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NERC issues Level 3 alert, mandates action to address data center load losses

Grid watchdog issues highest-level alert over data center load swings

NERC issued its highest-level alert over sudden data center load drops and demand oscillations.
The warning applies to computational loads including AI training and crypto mining facilities.
Grid entities must take seven actions by Aug. 3 to improve modeling and operational readiness.

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DT Editorial Team·May 5, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI | TechCrunch

TDK Ventures’ Nicolas Sauvage Keeps Backing the AI Infrastructure Most Investors Ignore

TDK Ventures has grown to $500 million across four funds since launching in 2019.
Sauvage backed Groq in 2020 before inference infrastructure became a mainstream AI investment theme.
The portfolio also includes grid and battery technologies tied to rising compute demand.

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DT Editorial Team·May 4, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic | TechCrunch

Coatue’s Reported Land Push Shows How the AI Boom Is Reaching Deep Into Power, Property and Infrastructure

TechCrunch cited a Wall Street Journal report that Coatue launched Next Frontier to buy land near power sources.
The reported strategy could support future data center development tied to AI demand.
The move reflects how AI competition is spilling into energy access, rural land and physical infrastructure.

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DT Editorial Team·May 4, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix | TechCrunch

Zap Energy adds fission to its fusion ambitions as data-center power demand rises

Zap Energy says it will develop fission reactors alongside fusion devices.
The company ties the move to rising electricity demand from AI data centers.
Fusion remains a long-term goal, while fission is presented as a faster route to grid relevance.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 30, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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Google’s TurboQuant Points to a New Bottleneck in AI: Memory Efficiency

Google engineers described TurboQuant as a way to compress AI working memory.
The method reportedly cuts memory needs by up to six times without reducing performance.
The advance targets the KV cache, a major cost factor in serving large conversational models.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 30, 2026·via livescience.com

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Amazon's cloud business is surging — and so is its capital spending | TechCrunch

AWS growth accelerates as Amazon prepares for more infrastructure spending

AWS net sales rose 28% year over year to $37.6 billion.
Amazon says it will keep increasing capital spending in the near term.
Management tied both revenue growth and capex intensity directly to AI demand.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 30, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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Building the compute infrastructure for the Intelligence Age

OpenAI Says Stargate Has Already Surpassed Its 10-Gigawatt US Compute Goal

OpenAI says Stargate has already surpassed its original 10GW U.S. target for 2029.
The company said more than 3GW was added in the last 90 days.
OpenAI is evaluating more sites as it plans beyond the initial target.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 30, 2026·via openai.com

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The Anti-Data Center Movement Notches a Huge Victory in Data Center Alley

Virginia’s anti-data-center movement just scored one of its biggest wins yet

Developers behind the 2,100-acre Digital Gateway proposal say regulatory hurdles and legal challenges closed the project’s path.
The project would have added about 23 million square feet of data center space in Prince William County, Virginia.
Its failure marks a significant win for organized local opposition to data center expansion.
The setback highlights rising political friction around the physical footprint of cloud and AI infrastructure.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 30, 2026·via gizmodo.com

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People wearing head coverings and long white robes are standing around a model of the largest data center in the UAE under construction in Abu Dhabi as the Stargate initiative, a joint venture between G42, Microsoft, and OpenAI, during the Abu Dhabi International Petroleum Exhibition Conference (ADIPEC) in Abu Dhabi on November 3, 2025.

War risk is forcing data-center developers to rethink Gulf expansion plans

Pure Data Centre Group has paused Middle East investments after war damage to one facility.
Iranian attacks reportedly damaged AWS data centers in the UAE and Bahrain and disrupted cloud services.
The episode highlights how conflict risk is colliding with large-scale AI and cloud expansion plans in the Gulf.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 29, 2026·via arstechnica.com

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What’s stalling data center projects? Public opposition and power access lead delays.

Data Center Boom Meets a New Constraint: Communities and Grids Are Pushing Back

Data center cancellations rose to 25 in 2025, up from six in 2024.
Projects are increasingly blocked by power access, permitting and labor constraints.
Local opposition groups and proposed moratoriums are reshaping the development landscape.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 26, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Here’s how our TPUs power increasingly demanding AI workloads.

