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PPL’s 28.3 GW Data Center Pipeline Shows the Scale of Pennsylvania’s Grid Crunch
PPL reports its advanced data center pipeline in Pennsylvania has grown to 28.3 GW, a striking measure of AI-era grid interconnection demand. We examine what counts as ‘advanced,’…
Nscale’s $790M Norway Financing Signals Capital Shift to Nordic AI Infrastructure
Nscale secured $790 million to expand AI data center capacity in Norway, a sign that capital now favors sites with cheap hydropower and natural cooling. We examine the…
Texas Data Center Goes Behind the Meter Amid Grid Delays
Interconnection delays have pushed a Texas data center to behind-the-meter power, generating electricity on site rather than waiting in the grid queue. We analyze what that shift costs,…
Canvas Breached Again: Ed-Tech’s Single Point of Failure
A second Canvas data breach has disrupted schools and colleges during end-of-term exams, making the repeat compromise the real story. We examine what a follow-on incident implies about…
AWS Power Fault in Northern Virginia: A Limited Outage, A Systemic Warning
A power fault at AWS’s us-east-1 region in Northern Virginia caused a limited outage, Data Center Dynamics reported on May 9, 2026. We examine what the report substantiates,…
Anthropic’s Mythos and the AI Cyberthreat Debate: What Changed for Defenders?
Anthropic’s restricted Mythos model tier sparked talk of an AI cybersecurity crisis, but experts told CNBC the underlying threat was already here. We examine what actually changed for…
AWS ‘Thermal Event’ Outage Puts Data Center Cooling on the Cloud Risk Map
AWS attributed a data center outage to a ‘thermal event,’ and some services remained impacted when CRN reported the incident on May 9, 2026. We examine what thermal…
SEC Presses for Clarity on How AI Data Centers Are Financed
The SEC is calling for clearer disclosure about how AI data center buildouts are financed, Bloomberg Tax reported on May 8, 2026. The push would turn special-purpose vehicles,…
Trump Order Targets Foreign Tech in US Power Grid
The Trump administration is moving to block foreign technology deemed risky from the US electric power grid, a policy shift with direct consequences for data-center power supply chains.…