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'It's like we don't exist': Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers
Nearly 50,000 residents in the Lake Tahoe region are facing severe power disruptions as local utilities redirect grid capacity and power lines to supply nearby data centers, sparking massive local backlash and spotlighting grid competition.
Power & Energy Opposition
— Fortune
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Trump’s EPA Seeks Looser Construction Rules for Gas Plants, Data Centers and Factories
The EPA under the Trump administration is seeking to loosen environmental and construction rules for natural gas plants, data centers, and factories, which could dramatically accelerate new capacity deployment.
Policy
— Inside Climate News
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Ottawa announces funding for AI, new data centres in B.C.
The Canadian government announced new funding to support artificial intelligence development and the construction of new AI data centres in British Columbia.
AI Infra Ontario
— CBC
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Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says - $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure
Microsoft's proposed $1 billion AI data center in Kenya has stalled following government claims that powering the massive facility would require diverting electricity from half the country, highlighting severe global power constraints for hyperscalers.
Power & Energy Controversy
— /u/Confident_Salt_8108
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Why AI Data Center Projects Face Years of Delays After Approval
New data from the PJM grid operator reveals that AI infrastructure and data center projects face significant deployment delays even after receiving interconnection approvals, highlighting persistent grid bottlenecks.
Power & Energy
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Edged files to develop 2 million sq ft data center campus outside Austin, Texas
Edged has filed plans to develop a massive 2 million square foot data center campus outside of Austin, Texas. Construction on the first phase of the hyperscale development is slated to begin next month.
New Builds Texas
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“Steel, concrete, and code”: Feds and Telus announce three AI data centres in BC
The Canadian federal government and Telus have announced a partnership to build three new AI data centres in British Columbia.
AI Infra BC
— BetaKit
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TELUS expands sovereign AI data center plans across Canada
Telus is expanding its plans to build sovereign AI data centers across Canada to support domestic artificial intelligence workloads and infrastructure.
AI Infra
— RCR Wireless News
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Canada’s Telus to expand Kamloops data center, lease two new sites in Vancouver
Canadian telecom Telus is planning to expand its existing data center in Kamloops and lease two additional data center sites in Vancouver.
New Builds BC
— BeBeez International
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Developers are moving NC data center projects forward at hyperspeed
Developers are rapidly accelerating data center projects across North Carolina, moving capacity forward at hyperspeed to meet the unrelenting regional demand for AI and cloud infrastructure.
New Builds N. Carolina
— VPM
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Developer of $3 billion De Soto data center pledges $250K ‘community investment’
The developer of a $3 billion data center project in De Soto, Kansas, has pledged a $250,000 community investment, signaling significant infrastructure progress.
New Builds
— Kansas City Star
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