Trump administration to slash permitting times for new energy projects to 28 days
Solar and wind projects excluded
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The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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Two people hospitalized after fire at AWS data center construction site in New Carlisle, Indiana
Smoke filled a building at site of $11bn project
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Aging NHS network infrastructure puts clinical systems at risk in UK
Dartford and Gravesham NHS Trust needs to update its networking technology
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Oregon House passes bill to ensure data centers cover fair share of energy infrastructure costs
Will also require new data centers to purchase electricity from utilities for at least ten years.
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FERC commisioner Willie Phillips to step down
Former chair asked to leave position by White House
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Intel planning 20,000 more jobs cuts as part of restructuring - report
Second round of layoffs employees have faced in a 12 month period
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Sam Altman to step down as chairman of SMR firm Oklo
Could pave the way for a partnership between Oklo and OpenAI
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PAG’s Flow Digital Infrastructure appoints new CEO
Sanjay Goel previously held roles at American Tower and Nokia
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Colorado lawmakers consider 30-year tax breaks for data centers
Environmental campaigners oppose legislation
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Intel CEO shakes up leadership team, appoints new chief technology and AI officer
Multiple business groups will now report directly to Lip-Bu Tan
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CoolIT names Jason Waxman as CEO
COO Patrick McGinn expands role with president position
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Google's Mihika Shivkumar joins OpenAI's Stargate data center team
As company ramps up for record buildout
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UPS issue caused Google Cloud's March outage
Impacted Google Cloud's US-East5 region
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Alex Palcuie joins Anthropic's growing AI Reliability Engineering team
Working across GPUs, TPUs, and Trainiums
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Democrat senators propose bill to mitigate energy consumption of crypto and AI facilities
Dubbed as the “Clean Cloud Act of 2025”
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Man sentenced to 47 years for South African cell tower battery theft
The thefts took place between 2018 and 2019
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Network issue at AWS data center brings down crypto exchanges
Binance and KuCoin among those impacted
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Arkansas expands data center tax abatements
Reduces thresholds to qualify for tax breaks, disqualifies crypto facilities
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Arizona’s public utilities commission launches formal review into impacts of data center growth
Will consider whether data centers are paying fair share of infrastructure costs
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UK competition regulator launches inquiry into SES & Intelsat merger
Anti-trust probe launched to explore ramifications of the $3.1 billion deal
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Goodman Group hires Microsoft’s Kraig Knight as data center operations EVP
As Goodman looks to expand data center offerings
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Equinor consolidates power generation assets into new business unit citing growing demand from AI and data centers
Will combine renewable business with other power generation assets
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Galaxy Digital pivots from crypto to AI - signs 200MW deal with CoreWeave
Converting its cryptomine site in Texas to host GPUs
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Telehouse Canada appoints Atsushi Kubo as president and CEO
Placement effective immediately
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Major gas leak at QTS data center near Manassas, Virginia
Prince William County Fire and Rescue dispatched to scene
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Atos appoints Thales' Pierre-Yves Jolivet as EVP and head of Eviden
Jolivet previously held role of VP and GM of cyber digital business at Thales
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Iron Mountain appoints Gary Aitkenhead as EVP and GM of data centers
Joins from Equinix
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UK holds first meeting of new AI Energy Council
Attended by the likes of EDF, Ofgem, Google, and Microsoft