TSTC Abilene launches course for data center careers

Texas State Technical College (TSTC) in Abilene is now offering specialized training for data center operators. The new 224-hour course covers electrical systems, ...
Breckenridge Texan

TSTC hosting showcase and registration night for new data center training program

TSTC will host a registration and showcase night for the new Mechanical, Electrical and Information Data Center Operator training course from 6-8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 26, at the Industrial ...
Washington Examiner

Energy Department advises grid operators to use data centers as backup plan for winter storm

As many states across the nation brace for a severe winter storm this weekend, the Department of Energy is advising grid operators to use data centers as backup generation sources in case of a power ...
MarketWatch

Singapore Data Center Market Investment Analysis & Growth Report 2026-2031: Global Hyperscale Operators and Regional Leaders Anchor Capacity Expansion - ResearchAndMarkets.com

The "Singapore Data Center Market - Investment Analysis & Growth Opportunities 2026-2031" report has been added to ResearchAndMarkets.com's offering. The Singapore Data Center Market was valued at USD ...
Wall Street Journal

America’s Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem—Too Many Data Centers

America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...
Seeking Alpha

Ormat rises after signing its first direct geothermal PPA deal with data center operator

Ormat Technologies (ORA) +3.3% post-market Monday, which would lift shares to nearly five-year highs, after saying it signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Switch, representing its first ...
Ars Technica

Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data

On Wednesday, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority announced that it is halting the relicensing process for two reactors at the Hamaoka plant after revelations that the plant’s chosen operator ...
Bloomberg L.P.

SoftBank to Buy Data Center Firm DigitalBridge for $3 Billion

SoftBank Group Corp. agreed to buy private equity firm DigitalBridge Group Inc. for about $3 billion in cash, part of the Japanese conglomerate’s push to invest in data centers and other digital ...
Reuters

Data center operator CyrusOne bolsters cooling capacity after outage hits CME Group

Dec 1 (Reuters) - Data center operator CyrusOne has installed additional backup cooling capacity at its Aurora, Illinois, data center after a snafu last week triggered an outage at CME Group (CME.O), ...
Austin American-Statesman

Texas grid operators and regulators iron out new rules for data centers

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June that empowers the state’s grid operator to remotely disconnect data centers and other large energy users if the grid is under extreme stress. The so-called ...
Seeking Alpha

Data center operator Blockfusion to go public after SPAC merger

Data center operator Blockfusion said on Wednesday that it intends to go public after a merger with special purpose acquisition company Blue Acquisition Corp. (BACC). The deal, valued at roughly $450M ...