | | | | | Mike Connaughton of Leviton Network Solutions explains how strong partnerships can help data center operators overcome common challenges and enrich project development. |
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| | | | Sponsored | | Each month Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, posts some of the hottest data center career opportunities in the market. Here’s a look at some of the latest data center jobs posted on the Data Center Frontier jobs board, powered by Pkaza Critical Facilities Recruiting. |
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| | | | | | | | From a converted factory in Memphis to a planned $20B, 2-gigawatt campus in Mississippi, Elon Musk’s xAI is building “AI factories” at unprecedented speed. This deep-dive follows Colossus, MACROHARDRR, and the race between compute, power, water, and politics in the new era of data centers. |
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| | Six new chips, one system. NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin launch extends beyond a single product into a full AI infrastructure platform where compute, networking, memory, and operations are co-designed to deliver low-cost, always-on inference at scale. |
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| | JLL's 2026 Global Data Center Outlook report highlights a massive $3 trillion supercycle in data center infrastructure, driven by AI, cloud expansion, and geographic distribution, with capacity expected to double by 2030 amid energy constraints. |
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| | | | | | | | As artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) design criteria continue to evolve, today’s data center operators face a new challenge: engineering facilities capable of handling extreme density, variable workloads, and rapid hardware refresh cycles. Faced with rapid innovation... |
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| | | | | | Sponsored | | Attendees will gain actionable insights into designing and deploying fuel cell-powered data centers, including strategies for load-following with Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), achieving high nines availability with modular, redundant power architecture, and optimizing site layouts for phased growth. |
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| | | | | EDITOR'S PICKS by Matt Vincent |
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| | DCF Editor-at-Large Melissa Reali weighs in with her data center industry trends forecast and predictions for next year. |
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| | AI density, power constraints, megacampuses, and liquid cooling defined 2025. Our annual Scorecard revisits DCF’s predictions to separate clear hits from trends that proved early, revealing how execution—even more than demand—shaped the year. |
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