SoftBank says a unit revised its US power equipment purchases for AI data centres
SoftBank says most of the unit's equipment payments now go to the power generation project at its 8 GW PORTS-Pike campus in Ohio and to other sites.
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How data-centre sites get and handle their electricity: grid connections, onsite gas, fuel cells, batteries, nuclear and power deals, UPS and switchgear.
Vertiv introduces remote power panel for AI racks above 100 kW
Vertiv says its PowerStation 3100 RPP, on sale in North America, comes in 600 A to 1,200 A versions and lets leak detection cut power to one rack.
NRC approves construction permit for Dow and X-energy's four-reactor Long Mott plant in Texas
DOE says the permit covers four Xe-100 reactors that would supply electricity and steam to Dow's Seadrift Operations, with an operating licence application still to be prepared.
China's 2026-2030 storage plan sets 300 GW goal and encourages storage at data centres
The NDRC and National Energy Administration plan also provides for storage stations, suited to local conditions, at China's eight national computing hubs and in computing-electricity coordination zones.
ERock starts building 366 MW gas plant for Meta's El Paso data centre
ERock says work began on schedule at El Paso Electric's McCloud plant, which the utility says will first serve only Meta's data centre in northeast El Paso.
X-energy picks Fluor for nuclear-island engineering at Energy Northwest's Cascade SMR project
X-energy says Fluor will provide engineering and design for the reactor areas of the proposed Xe-100 plant near Richland, Washington, the first project in its Amazon collaboration.
Oklo signs multi-year HALEU fuel contracts with Centrus for Ohio Aurora powerhouses
Oklo says the agreements cover enough fuel for as many as five Aurora powerhouses, with deliveries from Centrus's Pike County, Ohio, plant due from 2029.
New Era signs 20-year power deal for up to 207 MW at Texas campus
New Era Energy & Digital says a Vistra affiliate will supply Phase 1 of its Ector County campus, with power expected in Q3 2027.
Vertiv launches PowerNexus MV UPS, an outdoor medium-voltage system for AI data centres
Vertiv says the outdoor-rated skid pairs a medium-voltage UPS with AI load smoothing and fault ride-through; it plans shipments from mid-2027 and has run proof-of-concept tests in Bologna.
FuelCell Energy to build Connecticut fuel-cell testbed for AI data centre power
FuelCell Energy will host a national-laboratory testbed in Connecticut for StabilityMax, a three-year project testing fuel cells, batteries and power electronics together as AI data-centre power.
Tapestry says HyperQ screened PJM's Cycle 1 site-control documents in under a day
Tapestry says its AI tool checked the land-rights papers of 811 PJM applications, about 220 GW, in under 24 hours, against two months by hand.
Anthropic buys 1.7 GW of gas generators for about $3.4 billion, FT reports
CNBC and TechCrunch differ on whether Anthropic bought the units from OnePWR or from Caterpillar; Anthropic's latest filing says some planned data centres rely on on-site gas generation.
Venture Global weighs off-grid data-centre power; frame deals cover up to 16 power islands
The LNG producer says it could supply island-mode power, land, water and gas to data centres, citing frame agreements with GE Vernova and Baker Hughes.
OPC Energy power contract could reach 460 MW for Israeli data centres
OPC Energy says it extended a supply contract with a customer active in Israeli data centres, and is developing a 120-200 MW data-centre site.
Flex sets out grid-to-chip power design, from switchgear to 800 VDC and solid-state transformers
At an innovation day in Austin on 10 November, Flex laid out a three-step path from today's AC power chain to 800 VDC, with its own efficiency estimates.
Energy Vault starts deliveries to 1.25 GW Texas power project for AI computing
The company also says building has begun on its Snyder AI modular data centre project and that an Australian battery site has grid approval.
IESO moves its large-load connection rules toward Ontario's Market Rules; webinar 19 November
Version 3.0 issued 3 Sep; response to feedback posted 2 Nov; proposed Market Rule amendments to a webinar 19 Nov. Targets: Technical Panel Q1 2027, rule change Q2 2027.
IESO engagement page, v3.0, 2 Nov response, 23 Jul roadmapRead the full article →
Texas: ~474 GW of large loads asking to connect; new data-centre energization on hold
Up from ~410 GW in March, roughly nine-tenths data centres. Since the 3 Aug directive, ERCOT has paused energization approvals for 75 MW+ loads pending a verification audit. Batch Zero classifications expected December.
ERCOT 1 Apr & 29 Jul decks; Board 14–15 SepRead the full article →
MARA: FERC approves gas plant buy; Texas site rights secured; two leases targeted
MARA says FERC approved its Long Ridge gas plant purchase, it holds rights to a Texas site of up to 2 GW, and targets two leases by year-end.
Hallador targets year-end go-ahead for 460 MW Turtle Creek gas plant at Merom, Indiana
Hallador Energy says it is aiming for a final investment decision on its planned Merom gas plant before year-end, with operation aimed at the latter half of 2028.