Lumen reports net loss in Q1 2025 amid growth in AI business
Lumen pushes forward with AI pivot
News - Nick Parfitt, DCD
The latest news from the data center, telco, and cloud sector
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OpenAI pitches Stargate beyond US, says it could work with 10 countries
But projects will be "in coordination with the US government"
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Edged breaks ground on data center in Des Moines, Iowa
13MW facility to go live in 2027
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Synteq Digital acquires HPC service provider Crunchbits
Bitcoin and data center hardware company expands into HPC
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AWS launches Wavelength Zone Edge location in Lenexa, Kansas
Expands partnership with Verizon to 20 locations in the US
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AMD posts fourth consecutive quarter of growth but warns of financial hit from US export controls
Data center sales saw 57 percent year-on-year growth during the quarter
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xAI removes some of controversial gas turbines from Memphis data center
Elsewhere, Elon Musk's company could need up to 1.1GW for a second supercomputer site
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PJM selects 51 projects for fast track interconnection to meet increased demand from data center sector
More than half of the projects are gas fired generation
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IonQ partners with EPB of Chattanooga for $22m quantum computing center in Tennessee
Facility will house IonQ Forte Enterprise quantum computer and EPB Quantum Network
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CLS for US-Singapore Bifrost cable system goes live in Oregon
Flexential working with Astound and AWS for new cable
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Virginia Governor vetoes bipartisan data center oversight bill
Claimed that it would create "unnecessary red tape"
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Meta signs two solar contracts with Sunraycer in Texas
Tied to two solar projects in Texas
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Exelon data center pipeline surges to 36GW, prompting $15bn grid upgrade
Warned that customers could face economic uncertainty moving forward
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SambaNova lays off 77 employees as company pivots focus from training to inference
Cuts occurred in April
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Mereo Networks snaps up Dish Fiber
As part of the deal, Mereo Networks will rebrand to Mereo Fiber
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Everest Infrastructure Partners snaps up 70 towers from Tower Ventures
The deal covers tower infrastructure across 24 states
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Group claims $64bn in US data center projects impacted by local opposition in last two years
But some of the figures require a lot more context
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ValorC3 to develop second data center in Boise, Idaho
Company adding 10MW in Gem State
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FiberLight closes $500m sustainability linked refinancing facility
Will use refinancing to accelerate network expansion
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5C plots data center at former Fred’s site in Memphis, Tennessee
Company expands into the Volunteer State
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US Navy to build data center at Guam airbase
Facility estimated to cost $100-$250 million
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TC Energy approves $900m pipeline expansion in US Midwest to serve data center market
The Northwoods pipeline expansion project has an in-service date of late 2029
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Nuveen invests in CleanArc Data Centers
Joins Snowhawk and Townsend Group as investors
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DCD Podcast - Could simple changes to Linux code cut data center energy consumption?
It sounds too good to be true, but research suggests it might just work
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Dominion sees no slow down in Northern Virginia data center demand, proposes new electricity rates for large load customers
New rate would apply to facilities with a contracted capacity of 25MW or more
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Meta raises AI data center capex forecast to up to $72bn, blames Trump tariffs for increased cost
"There’s just a lot of uncertainty around this"
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Atlas plans 2.4 million sq ft data center campus outside Rome, Georgia
Atlas plots another campus in the Peach State
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AWS data center in Quebec, Canada, blockaded over Amazon layoffs
Activists demand firm return public money