FRIDAY DATA DUMP: Data Centers Everywhere All At Once
The climate is toast, folks
FYI: Today’s Data Dump is overspill from today’s RUNDOWN, which focused more on artificial intelligence. This panoply of pollution-producing projects basically ends the debate on climate. The Tech Bros will burn this planet like a Duraflame log in their quest to get to Mars or, strangely more likely, upload their consciousnesses onto a singularity-ready cloud hosted by a robot-tended data center located on Mars or inside some intergalactic vessel. I sure hope those AI-generated PowerPoint presentations are worth it.- jp
Powering the Future Without Paralyzing It
https://www.powermag.com/powering-the-future-without-paralyzing-it/
AI has a huge power problem. Solving it won't be easy
https://qz.com/ai-chips-power-electricity-grid-data-centers
Interactive IEA tracker shows where AI is guzzling the most energy
https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/19/iea_observatory_ai
Data Centres Face Reckoning as Carbon Pressures Rise
https://datacentremagazine.com/critical-environments/data-centres-face-reckoning-as-carbon-pressures-rise
Submerging Servers in Liquid Helps Data Centers Cut Energy Use
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-06-18/data-centers-cut-energy-use-by-submerging-servers-in-liquid
GrapheneGPU cuts AI data centre energy use by 44% and boosts computing power by 40%
https://theenergyst.com/graphenegpu-cuts-ai-data-centre-energy-use-by-44-and-boosts-computing-power-by-40/
How a Data Center Company Uses Stranded Renewable Energy
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19062025/inside-clean-energy-stranded-renewable-data-centers/
Data Centers Going Off-Grid With Natural Gas to ‘Find Any Way to Get Power’
https://naturalgasintel.com/news/data-centers-going-off-grid-with-natural-gas-to-find-any-way-to-get-power/
xAI faces legal threat over alleged Colossus data center pollution in Memphis
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/06/xai-faces-legal-threat-over-alleged-colossus-data-center-pollution-in-memphis/
AI runs on dirty power — and the public pays the price
https://www.businessinsider.com/ai-runs-dirty-power-and-the-public-pays-the-price-2025-6
The AI revolution is likely to drive up your electricity bill. Here's why.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/artificial-intelligene-ai-data-centers-electricity-bill-energy-costs/
FERC to streamline natural gas infrastructure construction to meet surging data center demand
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/ferc-to-streamline-natural-gas-infrastructure-construction-to-meet-surging-data-center-demand/
With the US data center pipeline surging regulated utilities are proving advantaged in meeting demand, says Wood Mackenzie
https://www.wlns.com/business/press-releases/globenewswire/1001103367/with-the-us-data-center-pipeline-surging-regulated-utilities-are-proving-advantaged-in-meeting-demand-says-wood-mackenzie/
Can the US power grid keep up with the AI data centre boom?
https://www.ft.com/content/028ac906-1898-436a-907c-45eb7875e1ee
NJ lawmakers target energy-hungry AI data centers
https://www.njspotlightnews.org/video/nj-lawmakers-target-energy-hungry-ai-data-centers/
Virginia doesn’t have statewide data center regulations. Localities are making their own rules.
https://virginiamercury.com/2025/06/20/virginia-doesnt-have-statewide-data-center-regulations-localities-are-making-their-own-rules-instead/
Planning Commission recommends denial of 700-acre data center project in Chesterfield
https://richmondbizsense.com/2025/06/20/planning-commission-recommends-denial-of-700-acre-data-center-project-in-chesterfield/
Fauquier County planning commission rejects Gigaland data center project
https://www.fauquier.com/news/fauquier-county-planning-commission-rejects-gigaland-data-center-project/article_9da625b1-2fd4-4d86-8810-cf39db01f25e.html
Data centers bring jobs and cash to Arizona. Phoenix could regulate that away | Opinion
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/2025/06/16/data-centers-support-arizona-economy-water-power-use/84168801007/
Phoenix modifies proposed data center regulations, postpones discussion until July
https://www.abc15.com/news/business/phoenix-modifies-proposed-data-center-regulations-postpones-discussion-until-july
An Alabama City Recommends Changing Its Laws to Accommodate One of the Country’s Largest Proposed Data Centers
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/18062025/bessemer-alabama-recommends-changing-zoning-laws-to-accommodate-proposed-data-center/
Wisconsin Senate approves tax rule exemption for data center
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/3448471/wisconsin-senate-tax-rule-exemption-data-center/
Clayton County agency approves tax break for $1B data center
https://www.ajc.com/news/2025/06/clayton-county-agency-approves-tax-break-for-1b-data-center/
Big Tech promised jobs. Cities gave millions. Where are the workers?
