data centers
Infrastructure & Cloud
Côte d’Ivoire’s $170M EXIM Deal: A New US Model for African Digital Sovereignty
How a $170M EXIM-financed sovereign data center in Côte d'Ivoire signals a new US model for African digital infrastructure — and what it means for the region.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Phantom Power: Why Two-Thirds of AI Data Center Demand Will Never Get Built
Wood Mackenzie says only 28% of the 1,066 GW sought for US AI data centers will materialize. Here is why the interconnection queue is a mirage.
Infrastructure & Cloud
The $18.7 Billion Matrix Campus: How a 3GW AI Data Center Rethinks Power in Texas
MSB Global's $18.7B Matrix Data Center Campus in Sulphur Springs, Texas targets 3GW across 30 buildings, powered by fuel cells and geothermal.
Digital Economy
Consumer or Builder: Africa’s $1 Trillion AI Fork in the Road
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa’s AI economic potential is now framed around a projected $1 trillion opportunity by 2035, but the...
Infrastructure & Cloud
EPRI: US Data Centers Could Eat 17% of National Power by 2030 — The Grid Is Now the AI Bottleneck
EPRI projects US data centers at 9-17% of national electricity by 2030, up from 4-5%. Power, not chips, is now the AI bottleneck.
Infrastructure & Cloud
AMD Locks in Up to 2.5 GW of Data-Center Capacity — and Tells You Where the Real Bottleneck Is
⚡ Key Takeaways On July 28, 2026, Core Scientific and AMD announced an infrastructure partnership securing AMD up to 2.5...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Microsoft’s Hyderabad Bet: Inside Its Largest India Cloud Region Yet
Microsoft opened its largest India data center hub in Hyderabad on Aug 6, 2026, backed by $20.5B and Adani Group as a launch customer. Here's why it matters.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Paducah’s $100B Bet: Brookfield and NextEra Build AI’s Power First
Brookfield and NextEra will build a $100B AI data center campus at DOE's Paducah site with 4.6 GW of dedicated power — here's what it signals for 2026.
Skills & Careers
Meta’s $115M Trades Academy: A Guaranteed Job Path Into the AI Data-Center Boom
Meta is spending $115M on a free 5-week trades academy with a guaranteed data-center job. Here's what workforce planners should learn from it.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Coravel Launches: BlackRock and ACS Bet on Vertically Integrated AI Data Centers
⚡ Key Takeaways BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners and Spain’s ACS Group formally launched Coravel on July 15, 2026, a 50-50...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Virginia’s Data Center Power Tax: The First US Per-Kilowatt Levy on Cloud Compute
Virginia now taxes data centers $0.011 per kWh from July 2026 — the first US state levy on cloud compute power, projected to raise $600M yearly.
