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The U.S. data center market enters 2026 with record demand driven by AI, historic low vacancy, and rising pricing; but with growing constraints around power delivery, construction...
CyrusOne
CyrusOne Austin, Texas AUS2-AUS3 campus
Cadence
In September 2025, Cadence announced a significant expansion of its Cadence Reality Digital Twin Platform library with a digital twin of NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD with DGX GB200 systems. The new model of NVIDIA’s high-performance accelerated computing platform will enable data center designers and operators to easily deploy the world’s leading AI accelerator in the buildout of AI factories.
Meta
Meta data center construction.
Cologix
Cologix Scalelogix Montréal MTL8 Data Center
SuperMicro
Supermicro’s liquid-cooled AI cluster at xAI’s Colossus facility, showing 32 NVIDIA HGX H100/H200 8-GPU, 4U systems—256 GPUs total—deployed across five high-density racks.
CleanArc
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Voices of the Industry

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Samantha Walters of Colocation America shares her thoughts on four trends she's seeing in the colocation space.
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Peter Huang, Global President - Data Center & Thermal Management at bp Castrol, explains why AI isn't just consuming more power, it's demanding better power systems.
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Learning Resources

CargoSense
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Join CargoSense, Data Center Frontier, DPR Construction, Schneider Electric and a data center operator to be named for a deep dive into how real-time logistics intelligence—across...
Feb. 18, 2026
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AI factories don't generate value by chance—it's the result of intentional design planning that aligns infrastructure with desired productivity outcomes. Learn of five critical...
Jan. 14, 2026
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Attendees will also gain insights into optimizing capacity planning and leveraging digital twins to future-proof their critical facilities.
Feb. 3, 2026
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Attendees will gain actionable insights into designing and deploying fuel cell-powered data centers, including strategies for load-following with Battery Energy Storage Systems...
Jan. 27, 2026

Podcast

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In this episode of the Data Center Frontier Show, Matt Vincent, Editor-in-Chief of Data Center Frontier is joined by Liam Weld, Head of Data Centers for Meter to discuss why connectivit...
Jan. 22, 2026
Moog
Moog CoreMotion: Coolant Distribution Pump and Intelligent Controls
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In this episode of the Data Center Frontier Show, Matt Vincent, Editor-in-Chief of Data Center Frontier, talks to Axel Bokiba, General Manager Data Center Cooling for MOOG, about...
Jan. 7, 2026

Videos

Data Center Frontier CASTROL
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Join us for this Data Center Frontier QuickChat, as DCF Editor in Chief Matt Vincent checks in with Darren Burgess US Business Development Director, at BP Castrol for an engaging...
Jan. 8, 2026
DCF November 2025
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In this Data Center Frontier QuickChat, Matt Vincent, Editor-in-Chief of Data Center Frontier, talks to Axel Bokiba, General Manager Data Center Cooling for MOOG, about what is...
Nov. 17, 2025

Hyperscale

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2025 revealed how data center outages, from fires and mechanical failures to hyperscale cloud region events, can cascade quickly in an AI-driven world, highlighting the growing...
Jan. 2, 2026
Amazon
Inside an AWS data center
As 2025 comes to a close, AWS is scaling AI infrastructure across data centers, customer sites, and global networks; rolling out hybrid AI Factories, committing $15 billion to...
Dec. 23, 2025
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Chris Gorthy of DPR Construction outlines three ways to build faster, smarter, and without delays in the year ahead.
Dec. 17, 2025
Google
Google Ironwood / Axion stacks in their data center
Google’s new TPU generations, including Trillium and Ironwood, are emerging as the strongest challenge yet to Nvidia’s GPU leadership, backed by a growing AI Hypercomputer ecosystem...
Dec. 9, 2025

Colocation

Switch
Switch Las Vegas Data Center
Twin supply-capacity agreements by Schneider Electric with Switch and Digital Realty show how AI data centers are starting to lock up power and thermal infrastructure in much ...
Nov. 24, 2025
Centersquare
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Centersquare’s self-funded, 10-site expansion pushes its platform to roughly 80 facilities, adding density-ready capacity across high-growth U.S. metros and key Canadian markets...
Nov. 19, 2025
Traka
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Craig Newell of Traka explains why data center operators should prioritize security systems that can be easily integrated, rather than utilizing separate solutions and training...
Nov. 19, 2025
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As AI demand drives record leasing and power scarcity reshapes the map, Green Street’s David Guarino explains why data centers still stand out in commercial real estate, how “...
Nov. 17, 2025

Power

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As the data center industry heads into 2026, AI is no longer just driving demand. It is reshaping power, cooling, site selection, and public scrutiny. This in-depth forecast examines...
Jan. 5, 2026
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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...
Dec. 30, 2025
Fervo Energy
Fervo Energy power plant construction.
As AI-driven power demand accelerates, geothermal energy is quietly moving from conceptual promise toward early execution: backed by new capital, tightening cost models, and growing...
Dec. 18, 2025
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Tod Higinbotham, CEO of ZincFive, explains why immediate power solutions — and nickel-zinc battery chemistry — matter in the AI era.
Dec. 12, 2025

Cooling

NJFX
NJFX and Bala Consulting Engineers are collaborating to develop a data hall, internally named Project Cool Water, which represents the first purpose-built cable landing station campus in North America to support “liquid-to-the-chip” AI-ready infrastructure.
As rack densities surge and grid headroom tightens, liquid cooling is becoming the backbone of AI data centers. Here we unpack the strategic moves—Trane’s Stellar deal, LG’s Flex...
Dec. 4, 2025
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Microsoft has unveiled an in-chip microfluidic cooling system that channels coolant through microscopic pathways etched into the silicon itself—delivering up to three times greater...
Nov. 10, 2025
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Three strategic acquisitions in a single week—by Eaton, Vertiv, and Daikin—underscore how data center liquid cooling has moved from niche component to core infrastructure. We ...
Nov. 6, 2025
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The next phase of AI infrastructure is taking shape through an unprecedented wave of strategic alignment. From Johnson Controls’ investment in two-phase liquid cooling pioneer...
Oct. 8, 2025

AI / Machine Learning

NVIDIA
NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang opened CES 2026 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas, framing AI as infrastructure that is now scaling across every industry and every device.
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 ...
Jan. 12, 2026
OpenAI
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Project Stargate moved from concept to execution in 2025 as OpenAI began assembling a multi-gigawatt AI infrastructure portfolio across the U.S. and abroad. With SoftBank’s acquisition...
Jan. 7, 2026
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SoftBank’s $4 billion acquisition of DigitalBridge marks a decisive shift from financing AI to owning the infrastructure that powers it. By adding a $108 billion digital infrastructure...
Dec. 29, 2025
Starcloud
SpaceX launch of Starcloud data center
Starcloud’s successful deployment of an orbital AI data center marks a pivotal test for space-based data center infrastructure, exploring how off-planet compute could address ...
Dec. 26, 2025

Press Releases

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As 2026 begins, the AI data center boom looks intact, but its assumptions are under a degree of quiet stress.
Jan. 9, 2026
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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 ...
Jan. 6, 2026
Data Center Frontier
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The seventh installment in a series recapping key sessions from the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2025 (Aug. 26–28) in Reston, Va.
Dec. 29, 2025
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DCF Editor-at-Large Melissa Reali weighs in with her data center industry trends forecast and predictions for next year.
Dec. 22, 2025