https://www.businessinsider.com/data-centers-tax-subsidies-jobs-ohio-2025-5
Becoming a plumber would be a good bet, the Godfather of AI says
https://cybernews.com/ai-news/survival-super-intelligence-age-hinton/
As Data Centers Proliferate Across Illinois, Communities Grapple with How to Supply the Necessary Water
https://insideclimatenews.org/news/16062025/illinois-data-centers-water-use/
Data centers face new regulations, some worry they fall short of protecting water, residents
https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/06/18/data-centers-face-new-regulations-in-minnesota
Data center investment comes with concerns
https://www.thecentersquare.com/pennsylvania/article_82644ba3-7fc2-4947-9706-808768f330b8.htm
Contractors say data center demand still growing, despite bubble fears
https://www.constructiondive.com/news/contractors-data-center-demand-growing-bubble-fears/750985/
$14 billion proposed data center near Birmingham moves forward
https://www.al.com/news/2025/06/14-billion-proposed-data-center-near-birmingham-hits-another-hurdle.html
Pima Supes move data center plan forward. Now Tucson Council ok required.
https://www.kgun9.com/news/community-inspired-journalism/southeast-side-news/pima-supes-move-data-center-plan-forward-now-tucson-council-ok-required
Get the Facts: Data center in south Louisville gets green light from Metro development committee
https://www.wlky.com/article/data-center-south-louisville-green-light-metro-development-committee/65117140
108MW data center campus granted zoning approval outside Atlanta, Georgia
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/108mw-data-center-campus-granted-zoning-approval-outside-atlanta-georgia/
A company you’ve never heard of is supporting the Boise area’s data-center boom
https://www.idahostatesman.com/news/business/article308313450.html
Oppidan Investment Company breaks ground on 61,000-square-foot data center in Eagan
https://rejournals.com/oppidan-investment-company-breaks-ground-on-61000-square-foot-data-center-in-eagan/
Google Acquisition Continues Ohio Data Center Gold Rush
https://www.bisnow.com/national/news/data-center/googles-land-grab-continues-ohio-data-center-gold-rush-129794
Amazon to Invest $20B in PA Data Centers Amid Local Opposition
https://fcfreepresspa.com/amazon-to-invest-20b-in-pa-data-centers-amid-local-opposition/
Amazon to invest $13 bn in Australia's data center infra over five years
https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/amazon-to-invest-13-bn-in-australia-s-data-center-infra-over-five-years-125061500090_1.html
Amazon (AMZN) to Invest $4B in South Korea's Largest AI Data Center
https://www.gurufocus.com/news/2936529/amazon-amzn-to-invest-4b-in-south-koreas-largest-ai-data-center
Alibaba (BABA) Expands Data Center Presence in South Korea
https://www.gurufocus.com/news/2936865/alibaba-baba-expands-data-center-presence-in-south-korea
Dubai's EDGNEX to Invest US$2.3bn in Indonesian Data Center Construction
https://en.tempo.co/read/2019618/dubais-edgnex-to-invest-us2-3bn-in-indonesian-data-center-construction
Thailand's CP Group invests in AI, data centers to power up telecom business
https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Technology/Artificial-intelligence/Thailand-s-CP-Group-invests-in-AI-data-centers-to-power-up-telecom-business
Haoyang and Kakao invest over $2.6B in AI data centers in Asia
https://www.rcrwireless.com/20250620/ai-infrastructure/asia-ai-dc
Asia's role as a global data centre hub is driving economic growth across the region
https://www.intellinews.com/asia-s-role-as-a-global-data-centre-hub-is-driving-economic-growth-across-the-region-386920/
Latin America sees data center boom
https://www.semafor.com/article/06/20/2025/latin-america-bets-on-data-centers-and-solar-to-power-ai-boom
Microsoft intros sovereign data center region in Chile
https://www.rcrwireless.com/20250620/ai-infrastructure/microsoft-data-china
“Amazon should be straight with people”: Campaigners oppose planned data centre near Houghton Regis over environmental concerns
https://www.lutontoday.co.uk/news/environment/amazon-should-be-straight-with-people-campaigners-oppose-planned-data-centre-near-houghton-regis-over-environmental-concerns-5184245
Data centre targeting London's green belt
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c4g61rd8d3ro
Data centre to heat UK swimming pool
https://www.iom3.org/resource/data-centre-to-heat-swimming-pool.html
'Cool data centres with treated sewage' - water firm
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwyx41kx8d5o
Is AI as ‘Vital as Water and Energy’?
https://www.digit.fyi/is-ai-as-vital-as-water-and-energy/