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Data center vacancies hit historic lows despite record construction

Network World

Primary markets such as Northern Virginia, Atlanta, and San Francisco, had a record 6,350 megawatts (MW) under construction at the end of 2024, more than double the 3,077.8 And even with those record construction rates, the overall vacancy rate in primary markets fell to a record-low 1.9% MW capacity being built at the end of 2023.

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Google bets on nuclear power to drive AI expansion

Network World

This could provide Google with an opportunity to co-develop solutions over the next six years, with reactor launches scheduled for 2030.” Challenges for AI companies SMRs are being promoted as a clean energy solution, aligning with the net-zero carbon ambitions that most major tech companies have embraced.

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Tariff war throws building of data centers into disarray

Network World

The stated goal of the [US] administration is to bring more development into the US, said Forrester Senior Analyst Alvin Nguyen. Servers and hardware, including semiconductors, memory, network components, cabling, construction materials are going to see prices rise overnight once the tariffs go into effect, Bickley said.

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Data center growth puts unprecedented pressure on power grids

Network World

Data center builds typically have timelines of 18 to 24 months, gas and renewable power plans have timelines of three to five years, and new transmission development can take seven to ten years. In fact, its the power transmission grid thats often the biggest constraint, the research firm says, more even than the power generation capacity.

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Protecting Workers with a Digital Safety Net

CIO Business Intelligence

When construction began on San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge in 1933, it was still considered a novel idea to rig up a simple safety net under the structure. That net caught 19 falling workers. One great example is a mobile app recently developed by the German utility, Netze BW. “The Ensuring a fast response.

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A blueprint for successfully executing business-aligned IT strategies

CIO Business Intelligence

Regardless of whether or not Peter Drucker actually said , “Culture eats strategy for breakfast,” the sentiment still is particularly relevant in IT, where the constructive collaboration between business goals and technology initiatives often determines organizational success.

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Blackstone to invest $13.3B in AI data center in the UK

Network World

Construction is slated to begin next year, with around 1,200 jobs tied to the development of the site. The data center will be constructed on the former Britishvolt site at Northumberland Energy Park, a region previously earmarked for an electric vehicle battery facility.