PowerHouse Data Centers has executed a long-term hyperscale lease at its PowerHouse Arcola campus in Loudoun County, Virginia. The 37-acre campus is designed to support up to 120MW of power for AI and cloud workloads, marking a key expansion in Data Center Alley.
Meta is locking in nuclear power for the next two decades to feed its energy-hungry data centers. The company is buying from existing plants and funding new small modular reactor projects to secure its AI ambitions.
Walt Coulston, who founded GreenSquareDC in 2021, is stepping down as CEO. He will be replaced by the company’s chief development officer, Charles Penny, as the firm moves into a delivery phase.
European data center developer Global Technical Realty (GTR) has secured a massive $1.9 billion equity investment. The capital comes from KKR, which added $1.5 billion to its existing stake, and new investor Oak Hill Capital, which committed $400 million. The funding will fuel a major expansion acro
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator is teaming up with Microsoft to overhaul its grid management. The plan uses AI to forecast demand and prevent congestion, aiming to cut decision cycles from weeks down to minutes.
Residents of Greenleaf, Wisconsin, are being offered big money to sell their land for a potential data center project. The developer’s identity is a mystery, but it’s part of a major building boom in the state.
Prologis is seeking to annex 429 acres in Shelbyville, Illinois, for a new data center campus. The project, which would total up to 13 buildings, is meeting resistance from residents despite city support. The move is part of Prologis’s aggressive push into the data center market.
The first trading day of 2026 saw a clear shift away from the tech stocks that dominated 2025. While the Dow rose, led by companies like Caterpillar, the Nasdaq slipped for its fifth straight loss.
The Saudi Data and AI Authority (SDAIA) has broken ground on the “Hexagon” data center in Riyadh. The facility will span a staggering 30 million square feet and have a 480MW power capacity. It’s designed to host over 290 government systems as part of the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 digital transformation
SpaceX plans a massive orbital reshuffle in 2026, moving 4,400 Starlink satellites from 342 miles down to 298 miles. The goal is to reduce collision risk and ensure satellites burn up faster. It’s a huge bet on managing the increasingly crowded space around Earth.
