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Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore? | TechCrunch Offshore wind developer Aikido will deploy a small data center beneath a floating offshore wind turbine later this year.

Offshore wind developer Aikido will deploy a small data center beneath a floating offshore wind turbine later this year.

Data Center Jobs: Engineering, Construction, Commissioning, Sales, Field Service and Facility Tech Jobs Available in Major Data Center Hotspots Each month Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, posts some of the hottest data center career opportunities in the market. Here’s a look at some of the latest data ...

#DataCenter #Jobs – March

#Engineering, #construction, #commissioning, facility ops & #electrical roles are open across major hubs:

#Ashburn • #Dallas • #Columbus • #Atlanta • #Phoenix • #Chicago

Top roles include Facility Ops & Commissioning Engineers.

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NTT DATA’s Quiet Surge: Hyperscale Wins, AI Partnerships, and Private 5G Push Signal Expanding Influence in the AI Infrastructure Era 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...

Nearly 250MW of #hyperscale capacity.

That’s what #NTT DATA Global Data Centers has recently locked in across major U.S. campuses.

The #AI boom isn’t just #GPUs.

It’s also the quiet giants of #digitalinfrastructure scaling the physical backbone of AI.

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Powering AI When the Grid Can’t: Inside the New Behind-the-Meter Playbook Industry leaders from Oklo, Siemens Energy, AlphaStruxure, and ECL join moderator Fengrong Li of FTI Consulting in a panel to examine how onsite generation is evolving from backup...

#AI isn’t waiting for the #grid.

#Behind-the-meter #power is quickly shifting from backup plan to critical path for AI #datacenters.

New DCF Show with Oklo, Siemens Energy, AlphaStruxure, ECL — moderated by FTI’s Fengrong Li.

Full #podcast + article ↓

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Land and Expand: Early 2026 Megaprojects Reflect a Power-First Ethos New hyperscale and wholesale projects show developers pre-positioning land, power, and community investments for AI-era growth. Land and Expand is Data Center Frontier’s recurring...

The #AI #datacenter rush is evolving. In early 2026, the winners aren’t just building capacity. They’re pre-positioning #power, #land & #community buy-in years ahead. Our latest Land and Expand tracks the shift across Amazon, Vantage, Rowan and more. #GPU
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Policy Shock: Big Tech Told to Power Its Own AI Buildout Emerging federal pressure on hyperscalers to fund dedicated generation could accelerate the behind-the-meter era and rewrite the economics of AI infrastructure.

The #AI boom hits a #power reality check. #Washington is signaling that #hyperscalers should absolutely bring their own generation, pushing the pivot to #behindthemeter #energy and reshaping how AI campuses get built. This is bigger than a #policy tweak.

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Cooling’s New Reality: It’s Not Air vs. Liquid Anymore. It’s Architecture. 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 ...

Cooling in the #AI #datacenter era isn’t air vs. liquid. From HRL's Low-Chill and JCI’s Alloy moves to Carrier & Modine doubling down on reliability to Boyd scaling #manufacturing, the full #thermal stack is now the stakes.
Winners will integrate & scale.
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US Data Center Construction Fell Amid Permit and Power Delays Construction of new data centers in the US fell for the first time since 2020 despite soaring demand for artificial intelligence computing capacity, as developers face delays in permitting, zoning and...

"Capacity under construction fell to 5.99 gigawatts at the end of 2025 from 6.35 gigawatts at the end of 2024, real estate brokerage CBRE Group Inc. reported Wednesday." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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Equinix Sees Growth in Liquid-Cooled Workloads Colocation Leader Reports Strength in High-Density Enterprise AI Business

More AI workloads are being deployed in multi-tenant data centers, boosting rack density and use of liquid cooling. As the largest colo provider, Equinix is a good bellwether for enterprise trends.

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QuickChat: Scaling the AI Data Center Boom with Wesco’s Rob Macchi 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...

#AI #datacenter execution risk is moving upstream. In our latest DCF QuickChat, #Wesco VP Rob Macchi explains why #supplychain integration, smarter procurement, and just-in-time #logistics are now mission-critical for AI builds set for 2027–2028 delivery.
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Aeroderivative Turbines Move to the Center of AI Data Center Power Strategy Aeroderivative turbines built on aircraft-engine cores are emerging as a fast-track response to AI-era grid delays, offering high-density, scalable power but bringing new scrutiny...

AI demand is outpacing the grid.

Aeroderivative turbines are becoming the fast-track bridge for new AI capacity — but permitting and community pressures are rising.

New deep dive at DCF:

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When Gigawatt Construction Outpaces the Supply Chain Jarrett Atkinson of BluePrint Supply Chain explains why construction execution systems must evolve in the gigawatt era.

#Gigawatt #AI campuses are scaling fast but #datacenter #construction supply chains aren’t always keeping pace. BluePrint Supply Chain's Jarrett Atkinson explains how in the gigawatt era, execution discipline is the differentiator. #Hyperscale #SupplyChain
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JLL: Hyperscale and AI Demand Push North American Data Centers Toward Industrial Scale Amid sustained hyperscale and AI demand, JLL’s latest North America report shows vacancy holding near record lows while new development shifts rapidly into emerging frontier markets...

