Power & energy

Electricity tariffs, grid constraints and the power economics behind every rack.

2026-09-10 · Power & energy

Google Backs €13 Billion Finland Buildout With First European Nuclear PPA

Google will invest at least €13B in Finnish data centers through 2028, financed in part by a 22-year nuclear PPA with Fortum's Loviisa plant — its first outside the US.

2026-09-08 · Power & energy

Thailand Pauses 166 Data Center Projects to Rewrite the Rulebook

Thailand's new data centre policy board halted 49 projects under construction and 117 pending approvals on September 4, giving four subcommittees one month to draft national standards.

2026-09-05 · Power & energy

Flex to Acquire Power-Conversion Maker EPC Power for $4.4 Billion

Flex will buy EPC Power, a maker of 800V DC power-conversion systems for AI data centers, for $4.4B in cash and debt, folding it into a unit it plans to spin off in 2027.

2026-09-04 · Power & energy

Vertiv Buys Microgrid Firm UIG for Up to $2.6B to Speed AI Data Center Power

Vertiv agreed to acquire UtilityInnovation Group for $1.45B cash plus a $1.15B earnout, pushing further into behind-the-meter power as grid access becomes the binding constraint on AI campuses.

2026-09-02 · Power & energy

DayOne and TNB Sign MOU to Explore Up to 1.5GW of On-Site Power for New Selangor Campus

DayOne and TNB Power Generation signed an MOU on August 7, 2026 to explore up to 1.5GW of dedicated on-site generation for DayOne's planned Sepang, Selangor data center — a follow-up to its August land purchase from Mah Sing.

2026-08-29 · Power & energy

Backup Power in Data Centers: Generators, UPS, and Runtime

Data centers pair UPS batteries (5-15 min bridge) with diesel generators (12-96 hours onsite fuel by Tier) — here is how redundancy, fuel and 2026 lead times actually work.

2026-08-27 · Power & energy

Georgia Regulators Approve 3.2GW Power Deal for OpenAI's Effingham County Campus

Georgia's PSC approved a 25-year contract letting Georgia Power supply up to 3,200MW to an OpenAI data center in Effingham County, with OpenAI covering full infrastructure cost.

2026-08-24 · Power & energy

Data Center Market Update: Week of August 17, 2026

FERC's large-load deadline passes, Dell'Oro pegs data center capex above $3T by 2030, Texas ERCOT sets a December audit date, and Johor adds another 1.3-1.5GW campus.

2026-08-23 · Power & energy

Grid Connection Queues: Why Power Is the Data Center Bottleneck

US interconnection queues now run 4-7 years for large loads — longer than it takes to build a data center. Here's what drives the wait and how operators route around it.

2026-08-23 · Power & energy

Singapore Allocates 200MW of New Data Center Capacity to Four Operators

EDB and IMDA provisionally awarded 200MW under DC-CFA2 to Digital Realty, Equinix, Keppel, and ST Telemedia, 50MW each, gated on 50%+ green power at a new Jurong Island park.

2026-08-22 · Power & energy

Data Center Water Usage: WUE Benchmarks and Cooling Trade-offs

Data centers average 1.8-1.9 liters of water per kWh with evaporative cooling; best-in-class facilities hit 0.2-0.3 L/kWh. Full WUE benchmarks by cooling type.

2026-08-17 · Power & energy

Data Center Market Update: Week of August 10, 2026

Record 25GW H1 absorption, AWS pulls out of Calvert Cliffs, PJM weighs ride-through rules after a 3.8GW trip, and Thailand's PPA pilot moves to implementation.

2026-08-12 · Power & energy

SMRs and Nuclear Power for Data Centers: 2026 Status

Hyperscalers have committed close to 10 GW of nuclear capacity for data centers, but the first SMR-powered facility won't run before 2029-2030. Here's the real timeline.

2026-08-02 · Power & energy

Malaysia Restricts Non-AI Data Centers: What the Two-Year Freeze Means for Southeast Asia

Malaysia confirmed in February 2026 it will reject new non-AI data center approvals for ~2 years, citing grid and water strain. Thailand and Vietnam benefit.