Google Pushes TPU Infrastructure as AI Demand Raises the Stakes for Specialized Compute

Google says its TPUs were built specifically for AI workloads more than a decade ago.
The newest TPU generation is described as delivering 121 exaflops of compute power.
Google also says the latest chips provide double the bandwidth of the previous generation.
The company is positioning custom AI hardware as a core advantage as model workloads grow more demanding.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 26, 2026·via blog.google

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Introducing OpenAI Privacy Filter over a blue gradient background

OpenAI releases a local-first PII redaction model aimed at privacy-by-default AI workflows

OpenAI says Privacy Filter is a small, open-weight model for detecting and masking personal data in text.
Its ability to run locally is central to reducing exposure before raw text enters wider AI workflows.
The release suggests privacy tooling is becoming a baseline part of production AI infrastructure.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 26, 2026·via openai.com

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Maine's governor vetoes data center moratorium | TechCrunch

Maine Governor Vetoes a Proposed Data Center Moratorium, but the Fight Over Grid Impact Is Far From Over

Governor Janet Mills vetoed L.D. 307, which would have paused new data center permits until November 1, 2027.
Mills said she would have signed the bill if it exempted a locally supported project in Jay.
The debate reflects wider concern about data centers’ effects on electricity rates and the environment.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 26, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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Google Plans Up to $40 Billion More for Anthropic as AI Compute Becomes the Real Battleground

Google reportedly plans to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic.
The deal includes cash and expanded Google Cloud compute capacity.
The move underscores how AI competition is increasingly about infrastructure access.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 24, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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Meta, Noon Energy partner on 100GWh energy storage deal

Meta’s 100GWh storage deal shows how AI data centers are reshaping energy procurement

Meta reserved up to 1GW and 100GWh of storage capacity from Noon Energy.
The deal starts with a 25MW/2.5GWh project targeted for completion by 2028.
The agreement is designed to support AI data centers with more reliable renewable power.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 24, 2026·via energymonitor.ai

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Could a New Kind of Power Supply Help Make Data Centers Grid-Friendly? - CleanTechnica

A new data-center UPS is being tested as grid infrastructure, not just backup equipment

ON.energy is testing a new medium-voltage UPS with the National Laboratory of the Rockies.
The lab can simulate both a power grid and a data center to study stress scenarios safely.
The goal is to smooth fast power swings and make large computing loads easier for grids to handle.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 24, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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We're launching two specialized TPUs for the agentic era.

Google launches two eighth-generation TPU designs aimed at the ‘agentic’ AI era

Google introduced TPU 8i for fast AI agent workloads and TPU 8t for training large complex models.
The company says the chips are part of a full-stack infrastructure strategy spanning networking, data centers and efficiency.
The launch signals growing hardware specialization around agentic AI use cases.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 22, 2026·via blog.google

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Sudden data center load losses prompt NERC alert, recommendations

NERC plans a Level 3 alert after sudden large data-center load drops rattled the grid

NERC is preparing a Level 3 essential actions alert expected May 4.
The alert follows unexpected customer-initiated reductions of 1,000 MW or more from large loads.
Recommended actions will address modeling, study, monitoring and commissioning of major computational loads including AI data centers.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 22, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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Global RAM Crunch Could Stretch Into 2027 and Beyond as AI Demand Reshapes Supply

Manufacturers are expected to meet only 60 percent of demand by the end of 2027.
Major suppliers are adding capacity, but most new fabs will not be online until 2027 or later.
New facilities are primarily focused on HBM for AI data centers, limiting relief for consumer DRAM markets.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 19, 2026·via theverge.com

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FERC tees up June decision on data center interconnection reform

FERC Sets June Timeline for Data Center Interconnection Action

FERC says it will address large-load and data center interconnection reforms in June.
The commission is focused on speed, legal durability and the boundary between federal and state authority.
The decision could materially affect how data center demand is integrated into the U.S. grid.

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DT Editorial Team·Apr 18, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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