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Anthropic reportedly signs $517 billion in compute deals after Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless risk

Anthropic signs $517 billion compute deals after risk warning

Anthropic signed compute contracts worth up to $517 billion in eleven months.
Contracts add at least 14.8 gigawatts of power on top of existing 1-2 GW.
CEO Dario Amodei warned rivals about reckless investment in early 2026.
OpenAI's Sam Altman now cautions about 'unsustainable silliness' from neo-cloud providers.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 8, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Deepseek plans the largest known Huawei chip cluster with 160,000 processors in Inner Mongolia

DeepSeek plans massive Huawei AI chip cluster in Inner Mongolia

DeepSeek reportedly plans an Inner Mongolia inference cluster using at least 160,000 Huawei Ascend-950DT chips.
The buildout would be the largest known Huawei chip cluster if completed.
The project underscores both China’s AI self-reliance push and its ongoing memory and production bottlenecks.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 4, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Anthropic ramps up Claude infrastructure with $35 billion Lambda deal

Anthropic Expands Compute With Reported $35 Billion Lambda Deal

Anthropic reportedly signed a $35 billion cloud deal with Lambda.
The agreement centers on a roughly 350-megawatt data center in Nueces County, Texas.
The move follows Anthropic’s recently announced $45 billion Nscale contract in West Virginia.
The expansion is tied to rising demand for Claude and Claude Code ahead of a planned IPO.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 3, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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PG&E sees rising interest in ‘customer-driven’ flexible interconnection pilot

PG&E pilot offers faster grid hookups by making capacity flexible

PG&E says its Flex Connect pilot lets some large customers connect far faster by accepting non-firm service.
The utility reports customers accessed needed capacity in 90% of hours and saw impacts less than 1% of the time.
The model is drawing interest from EV charging operators, data centers, manufacturers, and storage developers.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 2, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Large loads face reliability requirements under MISO proposal

MISO Moves to Tighten Grid Rules for Large Loads and Data Centers

MISO has asked FERC to approve new reliability requirements for large loads before grid connection.
The proposal creates a separate computational-load category aimed at data centers and similar facilities.
The filing reflects rising concern that fast-growing digital demand could create new grid stability risks.

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DT Editorial Team·Sep 1, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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PJM drops Oklo advanced nuclear project from interconnection study cycle

Oklo fights PJM after Ohio power project is dropped from study cycle

Oklo filed an emergency complaint at FERC over PJM’s removal of a 750-MW project from a study cycle.
The project mixes advanced nuclear, fuel cells and gas generation in a single development.
The fight could become a test case for whether grid interconnection rules can handle newer hybrid power projects.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 31, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Anthropic locks in 45-billion-dollar compute deal with Nscale ahead of IPO

Anthropic locks in major compute capacity with Nscale ahead of planned IPO

Anthropic reportedly agreed to a six-year compute deal worth about $45 billion with Nscale.
The arrangement would use 460 megawatts of Nvidia Vera Rubin chips at a West Virginia site starting late next year.
The deal underscores how AI competition is increasingly tied to power, chip supply, and large-scale data center access.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 27, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Trump-backed Ken Paxton unveils ‘Texas first’ datacenter plan aimed at ‘negative impact’

Ken Paxton puts data centers at the center of Texas politics

Ken Paxton proposed a 'Texas first' plan targeting the impacts of data centers.
The plan ties AI infrastructure to electricity prices, rural land use, taxes, and child safety.
Public opposition to local data center construction is rising across party lines.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 25, 2026·via theguardian.com

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ERCOT aims to complete Texas governor’s data center audit by December

ERCOT races to audit Texas data center queue after governor’s pause

ERCOT says it will finish auditing large data center proposals by Dec. 10.
The review follows Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s call for a moratorium on new interconnections.
Officials say speculative or duplicative projects may be inflating the queue and complicating planning.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 24, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Analysis Shows All Those Data Centers Under Construction Will Output As Much CO2 As 24 Million Cars - Jalopnik

Data Center Construction Boom Could Emit as Much CO2 as 24 Million Cars

60 largest data centers under construction will emit 101.5 million tons of CO2 annually, equal to 24 million cars.
Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft saw emissions rise 16%, 18%, and 25% respectively from 2024 to 2025.
Data center power demands strain the grid and are worsened by cuts to clean energy tax credits.
Tech companies are exploring space-based solar and nuclear reactors as low-carbon solutions.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 23, 2026·via jalopnik.com

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Bill McKibben Explores The AI Dystopia - CleanTechnica

