Texas Power Grid Under Pressure as AI Data Centers and Crypto Mines Fail Critical Voltage Tests Texas has become the epicenter of the AI data center buildout — a state that attracted hyperscalers, cryptocurrency miners, and AI infrastructure companies with cheap land, deregulated energy markets,... AI Infrastructure Cryptocurrency Data Centers ERCOT Energy Jun 8, 2026
AirTrunk Commits $30 Billion to Build 5GW of AI Data Centers Across India by 2030 The race to build artificial intelligence infrastructure is going global fast, and few signals are as striking as AirTrunk's freshly announced $30 billion commitment to India. The Blackstone-backed Au... AI Infrastructure Cloud Computing Data Centers Enterprise AI India Tech Jun 6, 2026
OpenAI Breaks Ground on Massive 1GW Michigan Data Center as Part of Stargate Initiative Artificial intelligence infrastructure is going vertical — and now it has an address in Michigan. OpenAI officially broke ground this week on what it calls "The Barn," a colossal 1-gigawatt data cente... AI Infrastructure Data Centers Michigan OpenAI Stargate Jun 5, 2026
New York Passes the First Statewide Data Center Moratorium in US History New York State's legislature passed a one-year moratorium on new large data center construction on Friday, setting the stage for what would be the first statewide pause of its kind in the United State... AI Infrastructure Data Centers Energy Regulation Tech Policy Jun 5, 2026
Meta Builds AI Data Centers in Tents to Accelerate Compute Race Against OpenAI and Google In one of the more unconventional chapters of the AI infrastructure arms race, Meta has begun erecting large weatherproof tent structures at its data center campus near New Albany, Ohio. The structure... AI Infrastructure Artificial Intelligence Cloud Computing Data Centers Meta Jun 5, 2026
Google Pledges to Give Back More Water Than Its AI Data Centers Consume As artificial intelligence infrastructure continues its rapid physical expansion across the United States and beyond, Google has moved to address one of the most contentious environmental criticisms h... AI Infrastructure Data Centers Environment Google Sustainability Jun 3, 2026
SoftBank Commits Up to €75 Billion for French AI Data Centers SoftBank Commits Up to €75 Billion for French AI Data Centers SoftBank Group announced a sweeping infrastructure commitment on May 30, 2026, pledging to invest up to €75 billion — roughly $87 billion ... AI Infrastructure Cloud Data Centers Enterprise SoftBank May 31, 2026
America's Largest Power Grid Warns It Has 'Years, Not Decades' to Fix AI-Driven Strain The PJM Interconnection , the grid operator that coordinates electricity for 65 million people across thirteen states and the District of Columbia, issued an unusually blunt warning this week: the reg... AI Infrastructure Cloud Computing Data Centers Energy Policy May 8, 2026
Microsoft’s AI Data Center Boom Puts Its 2030 Clean Energy Promise at Risk Microsoft’s breakneck expansion of artificial intelligence infrastructure is colliding with the company’s own climate ambitions. The tech giant is now weighing whether to delay or scale back one of it... AI Clean Energy Data Centers Microsoft Sustainability May 6, 2026
Silicon Valley Bets $200 Million on Floating AI Data Centers in the Ocean A startup named Panthalassa has raised $200 million to build AI data centers that float in the ocean and draw power from waves. The concept transforms a land-based energy and cooling problem into a da... AI Cloud Data Centers Infrastructure Renewable Energy May 6, 2026
Coatue’s Data Center Land Push Shows AI Infrastructure Is Becoming a Real-Estate Race Coatue is reportedly moving deeper into the physical side of artificial intelligence. TechCrunch reports that the investment firm has a new venture focused on buying land near large power sources, wit... AI Infrastructure Cloud Data Centers Venture Capital May 2, 2026
SoftBank’s Robotics Data Center Bet Shows AI Infrastructure Is Becoming a Factory Business Published April 29, 2026, US Central. SoftBank is reportedly creating a robotics company focused on building data centers, with TechCrunch noting that the group is already thinking in terms of a possi... AI Infrastructure Data Centers Enterprise Tech Robotics SoftBank Apr 29, 2026