Access to the latest hardware and rapid speed of deployment make public cloud attractive; yet today most training workloads run on-premises.
The US state of Virginia has retained its sales-and-use-tax exemptions for data centers but is imposing a new tax on electricity use — a move that highlights the trade-offs, uncertainties and potential spread of industry-specific taxation.
Can batteries transform how data centers power AI and connect to the grid? To do so, BESS technologies will need further economic and technical improvements to unlock faster interconnections, cleaner energy and smarter power control.
Improving outage trends mask growing risks
Ireland: on-site power is forced through the grid
Grid flexibility classification gives structure to demand response
Critical spares management: In-House vs. Spare-Parts-as-a-Service
Copper is becoming a systems constraint, not just a commodity issue
RTO and MTTR for data center facilities and equipment
Flash AIR: 2026-02-04 - Axial Cooling Fan Failures
Conductive dust (Metallic)
NARADA Lithium Ion Model UL9450 Batteries
A culture of token abundance collides with financial reality
No single hosting model dominates AI training
The problem with energy per token
Rethinking thermal storage as a capacity tool
Consensus and confusion in liquid cooling maintenance
Dry cooling energy performance can rival evaporative cooling
Hourly-matched net-zero by 2030 was an unrealistic Holy Grail
Is demand response a viable accelerator for grid interconnects?
NERC alert points to future of grid
Vendors are unreasonably optimistic about AI in operations
Where to deploy AI training: a guide to the economics
Annual outage analysis 2026
Real-time telemetry requires modern, flexible cybersecurity
Flagship servers push peak performance and lift efficiency
US data center critics pivot from moratoria to regulations
