North America Datacenter Trends
North America Datacenter Trends
Datacenter trend intelligence tracks data centre market trends, AI-driven capacity demand, power availability, colocation growth, interconnection strategy, and regional campus investment in North America, giving readers a fuller view of the demand shifts, capacity constraints, platform strategies, capital timing, regulatory pressure, and operating assumptions behind the market.
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Ford backs Ontario data centres to keep data in Canada
Ontario's draft framework would assess large data-centre projects on data sovereignty, economic contribution, and community benefit alongside grid requirements.
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Nvidia backs OpenAI Ohio data centre with $105bn guarantee
Nvidia's guarantee covers leases for 4.25GW of IT capacity, helping SB Energy finance the Ohio campus before OpenAI starts paying rent.
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Alberta begins AI data-centre town halls in Ponoka
Alberta is opening public discussions on AI data centres as communities weigh power, water and infrastructure requirements alongside new investment.
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Blue Energy, GE Vernova Hitachi advance 2.5GW Texas project
The Victoria gas-to-nuclear project is moving into safety analysis and licensing work, with a 2027 investment decision still required before construction.
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Waterloo Region seeks data-centre impact report
The review will assess economic benefits alongside power, water and environmental impacts without changing the local planning approval process.
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Oakville imposes one-year moratorium on data centres
Oakville has paused new data-centre development for one year while it studies planning rules, with no application filed for the proposed 320MW project.
North America Datacenter Trends
Virginia orders Dominion to propose data-centre transmission cost rules
Dominion must propose new rules for allocating the cost of transmission facilities built primarily for large-load customers.
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Energy Vault signs 1.25GW Texas AI power deal
Energy Vault's 1.25GW Texas agreement pairs batteries, power controls and Caterpillar gensets to bring AI data-centre capacity online ahead of utility interconnections.
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Arkansas local governments set different data-centre rules
Carroll County has paused approvals while Fayetteville and Little Rock use new rules, creating different local routes for data-centre development.
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HD Hyundai wins 1GW US data-centre power order
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries will supply 1GW of HiMSEN engine capacity to Corban Energy for data centres operated by an unnamed US technology company.
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Talbot County weighs one-year data-centre moratorium
Talbot County may pause data-centre approvals while it studies water and power impacts and writes local rules for future projects.
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Minneapolis 511 Building outage disrupts Midwest connectivity
The carrier hotel hosts MICE, dozens of carriers and multiple colocation providers, making it a major regional interconnection site.
North America Datacenter Trends
AWS explores Homer City data-centre project
Amazon is discussing the Pennsylvania site while Homer City builds its gas-fired power project, but no definitive AWS agreement has been signed.
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PowerHouse plans 300MW Westlake data-centre campus
Circle T would comprise four 300,000-square-foot buildings and a developer-funded Oncor substation, while later phases still require specific-use permits.
North America Datacenter Trends
Minneapolis 511 Building outage disrupts regional connectivity
The carrier hotel hosts MICE, dozens of carriers, and several colocation providers, giving one downtown facility an important role in regional connectivity.
North America Datacenter Trends
US data-centre opponents challenge local approvals in court
Lawsuits are testing whether US data-centre approvals can withstand scrutiny over public notice, zoning and transparency.
North America Datacenter Trends
Amazon plans Texas data centre with on-site gas power
Amazon’s Pecos County campus will initially use private generation, while GW Ranch’s gas permit allows up to 33 million tonnes of annual CO₂ emissions.
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Pado says older data centres can handle AI inference
Pado says older data centres can run many AI inference workloads, offering a way to use existing power and hardware before building new capacity.
North America Datacenter Trends
US lenders scrutinise local opposition in data-centre financing
US lenders are scrutinising community opposition when assessing data-centre loans, adding local political risk to financing decisions as project resistance spreads.
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Electrovaya launches 7MW ElvaPulse battery for data centres
The 2.88MWh ElvaPulse 1500 targets short-duration, high-power data-centre applications, with certification and first deliveries targeted for 2027.