Melissa Palmer

New Georgia rules complicate siting large AI data centers statewide

New Georgia rules complicate siting large AI data centers statewide

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Georgia just made large AI-oriented data centers a formal “technological facilities” category, forcing public review and disclosure of massive power...

Community pushback over farmland rezoning slows AI data center plans

Community pushback over farmland rezoning slows AI data center plans

Melissa Palmer
November 24, 2025

Livingston County just blocked rezoning 1,000+ acres of Michigan farmland for a Meta-backed AI data center, putting a hard brake...

AI infrastructure becoming a national-scale industrial play in US

AI infrastructure becoming a national-scale industrial play in US

Melissa Palmer
November 22, 2025

OpenAI is locking in Foxconn as a US-based manufacturing and integration partner for AI data center hardware, covering power, networking,...

Sovereign AI corridor quietly shifts where fintech infrastructure is built

Sovereign AI corridor quietly shifts where fintech infrastructure is built

Melissa Palmer
November 22, 2025

A new India–Saudi–UAE–Africa “corridor” is emerging where Indian engineering talent, Gulf sovereign capital and infrastructure, and African fintech demand are...

Private AI trading workloads move to Nordic atNorth data center

Private AI trading workloads move to Nordic atNorth data center

Melissa Palmer
November 22, 2025

The trading infrastructure provider Options has selected atNorth as a data center partner for a private AI solution. The body...

Meta quietly becoming a direct player in power markets

Meta quietly becoming a direct player in power markets

Melissa Palmer
November 21, 2025

Meta has reportedly entered power trading to secure electricity for its AI data centers. Instead of just buying power from...

Howell Township board passes six-month moratorium on data center

Howell Township board passes six-month moratorium on data center

Melissa Palmer
November 21, 2025

A township is trying to thread the needle on a billion‑dollar Meta data center that would turn 1,000+ acres of...

EUROPE’S NEED FOR SOVEREIGN CLOUD

EUROPE’S NEED FOR SOVEREIGN CLOUD

Melissa Palmer
November 21, 2025

Europe’s AI sovereignty debate here as less about models and more about who owns the cloud stack, GPUs, and data...

ddn launches sovereign nvidia based solutions

ddn launches sovereign nvidia based solutions

Melissa Palmer
November 21, 2025

DDN is positioning its Sovereign AI Blueprints as a way to standardize national-scale AI factories around NVIDIA GB200/GB300-based systems, tuned...

Meta confirmed as buyer behind $1B Howell-area data center project

Meta confirmed as buyer behind $1B Howell-area data center project

Melissa Palmer
November 20, 2025

Meta has been confirmed as the $1 billion, 1,000+ acre data center buyer near Howell Township, aimed at large-scale AI...