Data Center

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,...

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...

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...

AI infrastructure hinges on land, power, and hyperscale-ready data centers

AI infrastructure hinges on land, power, and hyperscale-ready data centers

Melissa Palmer
November 20, 2025

Brookfield is raising a $10 billion AI infrastructure fund, targeting roughly $100 billion of build-and-buy capacity for data centers, power,...

us authorizes semiconductor exports to uae, saudi

us authorizes semiconductor exports to uae, saudi

Melissa Palmer
November 20, 2025

The U.S. just approved AI accelerator exports equal to ~35,000 Nvidia Blackwell (GB300) units to Gulf tech players. This is another sign...

State‑backed AI data center exposes tensions between utilities and locals

State‑backed AI data center exposes tensions between utilities and locals

Melissa Palmer
November 17, 2025

Michigan is pushing a multi‑billion‑dollar AI data center backed by Stephen Ross, Oracle, and OpenAI into Saline Township, despite local...