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Data Center Power News
Today's data center power and grid headlines — plus the sourced numbers on how much electricity the build-out really uses.
UPDATED AUGUST 27, 2026
Latest headlines
- The data center era that's reshaping America
- State Data Center Policy 101: 2026 Legislative Guide
- Effingham County Chamber of Commerce hosts data center Q&A session
- OpenAI gets green light for 3.2GW power deal to supply planned data center in Effingham County, Georgia
- Texas’ data center, transmission line pauses could be risky
- Data center that could require more power than all of the homes in Ohio being built in Pike County
- The U.S. Now Uses Nearly 40% Of The World’s Data Center Electricity
- Xcel data center plan faces pushback from residents and advocates
- Trump keeps boosting data centers, even as other Republicans grow critical
- These 10 States Are Ready for the AI Data Center Boom
Headlines aggregated via Google News; each links to its original publisher.
From our build-out tracker
1,769Facilities tracked
8New since last refresh
390Virginia
205Texas
128Oregon
| Precision Prints Lufkin Datacenter | — | Texas |
| AT&T Tuckerton Cable Landing Station (TAT-14) | AT&T | New Jersey |
| Digital Realty | Digital Realty | California |
| Wall Township Cable Landing Station | Tata | New Jersey |
| Manasquan Cable Landing Station (TAT-14) | Sprint | New Jersey |
| GlobeNet Tuckerton Cable Landing Station | GlobeNet | New Jersey |
| Chirisa Technology Parks - Piscataway | Chirisa Technology Parks | New Jersey |
| New facility | — | Quebec |
Showing 8 of 8 newly mapped facilities since 2026-08-16.
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Background & context
The sourced background: how much power data centers really use (415 TWh in 2024, doubling by 2030 per the IEA) and what PUE means.