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technology1 month ago•17 min saved

US Data-Center Buildout Could Put 50% More Strain on Power Grid

BI's analysis projects U.S. data centers could consume about 224–359 TWh per year if all 2025 permits come online—roughly a 50% rise—driven by hyperscale facilities powering AI. With 176 new centers approved in 2025 across 34 states, many in rural areas, concerns rise about water use, higher electricity prices, and impacts on local economies; residents press for limits and on-site generation, while utilities fund grid upgrades, and lawmakers debate policy. Proponents say centers anchor economic growth and high-wage jobs, and major tech firms pledge to share grid-investment costs, though BI notes its estimates may undercount some facilities due to permit data limitations.

via Business Insider|

#ai #data-centers #electric-grid

technology2 months ago•2 min saved

Inland Data Center Boom: Texas and Midwest Rise as New Hyperscale Hubs

A Synergy report shows Texas and the Midwest are overtaking Northern Virginia as the primary hubs for hyperscale data centers, driven by abundant power and favorable incentives. Texas leads in new development, including on-site power plants, while the Midwest — Wisconsin, Indiana, Michigan, and Ohio — is attracting major campuses from Meta, OpenAI, Microsoft, Oracle, Amazon, and Google. The shift stresses the national power grid and raises electricity costs, reflecting a broader move inland to secure reliable power.

via Business Insider|

#data-centers #hyperscale #midwest

business4 months ago•80 min saved

Moody's flags risk in a $662B data-center push led by five giants

Moody's warns that roughly $662 billion in planned data-center expansion is highly concentrated among five firms, creating material concentration risk for lenders and investors if demand weakens, financing tightens, or supply chains falter; the piece emphasizes potential impacts on project financing, asset valuations, and the broader tech infrastructure buildup.

via Yahoo Finance|

#business #capex #concentration-risk

technology2 years ago•5 min saved

"Digital Realty and Blackstone Form $7 Billion Data Center Development Partnership"

Digital Realty and Blackstone have announced a joint venture to develop four hyperscale data center campuses across three metro areas in Europe and North America. The joint venture is expected to deliver approximately 500 megawatts of IT capacity and has an estimated development cost of $7 billion. Blackstone will acquire an 80% ownership interest in the joint venture for $700 million, while Digital Realty will maintain a 20% interest. The joint venture is scheduled to close in the first half of 2024, subject to regulatory approvals.

via Blackstone|

#blackstone #data-centers #digital-realty

technology2 years ago•2 min saved

Kioxia Introduces High-Capacity CD8P SSD with Lightning-Fast PCIe 5.0 Interface

Kioxia has unveiled its CD8P SSD drives for data centers, offering high storage capacity of up to 30.72 TB and high sequential read performance of up to 12,000 MB/s. The single-port drives are designed for hyperscale data centers and come in E3.S and U.2 form factors. They feature enterprise-grade features and are available in two versions: CD8P-V for mixed-use applications and CD8P-R for read-intensive workloads. The CD8P SSDs are positioned for a broad range of scale-out and cloud workloads, as well as AI-oriented workloads. Shipping dates have not been announced yet.

via AnandTech|

#cd8p-ssd #data-centers #hyperscale