Applied Digital
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A 15-year, 300 MW hyperscaler lease at Delta Forge 1 underscores the shift to purpose-built AI infrastructure backed by investment-grade tenants and scalable financing.
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XL Batteries
In 2025, XL Batteries commissioned its Organic Flow Battery™ in partnership with Stolthaven Terminals. This was the first deployment of XL's innovative long-duration energy storage (LDES) technology.

Voices of the Industry

BluePrint Supply Chain
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Jarrett Atkinson of BluePrint Supply Chain explains why on-time delivery isn’t just about when equipment arrives—it’s about whether the site is ready to do something with it when...
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Patrick McCarthy, R&D Engineering Manager for nVent, explains why the secondary loop should no longer be treated as an afterthought.
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Learning Resources

Trane
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AI growth is driving demand for high‑performance data centers. This whitepaper explores how rising energy and water use along with the shift to liquid cooling present the need...
April 7, 2026
Trane
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Unlock potential in your thermal management strategy by multiplying performance. This one-stop-shop capabilities piece details Trane's collaborative approach to smarter scaling...
April 7, 2026
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As thermal demands grow and air-cooling hits its limits, data center designers are turning to liquid cooling to unlock performance and sustainability. With multiple methods in...
March 26, 2026
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AI workloads are breaking traditional cooling limits. Discover why liquid cooling is becoming essential, how CDUs really work, and what it takes to build a scalable, future‑ready...
March 23, 2026

Podcast

Compu Dynamics
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Data Center Frontier Show Podcast
As AI drives unprecedented density and complexity, Compu Dynamics CEO Steve Altizer explains why data centers are shifting from adaptable buildings to purpose-built industrial...
April 14, 2026
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Data Center Frontier Show Podcast
In this episode of the Data Center Frontier Show podcast, DCF Editor in Chief Matt Vincent speaks with Jason Barmann, Director of Grid Integration at EPC Power..
April 9, 2026
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Kirkland & Ellis partners Melissa Kalka and Kimberly McGrath explain how power constraints, evolving deal structures, and new financing models are reshaping data center investment...
April 7, 2026
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Data Center Frontier Show Podcast
In this episode of the Data Center Frontier podcast, Matthew Vincent Editor in Chief speaks with Jarrett Atkinson, Vice President of Supply Chain at BluePrint Supply
April 7, 2026

Videos

Wesco Data Center Solutions
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In this Data Center Frontier QuickChat, Matt Vincent, Editor-in-Chief of Data Center Frontier, talks to Rob Macchi, Vice President of Data Center Solutions for Wesco, about why...
Feb. 25, 2026
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Join us for this Data Center Frontier QuickChat, as DCF Editor in Chief Matt Vincent checks in with Darren Burgess US Business Development Director, at BP Castrol for an engaging...
Jan. 8, 2026

Hyperscale

Microsoft
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Microsoft is scaling two infrastructure models at once: sovereign cloud regions for compliance and a new class of AI factory campuses built for frontier-scale compute.
April 21, 2026
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After integrating IPI, raising a $7 billion flagship fund, and partnering with hyperscalers and sovereign investors, Blue Owl is positioning itself as a system-level capital platform...
April 16, 2026
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Susan McLeod of Hitachi Energy explains why standardized power delivery has pivoted from a constraint to a competitive advantage.
April 6, 2026
Meta
Meta’s MTIA AI accelerator, shown here on a development board, is designed to power large-scale inference workloads across the company’s hyperscale data centers.
Meta’s new generation of MTIA AI chips highlights how hyperscalers are redesigning the infrastructure stack, from silicon and interconnects to rack density, cooling, and power...
March 11, 2026

Colocation

Sabey Data Centers
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Inside Sabey’s Lower Manhattan data center, where interconnection, elevation, and emerging AI inference demand meet in one of New York’s most distinctive infrastructure assets...
April 15, 2026
NTT Data
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A series of announcements spanning hyperscale capacity deals, AI partnerships, private 5G deployments, and workforce recognition reveals how one of the world’s largest data center...
March 4, 2026
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Samantha Walters of Colocation America shares her thoughts on four trends she's seeing in the colocation space.
Dec. 26, 2025
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Twin supply-capacity agreements by Schneider Electric with Switch and Digital Realty show how AI data centers are starting to lock up power and thermal infrastructure in much ...
Nov. 24, 2025

