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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.
Infrastructure & Cloud
The Flexibility Bargain: How Data Centers Trade Curtailment for Faster Power
⚡ Key Takeaways FERC issued six show-cause orders on June 18, 2026, forcing CAISO, ISO-NE, MISO, NYISO, PJM, and SPP...
Infrastructure & Cloud
The Data Center Power Bill: Who Pays as AI Drives a 76% Grid Price Surge
⚡ Key Takeaways PJM wholesale electricity prices surged nearly 76% year-over-year in Q1 2026, driven by AI data center demand,...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Grid Transformer Shortage: The 5-Year Bottleneck Stalling AI Data Centers in 2026
Transformer lead times hit 160 weeks. 7GW of AI capacity stalls. What enterprise CIOs and cloud teams must do right now.
AI & Automation
Algeria’s Gas Advantage: Powering the AI Data Center Boom in Africa
⚡ Key Takeaways Africa holds over 600 trillion cubic feet of natural gas reserves yet accounts for only 0.6% of...
Policy & Regulation
The AI Data Center Moratorium Act: Federal Bill Meets a $64 Billion Grassroots Revolt
⚡ Key Takeaways Senator Sanders and Representative Ocasio-Cortez introduced the AI Data Center Moratorium Act on March 25, 2026, proposing...
Infrastructure & Cloud
Texas vs. Virginia: The Data Center Capital of the World Is Shifting
Texas is set to overtake Northern Virginia as the world's largest data center market by 2030, with 6.5 GW under construction driven by AI demand.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Silicon Valley’s Shadow Power Grid: Big Tech Builds Its Own Off-Grid Energy Empire
At least 46 behind-the-meter data centers totaling 56 GW bypass public grids. Natural gas dominates as hyperscalers race to power AI.
Infrastructure & Cloud
Data Center Cooling in a Desert Nation: Algeria’s Unique Infrastructure Challenge
The Heat Problem No One Is Talking About Algeria is building data centers. Facilities in Algiers and Oran are expanding, and government plans call for additional capacity across the country to support digitization goals.
Cybersecurity & Risk
OT/ICS Security: Hacking Power Grids and Water Systems in 2026
The Infrastructure Nobody Thinks About Until It Fails On a February morning in 2021, operators at the water treatment plant in Oldsmar, Florida, observed the remote cursor on a control screen moving on its own — adjusting the concentration of sodium hydroxide (lye) in the
