DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - North America
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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T-Mobile US expands AI network service
AutoPilot aids T-Mobile's self-organizing network efforts
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AI cloud and data center firm Nscale raises $3.36bn ahead of its IPO
Follows publication of IPO prospectus
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DensityAI: Chip startup founded by former Tesla Dojo execs valued at $10bn – report
Company has raised “hundreds of millions” for development of chip with 3D DRAM stacking, report claims
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Northern Virginia's Prince William County puts controls on new data center projects
Size of 'by right' overlay district for digital infrastructure projects cut by two thirds
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DOE unveils $1.9bn in funding for 31 grid upgrade projects to speed data center connections
Expected to unlock 23GW of additional capacity on the grid
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Google-backed Fervo Energy achieves first power at up to 900MW Cape Station geothermal plant in Utah
The first utility-scale enhanced geothermal project to achieve power
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Applied Digital reveals $3.2bn Delta Forge 2 AI data center will be built in Alabama
Operations could start by 2028
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Boldyn Networks picked to deploy private network at Ontario International Airport in California
The private network will support security operations at the airport
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Oracle issues force majeure notice to Blue Owl following series of setbacks at Project Jupiter data center campus – report
The 2.5GW site in New Mexico is set to come online in 2028
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T-Mobile seeks to test 2.7GHz and 4GHz ahead as preparation for 6G spectrum ramps up
Just days after Verizon
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Woodway to build 22-mile gas pipeline for undisclosed data center in US
Will serve the data center behind the meter
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Digital Realty hires new global head of energy
Microsoft veteran Jim Collins joins the team
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IonQ to deploy first quantum computer at Nvidia’s Accelerated Quantum Research Center
The Superion 256 will be installed in 2027
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California governor signs seven-bill package targeting data center energy and water use
Seeks to shield ratepayers from bearing the cost associated with data center buildout
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Airspan snaps up fixed wireless assets from stricken broadband firm Cambium
Company says more than 135 Cambium employees will join its team
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OpenAI and Anthropic seek 20-30MW data center deployments
As companies ramp up inference footprint
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Meta signs 144MW solar PPA with Apex in Texas
Seventh agreement between the two companies
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Meta plans Petal, the first transoceanic subsea cable at petabit capacity
Connecting the US to France
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Comms circuit failure and backup fiber cable cut blamed for Monday's major Northeast US airport disruption
Services have since been restored after the double failure
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Lumen launches Intelligent Internet for scalable enterprise experience
Solution designed to help enterprises move data at AI speeds
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Zeo Energy and Ewyze partner on off-grid power solutions for US data center sector
Also looking at international expansion
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Abbott halts new Texas data center permits pending ERCOT audit
ERCOT claims the audit will be completed by December
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AT&T seeks to lease more 3.45GHz spectrum
The carrier is after more midband spectrum, this time from N Squared
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New Era signs 20-year gas PPA with Vistra subsidiary to power 250MW data center in Ector County, Texas
Powered via an adjacent natural gas plant in Odessa, Texas
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Kairos Power selects Samsung C&T to help build 50MW SMR for Google in Tennessee
Slated for completion by 2030
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T-Mobile, Reliance Jio claim world's first 5G Standalone roaming connection
Connection was enabled by Syniverse
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Google inks deal to support nuclear uprates at Georgia Power's Vogtle and Hatch plants
Will add 96MW of additional capacity across the two plants
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Microsoft hires new director of global energy and sustainability policy
Ray Fakhoury III joins from AWS