A Dutch project pairing a data center with greenhouse growers shows how waste heat recovery can reduce grid congestion while replacing natural gas.

A federal judge ordered EPA to finalize its PM2.5 nonattainment designations by February 6, 2027, rejecting the agency's proposed 18-month timeline.

South Korea's government has committed to an 18.4 GW AI data center buildout backed by discounted power and land rights, ahead of confirmed demand.

Saudi Arabia is combining incentives, sovereign financing, data center construction and access to advanced chips to accelerate its AI infrastructure buildout.

Rodale is betting $139 million on moving 10 million U.S. acres into organic production. Farmer economics and clear tracking will decide if it works in practice.

Kevin O'Leary's Utah data center plans to run on dedicated natural gas, joining a growing list of AI campuses built to sidestep grid connection queues.

Iberdrola's equity stake in a Spanish data center joint venture shows European utilities trading land and grid access for ownership, not just power contracts.

Minnesota regulators approved Xcel Energy's utility-owned distributed battery program, creating a closely watched test of who should own customer-sited storage.

New Hampshire has signed a law directing its Department of Energy to assess transformer vulnerability to geomagnetic and electromagnetic disturbances.

Cigarette butts still lead coastal litter totals. Disposable vapes and nicotine pouches now add batteries, plastics and hazardous residues to this waste stream.

Intel is cutting Data Center Group jobs even as AI infrastructure spending is set to reach $487 billion in 2026, per IDC, as electricity demand keeps rising.

Maryland's Supreme Court vacated a $25,000 fee award in a records case that exposed secret Frederick County talks with Amazon over data center rezoning.

Gyre Energy has secured $1.3 million to expand its AI cooling platform. A major cold-chain project could test whether earlier savings continue at greater scale.

UNESCO's first Science Decade report finds governance-focused research trailing innovation by over 3 to 1, a gap it says is raising technology deployment risk.

Air Liquide announced three U.S. industrial gas investments in July 2026 totaling over $530 million, tied to semiconductor and chemical manufacturing growth.

Ireland's CRU now requires data center developers to prove a credible renewable energy plan before connecting, replacing a broad regional grid approach.

New IRP filings from 23 U.S. utilities show a shift to scenario-based forecasting as data centers drive demand, raising planning risk for facilities leaders.

Viridi Energy, backed by Warburg Pincus, began construction on a landfill gas-to-RNG facility in Lincoln, Nebraska, under a city build-own-operate contract.

Rolls-Royce has opened a $24M Mankato facility to expand backup power output. The center will support data centers and other critical infrastructure nationwide.

Missouri and Indiana now require utilities to secure replacement capacity before retiring power plants, as PJM and MISO warn of tightening reserve margins.