Cooling technology firm Xnrgy has secured strategic investment from BlackRock, Temasek, and Climate Investment to accelerate deployment of efficient cooling solutions for AI-driven data centers. The funding comes as artificial intelligence workloads create unprecedented thermal management challenges
The U.S. nuclear renaissance is being driven by private capital, yet government programs risk undermining market momentum. With $2.4B in taxpayer funding facing delays, the industry faces a critical juncture between market forces and government support.
A major oilfield services company is supplying power to hyperscale data centers, signaling a fundamental shift in how tech infrastructure meets energy demands. This hybrid approach bridges traditional energy expertise with digital infrastructure needs.
Northern Powergrid’s massive £455M IT contract reveals how energy utilities are balancing legacy infrastructure with digital transformation. The decade-long framework signals fundamental shifts in critical infrastructure management.
Salute has launched a comprehensive direct-to-chip liquid cooling service specifically designed for AI and HPC environments. The company claims it’s already supporting major data center operators and expects to scale to thousands of megawatts by 2027. This represents a critical infrastructure evolut
B&J Industries has officially rebranded as Future Form Manufacturing amid a significant facility expansion in Nevada. The company reportedly aims to triple daily production capacity to serve growing data center and medical industry clients. This strategic move reflects broader manufacturing trends toward automation and precision engineering.
Nevada-based manufacturer B&J Industries has undergone a complete transformation, emerging as Future Form Manufacturing with ambitious expansion plans that sources indicate could triple daily production capacity. The rebranding effort appears strategically timed with the company’s physical growth, signaling a shift from regional operations to what industry analysts describe as enterprise-scale manufacturing capabilities.
As artificial intelligence workloads push data center cooling systems to their limits, new hybrid thermal immersion coolants are emerging as a potential solution. Industry analysis suggests these advanced fluids could reduce water consumption by 91% while cutting carbon emissions by nearly 40%, addressing both operational and environmental challenges facing the rapidly expanding data center industry.
Data centers are facing a thermal crisis that’s only getting worse. The explosive growth of artificial intelligence and cloud computing is creating unprecedented cooling demands, with traditional methods struggling to keep pace. According to industry analysis, the data center industry is projected to grow at a remarkable 11.8% compound annual rate through 2030, putting even more pressure on thermal management systems.
Menlo Digital has broken ground on a new 48MW data center in Herndon, Virginia, according to recent announcements. The two-story facility represents part of the company’s broader 800MW development pipeline across multiple US markets. The project is scheduled for completion in Summer 2026.
Menlo Equities has officially commenced construction on a significant new data center in the heart of Northern Virginia’s technology corridor, according to company announcements this week. Through its dedicated data center platform Menlo Digital, the real estate investment firm is building MD-DC1 in Herndon, Fairfax County—a strategic location that continues to attract massive infrastructure investment despite growing power constraints in the region.
With electricity demand projected to grow 25% by 2030, energy efficiency is making a comeback as utilities’ most immediate solution for grid strain. Analysis suggests efficiency programs could help avoid expensive infrastructure upgrades while keeping customer bills manageable during the transition to electrification.
America’s power grid is facing its most significant stress test in decades, according to industry analysis that projects electricity demand could surge 25% by 2030 and a staggering 78% by 2050. The triple threat of data center expansion, manufacturing growth, and widespread electrification is creating unprecedented 24/7 load growth that existing infrastructure wasn’t designed to handle.
The US Energy Department is pushing regulators to slash wait times for connecting power-hungry AI datacenters to the electrical grid. Under new proposals, connection reviews would be limited to 60 days instead of the current multi-year delays that threaten to stall America’s AI infrastructure buildout.
The Biden administration is taking direct aim at one of the biggest bottlenecks facing America’s artificial intelligence boom: the painfully slow process of connecting massive datacenters to the nation’s overtaxed electrical grid.
Energy Secretary Chris Wright has directed federal energy regulators to implement new rules that would dramatically accelerate grid connections for the megawatt-hungry computing facilities powering the AI revolution. According to a letter obtained by industry sources, Wright instructed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to establish procedures that could slash connection review times to just 60 days.
