DCD Magazine #62 - The coming wave
Will compute at sea sink or swim?
News - The Data Center Construction Channel, Sebastian Moss, DatacenterDynamics
The latest news from the AI, data center, telco, chip, and cloud sector
DCD Magazine #62 out now
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Amid data center public backlash, Yvette Eden Ruiz joins OpenAI’s Community Engagement team from JPMorgan
As data centers become an issue for the midterms, OpenAI looks to change the message
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UK Green Party calls for nationwide data center moratorium
Only 'local scale data centers for the local community' would be allowed
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OpenAI's head of data centers, Chris Malone, latest to depart
Stargate crew has seen key figures leave
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Nvidia backs data center powered land company Cloverleaf
Will help company bring projects to fruition, based on Nvidia DSX platform
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Rocket Lab has no plans to enter orbital data center market
But SpaceX's compute ambitions could give Rocket Lab a launch opening
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UAE's Mubadala considers investing in 500MW Bitgrit & S2 data center in Akita, Japan
Smaller 1.5MW deployment expected next year
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Nvidia confirms it will back 4.25GW of OpenAI capacity at Ports-Pike mega data center
SB Energy facility will exclusively use Nvidia compute and networking
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DCD named 'Best B2B Website' at the TABPI 2026 awards
Also has the best audience
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SpaceX earnings: 2GW of compute by year end, aiming for 10-20GW by end of 2027
But Elon Musk's businesses have a habit of missing targets
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Defense authorization bill provision could ban private data centers on US DoD land from using Chinese equipment
Companies are already evaluating land at military sites
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SpaceXAI considers large-scale data center in Texas - report
Despite orbital ambitions, has sights set on gigawatt campus
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xAI appeals to Ninth Circuit after US court dismisses data center trade secret case against OpenAI
And OpenAI attempts to get its legal fees paid by Musk's company
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AWS says it added more data center capacity "than any other company" in 2025, including 1.2GW in Q4
The cloud king looks to hold onto its throne
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Microsoft UK's Thames Valley Park campus could be redeveloped as a gas-powered data center
Reading site set to head to public consultation
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Ocasio-Cortez and Sanders introduce AI Data Center Moratorium Act
Would block new data center builds until other regulations are passed
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Polaroid ads attack data centers for water use
Slogan may be misleading, but taps into growing anti-data center movement
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Thor Equities files lawsuit against Ohio's Urbana after data center moratorium disrupts project
Company was set to build a $1 billion data center near the city
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DCD Podcast - What data centers should expect from the next UK Prime Minister
Chatting to Kao Data's CEO Spencer Lamb about Keir Starmer and Andy Burnham
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Stream Data Centers pulls out of $800m South Carolina data center, says utility power would take too long
Project Liberty had seen some local pushback, but was approved
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Crusoe pauses work on 1.8GW Cheyenne, Wyoming, data center "at the request of our customer"
As company touts 5GW pipeline
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Cipher seeks $810m in senior secured notes for Stingray data center in West Texas
After previous sites pre-lease to Amazon and Fluidstack
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Hut 8 prices $4.25bn note offering for 352MW Texas data center
Facility is already leased to an undisclosed hyperscale tenant
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SoftBank plans up to 5GW data center buildout in France, investment of up to €75bn
Will partner with Schneider Electric for a "large-scale industrial production cluster" at the Port of Dunkirk
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Mike Brinker becomes latest Googler to join Anthropic's data center team
As generative AI business expands its data center ambitions
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OpenAI Stargate's Milam, Texas, 'Freebird' data center to span 548,950 sq ft in first phase
Texas filing reveals project will cost around $470 million
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Anthropic hiring for analyst to assess geopolitical risks and nation-state threats to staff, offices, and data centers
Just don't ask the Department of Defense
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Anthropic seeks data center leasing deals in Europe and Australia
As OpenAI retreats from Stargate Europe
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OpenAI drops out of multi-billion dollar UK investment plan, says Stargate UK is on hold
Blames energy prices and regulations