Power

Cat Electric Power
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Laura Maciosek of Cat Electric Power provides advice for bringing data center power online faster without compromising performance or reliability.
April 24, 2026
Idaho National Laboratory
In December 2019, Oklo Inc. announced the launch of its Aurora 1.5 MW advanced fission clean energy plant with integrated solar panels.
"Bring your own power" is moving into the mainstream as grid constraints intensify, with data center developers turning to onsite generation to control timelines, secure capacity...
April 20, 2026
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy
The BWRX-300 is a 300 MWe, water-cooled, natural circulation Small Modular Reactor (SMR) under development by GE Hitachi, designed for 90% less land use than traditional nuclear plants. Representing the 10th evolution of GE’s boiling water reactors, the BWRX-300 utilizes passive safety systems that require no external power or operator action to maintain a safe state.
Major SMR vendors are making strategic advances in regulatory approval, manufacturing ecosystems, and customer partnerships, with a growing emphasis on industrial applications...
April 9, 2026
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AI‑driven demand can push the grid to become more modern and resilient instead of merely exposing its existing weaknesses.
April 6, 2026

Cooling

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As racks surge from 10 kW to well over 100 kW, the air itself has become a design variable. The emerging science of “airflow intelligence,” a new discipline linking clean air ...
March 19, 2026
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Data Center Frontier Show Podcast
In this episode of the Data Center Frontier Show podcast, DCF Editor in Chief Matt Vincent speaks with Tom Carroll, Director of Data Center within the ACV Strategic Business Field...
March 19, 2026
HRL
HRL Laboratories unveiled what it calls a breakthrough single-phase direct liquid cooling technology, designed to enable higher GPU and rack power densities in modern data centers minus the cost and complexity of two-phase cooling systems, while supporting low-water cooling architectures.
A surge of 2026 data center cooling announcements, from HRL’s ARPA-E-backed single-phase breakthrough and Johnson Controls’ planned Alloy acquisition to new AI-ready chillers ...
Feb. 26, 2026
Submer
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Trane’s acquisition of LiquidStack and Submer’s latest expansion moves signal a new phase in AI data center growth, where liquid cooling and integrated thermal strategies are ...
Feb. 11, 2026

AI / Machine Learning

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Omdia analysts Vlad Galabov and Shen Wang outline the scale and power demands of the AI data center boom during the Omdia Analyst Summit at Data Center World 2026.
At Data Center World, Omdia analysts argued that the AI infrastructure buildout is no longer just a hyperscaler story. It is becoming a broader, more power-hungry transformation...
April 23, 2026
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(L to R) Data Center World/AFCOM Executive Chair and Apolo CEO Bill Kleyman; Phill Lawson-Shanks, Chief Innovation Officer, Aligned Data Centers; Amber Caramella, Chief Revenue Officer, Netrality Data Centers
At Data Center World, an exclusive C-suite conversation traced how AI demand is transforming infrastructure, expectations, and community stakes
April 22, 2026
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As gigawatt-scale projects and billion-dollar deals accelerate, the AI data center buildout is increasingly defined by power constraints, structured capital, and the race to deliver...
April 17, 2026
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A new special report article series examines the emerging science of “airflow intelligence,” a new discipline linking clean air to uptime, sustainability, and cost control.
April 16, 2026

Press Releases

Penguin Solutions
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The new MemoryAI KV cache server from Penguin Solutions leverages CXL technology to expand memory capacity, enabling faster inference, higher throughput, and improved efficiency...
April 15, 2026
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The pushback is getting louder. Where is the disconnect between data center growth and public trust, and how does it get fixed?
April 10, 2026
Digital Realty
A data center operated by Digital Realty, one of the world’s largest technology landlords.
Global content and marketing leader at Digital Realty brings expertise in AI, platform strategy, and digital infrastructure storytelling.
April 10, 2026
Overwatch Mission Critical
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Kirk Offel, CEO of Overwatch Mission Critical, testifies before Texas lawmakers on the importance of data centers for economic growth, national security, and grid stability, emphasizing...
April 9, 2026