Officials in Cheyenne, Wyoming, halted wastewater intake from a contractor for Meta's $800 million, 960-acre AI data center campus after tests found the potentially hazardous bacterium Cupriavidus gil…
A routine test in Cheyenne, Wyoming, found the rare bacterium Cupriavidus gilardii in 801,000 gallons of wastewater discharged by Goat Systems, a contractor for Meta's $800m, 960-acre AI datacenter ca…
QTS co-CEO Tag Greason said President Trump's defense of the AI data center boom is valid but communities are asking 'fair questions' about the pace and scale of the build-out. Greason emphasized the …
Lancium and Nvidia are partnering to deploy Nvidia's AI factory technology across Lancium's portfolio, which includes 4 GW of leased capacity and more than 15 GW of powered land in development. Nvidia…
At least 75 AI data center projects worth roughly $130 billion were blocked or delayed in the first quarter of 2026, the largest single-quarter total recorded by Data Center Watch, as local opposition…
A bond sale linked to Microsoft's data center ambitions is on track to reach roughly $4 billion, up from an initial $3.9 billion target, amid strong investor demand for AI infrastructure debt. The dea…
At least 75 U.S. data center projects worth roughly $130 billion faced local opposition in the first quarter of 2026, prompting major Wall Street lenders including Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, JPMo…
Meta on August 10 endorsed Texas Governor Greg Abbott's data center standards, stating it pays full energy, water, wastewater, and grid-infrastructure costs for its facilities. The company joins OpenA…
Power utilities across the US are strained by AI data centers, and developers are now tapping banks for letter-of-credit facilities to guarantee billions in grid upgrade costs, with Switch Inc. securi…
Blackstone CEO Stephen Schwarzman said the firm is addressing community concerns around AI development, including workforce, environmental and local economic implications, as opposition to data center…
Local opposition groups to US data center projects surged to 430 from 76 since 2025, with opponents blocking or delaying at least 75 projects worth $130 billion in early 2026, as community acceptance …
Blackstone plans to invest roughly $30 billion in AI data centres in Japan over the next three to five years, betting on demand despite warnings of overcapacity. The firm's president Jonathan Gray arg…