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The Gigawatt Bottleneck: Power Constraints Define AI Data Center Growth

A new Bloom Energy report finds power availability emerging as the defining constraint on AI data center growth, driving gigawatt campuses, onsite generation, and shifts in ...
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Why Liquid Cooling Demands a Different Vendor Relationship

Chris Hillyer, nVent's Director of Global Professional Services, explains data centers need a partner — not just a vendor — experienced in navigating the shift to liquid ...
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Why Conduit Choices Matter as Construction for Resilient, High Density Data Centers Soars

Matt Fredericks of Champion Fiberglass explains why conduit material selection is not just a code-compliance exercise, it is ...
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Community Opposition Emerges as New Gatekeeper for AI Data Center Expansion

Community opposition is increasingly delaying or blocking major data center projects, signaling a shift in which local politics and resource concerns are beginning to shape ...
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Meta’s Expanded MTIA Roadmap Signals a New Phase in AI Data Center Architecture

Meta’s new generation of MTIA AI chips highlights how hyperscalers are redesigning the infrastructure stack, from silicon and interconnects to rack density, cooling, and ...
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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 ...
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OpenAI and the Rise of the Multi-Cloud AI Factory

With infrastructure partnerships spanning AWS, Microsoft, Nvidia, SoftBank, and specialized GPU cloud providers, OpenAI is helping drive the emergence of a multi-cloud AI ...
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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 ...
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Small Changes Deliver Major Water Savings: Simple Modifications to Your Evaporative Cooling Systems Can Dramatically Increase Efficiency

Want to significantly reduce your data center’s water usage while also dramatically increasing cooling efficiency? It’s a lot ...
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AI Infrastructure Brief: Power, Capital, and Silicon Collide in the Next Phase of the Data Center Buildout

New hyperscale campuses, GPU infrastructure deployments, energy projects, and policy debates illustrate how the race to build AI data centers is accelerating across North ...
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Building Fast Without Cutting Corners: Project Planning in Data Center Construction

Bill Tierney of The ProLift Rigging Company explains why successful data center construction comes from disciplined project ...
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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 ...