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Aug 31, 2026

 

Solid-state transformers are emerging as a key technology for powering next-generation artificial intelligence data centers by converting medium-voltage AC to 800 V DC, though their technological maturity is still under evaluation.

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Regulatory Pressure on Sustainability

The Green Party in the UK is advocating for a moratorium on new data center construction until significant improvements are made in water and energy usage management.

Read at The Register→

 

Should the UK halt new data center construction until water and energy use are resolved?

New Jersey's governor has signed a law mandating that data centers report their energy and water consumption, following the establishment of a new rate class.

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The UK Green Party advocates for a nationwide moratorium on new data centers, permitting only facilities designed for local community needs.

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Spain is reportedly drafting rules that would require data centers over 1MW to source 80% of their power from new renewable energy sources.

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Should Spain require data centers to source 80% of power from new renewables?

Delaware has enacted a new clean energy mandate specifically for hyperscale data centers, alongside other new legislation targeting the data center sector.

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German and Japanese researchers have developed a novel, electricity-free technology with the potential to significantly improve cooling efficiency in data centers.

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Cloverleaf Infrastructure acquired a Houston data center site, following a J.P. Morgan sale process and DSX's involvement at the entitlement stage.

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Grid Capacity and Constraints

Texas Governor Greg Abbott's decision to pause data center grid connections has divided the data center industry, with developers split on its strategic implications for the state.

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Should Texas's data center power pause be adopted by other states facing grid strain?

Georgia Power secured approval for a contract with OpenAI's planned 3.2GW Effingham County campus, addressing a no-recovery pledge, Nvidia's Cloverleaf stake, and Spain's renewable energy rules.

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Anthropic is considering 5GW of AI data center capacity in NSW, raising questions about the Australian power grid's ability to support the expansion.

Read at TechRepublic→

 

Data centers are facing significant disruption from Chinese restrictions on rare earth minerals, jeopardizing supply chains as licensing deadlines loom.

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Will China's rare earth curbs cripple global data center construction timelines?

 
Chatter
The view from Reddit
“Microsoft Strikes Again - Entire M365 tenant has been "deauthenticated" by Microsoft for two weeks”

A business is experiencing a critical outage after their M365 tenant was de-authenticated by Microsoft, resulting in the loss of email, files, website hosting, and phone services, with urgent efforts underway to regain access before data is permanently lost.

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“Disaster recovery from M365 Tenant Deauthentication”

A small business owner, acting as the sole IT head, is urgently developing a disaster recovery plan for their M365 tenant following recent incidents of deauthentication, focusing on email, file access, phone systems, and device management.

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“I hate Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise with a PASSION”

A sysadmin in an educational setting expresses extreme frustration with Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise switches, citing poor UI, CLI, support, and documentation, and eagerly anticipates replacing them with Extreme or Juniper/Mist switches.

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Sabey Data Centers is outlining community commitments for its proposed Indianapolis campus, focusing on future development and local integration.

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Liquid Cooling Infrastructure Innovations

Corvex is deploying high-density NVIDIA Blackwell systems using Lenovo Neptune liquid cooling in existing data centers, enhancing infrastructure delivery for secure, AI workloads.

Read at Data Center Frontier  →

 

This week in tech, artificial intelligence expansion faced security crises, rising costs, and public resistance, as covered by Daily Tech Insider.

Read at TechRepublic→

 

PaperCut, a print management software provider, is currently under a zero-day attack, reportedly causing significant operational issues for its customers.

Read at The Register→

 

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