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Data center news: the compute, power and infrastructure AI runs on, from giant new builds on Earth to experiments in orbit.
Fervo Energy's first 33-megawatt block at Cape Station in Utah reached commercial operation a day ahead of schedule, after 23 months of construction. Two more blocks follow by January 2027.
JERA, Dell Technologies, and RHAELM signed a deal to build a $15 billion, 400-megawatt AI data center powered by its own dedicated energy supply near Tokyo, aiming to start operations around 2028.
Micron's CEO said memory shortages will persist through 2027 and 2028, with customers paying much higher prices, as AI data centers keep pulling DRAM production away from everyday devices.
The Defense Manpower Data Center disclosed that unauthorized users accessed unencrypted personal data on 2.76 million living and 294,000 deceased people between October 2025 and July 2026.
GPU cloud provider GMI Cloud raised $668 million, with Nvidia joining the equity round, to fund a $500 million AI data center in Taiwan set to open by March 2026.
Meta is telling the IRS its AI data centers are experimental, a classification that let its federal tax expense drop from $9.6 billion to $2.8 billion in a single year.