#AI infrastructure is now rolling out at industrial scale. #JLL reports 1% vacancy, 92% of pipeline sold and hyperscalers planning ~$710B in 2026 CapEx. Meanwhile, 64% of new #datacenter builds are shifting to frontier markets. Power = the new bottleneck.
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Execution, Power, and Public Trust: Rich Miller on 2026’s Data Center Reality and Why He Built Data Center Richness DCF founder Rich Miller joins the DCF Show Podcast to examine how power constraints, community resistance, and AI-driven infrastructure demands are pushing the data center industry...

New DCF Show #podcast: DCF founder Rich Miller joins for a candid look at 2026’s #datacenter reality, #power constraints, #behindthemeter, community pushback, #Nvidia -driven #AI density, more.

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6 Ways to Regain Control of Cloud Costs Mastering cloud expenditure is vital for businesses of all sizes. Matt Powers of Wesco outlines six strategies to help you take control of your cloud spending.

6 Ways to Regain Control of Cloud Costs

#Cloud spend is up +28% w/ budgets exceeded by 17%. Waste: 27%. Matt Powers of #Wesco advises stopgap methods including #ROI discipline, #FinOps, smarter workload placement. Governance protects margins.

#HybridCloud
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"Everybody Should Strap On their Seatbelts" Some Thoughts From my Guest Appearance on the Data Center Frontier Show

“Everybody should strap on their seatbelts and get ready for the ride.”

That’s a good summary of my guest spot on this week’s Data Center Frontier Show podcast. The theme: Big, fast change is at hand for the data center industry.

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Synergies in Data Center Supply Chains: How Owners, General Contractors, and Suppliers Benefit from Shared Visibility Join CargoSense, Data Center Frontier, DPR Construction, PowerHouse Data Centers and Schneider Electric for a deep dive into how real-time logistics intelligence—across location...

#Supplychain is now the critical path for #AI era #datacenters. Tomorrow DCF joins CargoSense, DPR Construction, Schneider Electric & PowerHouse Data Centers in a #webinar exploring how shared, real-time logistics visibility lets projects deliver on time. www.datacenterfrontier.com/webinar/webi...

Vertiv’s AI Infrastructure Surge: Record Orders, Liquid Cooling Expansion, and Grid-Scale Power Reflect Data Center Growth Vertiv’s record Q4 results highlight surging demand for AI data center infrastructure, as operators accelerate investment in liquid cooling, modular deployment, energy storage...

#Vertiv’s record #Q4 shows #AI #datacenters have entered #industrial -scale buildout, with operators now buying integrated #power, #cooling, and #modular systems at unprecedented scale. We break down what this means next for AI #infrastructure.

#hyperscale
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The 2 AM Test: Why Serviceability Determines AI Infrastructure Success Chris Hillyer, nVent's Director of Global Professional Services, explains why uptime is achieved through equipment designed to be serviced quickly when imperfection in high-density...

#AI racks now run at 60–100kW, making #datacenter downtime far more costly. As nVent’s Chris Hillyer notes, success at AI scale isn’t just about preventing failure: it’s about fixing sudden problems fast. At 2 AM, serviceability is what keeps #uptime solid.
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AI’s New Land Grab: Meta’s Indiana Megaproject and the Rise of Europe’s Neocloud Challengers Two major announcements this week — Meta’s $10 billion Indiana campus and Nebius’ 240 MW expansion in northern France — show that AI infrastructure has entered a new dimension...

AI infra goes industrial.

Meta breaks ground on a 1GW Indiana campus while Nebius launches a 240MW AI site in France — clear signs the race for land & power is recasting where data centers get built.

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#datacenters #AI #infrastructure #hyperscale #neocloud

Vertiv Shares Soar on Blockbuster Earnings Data Center Infrastructure Firm Reports Huge 4Q Orders, $15 Billion Backlog

Shares of data center infrastructure specialist Vertiv soared 25% Wednesday on an earnings beat, buoyed by large orders from data center customers.

Here’s a look at how Vertiv is capitalizing on two key trends: modular design and the rise of liquid cooling.

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Cooling Consolidation Hits AI Scale: LiquidStack, Submer, and the Future of Data Center Thermal Strategy 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 ...

#Cooling is now core infrastructure strategy for #AI #datacenters. Trane’s move on LiquidStack, Submer’s expansion, and Oracle’s shift to closed-loop cooling show #liquidcooling moving mainstream as operators chase higher densities w/ lower #water impact.
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Nomads at the Frontier: PTC 2026 Signals the Digital Infrastructure Industry’s Moment of Execution Nomad Futurist founders Nabeel Mahmood and Phillip Koblence join Data Center Frontier to break down the real story behind this year’s PTC gathering in Hawaii: power realities,...

PTC 26 marked a shift for #datacenters and #digitalinfrastructure: less hype, more execution. In our latest DCF Show #podcast, Nomad Futurist founders break down why #power, workforce, and #community realities now define who can actually deploy #AI infra.
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From NIMBY to YIMBY: A Playbook for Data Center Community Acceptance As community resistance grows, data center developers, operators, and investors must rethink how projects engage with host communities. This briefing examines where opposition...

#Datacenters have hit their #NIMBY moment. The next phase of growth depends on turning #community opposition into partnership. Melissa Reali explores how the industry moves from NIMBY to #YIMBY & why community acceptance is now nearly as key as #power. #AI
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