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• Aug 4, 2026

  New Data Center Developments: August 2026

  This article is a curated monthly roundup of data center news, summarizing multiple announcements, reported deals, and policy actions across regions.

  • It highlights several new project announcements and construction updates, including Meta’s 5 GW Hyperion expansion, OpenAI’s Project Camellia in Georgia, Iron Mountain’s 48 MW RCH-1 break ground, and Meta’s 1 GW Canadian campus in Alberta.
  • It also covers policy and market developments such as New York’s permit pause for sites over 50 MW, Texas’s ERCOT queue audit, North Carolina’s tax change, Nebraska’s incentive block, plus large capital figures including €1.5 billion, $38.4 billion, $500 million, $400 million, and $10 billion across various projects.
• Jul 23, 2026

  White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections

  The White House expanded its voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge to 187 utilities, electric cooperatives, and data-center developers, while Congress advanced the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act from committee 52-0.

  • The White House said the pledge now covers 187 organizations plus 23 governors, and the coalition “protects” 263 million Americans; signatories commit to fund generation and grid upgrades for their data-center loads without shifting costs to other ratepayers.
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 9340 on July 21; the bill would require state regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider a large-load standard for sites with at least 100 MW peak demand and recover the full incremental cost of grid upgrades. New York’s Executive Order 62 separately put permits for 50 MW+ data centers on hold pending an environmental review.
• Jul 13, 2026

  TA Realty buys data center-zoned land in Sterling, Virginia

  TA Realty’s data center arm has acquired a 9.82-acre, data center-zoned land parcel at 45564 Thayer Road, Sterling, Virginia for $60 million.

  • The off-market deal closed on June 8; TA paid $6.1 million per acre for the site, which has approval for a two-story data center building.
  • JK Land Holdings sold the property after TA Digital Group made an unsolicited offer; KUHN said the price reflects market value for fully entitled, site plan-approved data center ground in the area. TA Realty’s data center platform reportedly includes more than 12 projects and nearly 3GW of power capacity.