Is moving inland the only way to address data center energy demands?
Why the data center industry is moving away from just Northern Virginia
Industry Views - North America
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Community benefit agreements are essential to data center success
The roadmap to being a good neighbor
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Sponsored How AI demand is redefining risk for US data center developers
Rapid AI-driven data center growth is colliding with US power system constraints and community push-back amidst a fragmented policy landscape, raising risks for developers across the full project lifecycle
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Why China’s Top500 return is the best thing for supercomputing
After years of muted competition, China's return turned a sleepy benchmark back into a geopolitical scoreboard
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Charting a prudent path: Why US leadership in AI requires a strategic, innovation-first approach
The importance of innovation, investment in infrastructure, and global engagement
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Networking 6.5 million fans at the 2026 World Cup
Why are sporting events so challenging for mobile networks?
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How networks should prepare for the coming wave of AI-centric devices
Operators need to be prepared for the AI wave or risk falling behind
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How technology will unlock a $3 trillion opportunity in data center construction
Could help overcome staff shortages and cut delays
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The US energy crunch: How data centers are driving a new electrical infrastructure
Why data centers must rethink infrastructure and procurement to stay resilient
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Accelerating data center construction with sustainability in mind
Can quicker also be more sustainable?
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The AI revolution runs on American-made EAF steel
But it's imperative to implement speed, supply, sustainability, and security
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Sponsored Why 2/3 of data center development is choosing frontier markets over Northern Virginia
The geography of digital infrastructure is changing faster than most people realize
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How data center developers can prioritize renewable energy in new data center construction projects
The key to future data center infrastructure? Renewable energy
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Three ways to unleash flexible demand and accelerate interconnection in America’s largest data center market
Virginia needs to move quickly on practical reforms
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From gridirons to gigawatts: why tier II cities are dominating both football and data centers
And why it's not a coincidence, according to James Kolb
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Women and mothers are leaving the US labor market at an alarming rate, so why is the gov’t happy to trade CHIPS Act DEI violations for future investment?
A chip fab without workers will benefit no one
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Preparing for stupid
Greenland, expansionism, and the risk to Taiwan
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Sponsored The time-to-power crisis no one’s talking about
Why the phrase 'available power' has become dangerously misleading in Texas
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Connecting the USA: Why fiber rollout alone isn’t the answer
Satellites and Fixed Wireless Access should also be utilized
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An entire cabinet just for NICs? Has hyperscalers' obsession with custom silicon gone too far?
AWS’ wrong trousers ... when proprietary hardware just doesn't fit
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Cryptominers see HODL bets come good – just on electrons instead of Bitcoin
The crypto world becomes ever more intermingled with the AI and cloud
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Pre-emptive data center moratoria: The hot new trend of local government
Rural counties are getting ahead of the AI boom and blocking new data center developments en masse
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Suffering from success: data centers on film
Two negative portrayals
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AI needs a new home, Texas is already building it
North Texas now ranks as the nation’s second-largest data center market
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Oracle and OpenAI need a $300bn reality check
Big numbers, bigger problems?
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Maybe stop telling people they want this
A new age of data centers needs a new narrative – the potential societal benefits of AI or ‘AI girlfriends need new compute capacity’
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Decarbonizing data centers in the AI age
AI is prompting organizations to align technological advancements with environmental responsibility
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Tomorrow’s leaders on today’s grid
Berkeley undergraduates examine emerging power challenges at DCD New York 2025