Bill McKibben on the AI Dystopia: Data Centers and the Climate Crisis

Bill McKibben wrote a Substack post on August 21 about the environmental harms of AI data centers.
Local opposition to data centers is widespread, with 75% of Americans opposing nearby development.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott called for an audit and freeze on new data center connections.
Bloomberg New Energy Finance projects 20-33% increase in electricity sector emissions from data center buildout.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 22, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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Data center opposition surged from 42 to 75 percent in just one year, survey finds

Data Center Opposition Surges to 75% in One Year, Survey Finds

75% of Americans oppose nearby data center construction, up from 42% a year ago.
61% are strongly opposed, per a Heatmap News survey.
A Gallup poll in May found 71% opposed.
Top concerns are local power costs, water use, and land use.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 21, 2026·via the-decoder.com

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Duke’s New Energy Plan for Data Centers Requires Consumer Protections Now - CleanTechnica

Duke Energy's Data Center Plan Sparks Call for Consumer Protections in South Carolina

Duke Energy's new long-range plan proposes two additional gas plants and extended coal operations.
The plan is driven by speculative data center demand, with 8,000 MW in advanced development and 6,000 MW in pipeline without contracts.
Residential and retail demand have declined, but Duke is investing heavily in fossil fuels for data centers.
Sierra Club calls for strong consumer protections to prevent ratepayers from subsidizing data center infrastructure.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 19, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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Sunrun to Supply Voltus with Energy Capacity for AI Hyperscaler Agreements - CleanTechnica

Sunrun and Voltus Team Up to Power AI Data Centers with Home Batteries

Sunrun and Voltus announce agreement to supply energy capacity from residential solar-plus-storage to AI hyperscalers.
Voltus's Bring Your Own Capacity program enables large loads to bring flexible capacity to the grid.
The partnership targets PJM and MISO regions, strengthening grid reliability and creating economic benefits for customers.
Sunrun CEO Mary Powell and Voltus CEO Dana Guernsey emphasize the importance of distributed energy assets.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 18, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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Thousands of Comments Shared with Governor Katie Hobbs Passionately Oppose Desert Southwest Gas Pipeline - CleanTechnica

Thousands Urge Arizona Governor to Reject Desert Southwest Gas Pipeline

Sierra Club Grand Canyon Chapter delivered ~2,000 comments to Gov. Hobbs opposing the Desert Southwest Pipeline.
Comments were submitted to FERC during initial comment period, mostly from Arizona, Texas, and New Mexico.
Pipeline would transport methane gas from Permian Basin to power data centers, harming water and climate.
Project Jupiter data center in New Mexico would emit as much as three largest cities and erase state's GHG reductions.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 15, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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Siemens’ gas turbine backlog nears 70 GW as company expands manufacturing

Siemens Energy’s 69 GW Backlog Shows Gas Power Demand Is Surging Again

Siemens Energy reported a 69 GW gas turbine backlog after booking 15 GW of new orders in one quarter.
Executives said lead times now run three years or more, indicating a sustained equipment crunch.
The company is expanding both gas turbine and transformer manufacturing to meet rising power demand.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 11, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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PPL-Blackstone joint venture secures 5 GW of gas turbines for data centers in Pennsylvania

PPL-Blackstone Venture Locks In 5 GW of Gas Turbines for Pennsylvania Data Centers

Invitium Energy has secured more than 5 GW of combined-cycle gas turbines for Pennsylvania projects tied to data centers.
PPL said the venture controls sites that could support up to 14 GW of new generation and has about 5 GW accepted in the PJM queue.
The company expects bilateral power contracts, not just market auctions, to be the main route for adding new generation.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 11, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Vistra supports Texas data center pause, execs say

Vistra Backs Texas Data Center Pause as Grid Queue Swells

Vistra supports a Texas review and pause for some data center projects in ERCOT’s queue.
The company says its 20-year power deal with Amazon at Comanche Peak remains on track.
ERCOT’s queue stands at 474 gigawatts, mostly large loads including data centers.
The debate signals a shift from headline demand growth to scrutiny of which projects are actually viable.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 10, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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New fuel cell breakthrough could help power energy-hungry data centers

Fuel-cell catalyst advance targets data center power strain

A Washington University-led team reported a nanostructured carbon catalyst design in Nature Nanotechnology.
The approach aims to keep fuel cells efficient and durable while using very small amounts of platinum.
Researchers say better fuel cells could help data centers generate more electricity on site and reduce grid strain.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 9, 2026·via sciencedaily.com

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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers

Chevron, Williams Ride Data Center Gas Demand Surge

Chevron and Williams are telling investors that AI data centers are driving new demand for gas and power infrastructure.
Williams is building six behind-the-meter gas plants for data centers across the US, according to Wired.
Permit applications cited by Wired suggest several highlighted projects could together emit up to 21 million tons of greenhouse gases annually.

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DT Editorial Team·Aug 6, 2026·via wired.com

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