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• Sep 30, 2026

  Executive Leadership Award Finalist: Westinghouse CTO Dr. Lou Martinez Sancho

  Westinghouse Electric Co. showcased an AI system for AP1000 reactor construction at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy and Innovation Summit on July 15, 2025.

  • The live proof of concept is intended to reduce cost and schedule risk for new AP1000 reactors by pulling in thousands of construction data points so project schedules can be adjusted in real time.
  • Westinghouse said a second-generation version of the construction tool, developed with Google Cloud, was later demonstrated live at the World Nuclear Exposition in November 2025; the company also received Databricks’ 2025 Data & Intelligence Award for Energy and Utilities.
  • Dr. Lou Martinez Sancho leads Westinghouse’s R&D portfolio, including AI, AP300, and eVinci, and Westinghouse’s nomination says she led MOUs with France’s National Institute for Applied Sciences of Lyon and the Polish National Center for Nuclear Research to develop the European nuclear workforce and share R&D facilities.
• Sep 30, 2026

  CoreWeave Targets Enterprises with Forge Platform

  CoreWeave has announced CoreWeave Forge, an integrated software platform for organizations to develop, run, and continuously improve AI models and agents.

  • The platform was announced Sept. 30 during CoreWeave’s Fully Connected event in San Francisco and is available today in Free, Pro, and Enterprise editions.
  • CoreWeave said Forge unifies existing products with new software for training, inference, evaluation, observability, and agent development; it also launched a partner network with VAST Data, CrowdStrike, and ClickHouse.
  • The company also said Nvidia Vera CPU access is in early phases, Vera Rubin NVL72 is now available on its cloud platform, and Cognition is the first customer running workloads on the hardware platform.
  • CoreWeave Aria is now available after being previously in preview; the AI research assistant helps customers analyze data and recommend improvements.
• Sep 30, 2026

  POWER Honors Bloom Energy’s KR Sridhar with 2026 Executive Leadership Award

  POWER’s article announces that KR Sridhar, founder, chairman and CEO of Bloom Energy, received POWER’s 2026 Executive Leadership Award for advancing distributed, on-site power for data centers and AI demand.

  • Bloom Energy’s history and commercial milestones are summarized, including its 2001 founding, 2006 first field trial, 2008 commercial launch, 2018 NYSE listing, and later manufacturing expansion in Fremont, California.
  • The piece highlights major customer and financing relationships: Bloom’s arrangement with Equinix surpassed 100 MW in February 2025 across 19 data centers in six states; Oracle expanded its Bloom relationship in April 2026 to as much as 2.8 GW with an initial 1.2-GW deployment; Brookfield Asset Management committed $5 billion in October 2025 and raised that commitment to $25 billion in June 2026.
• Sep 30, 2026

  Special Newsletter: Unanswered Questions, September Edition

  MediaNama has published a special newsletter compiling unanswered questions sent to authorities and companies in India.

  • The newsletter covers Meta, Google, YouTube, and Zomato, focusing on issues such as intermediary status, content blocking, child sexual abuse material reporting, AI voice-clone detection, and cash-on-delivery fees.
  • It is a commentary/news roundup, not a first-time company announcement; some items reference recent announcements such as YouTube’s voice detection feature and Google’s direct CSAM reporting to Indian authorities, but the newsletter itself is mainly about unanswered queries and context.
• Sep 29, 2026

  Trump Says Top Tech Firms Have Signed Accord to 'Self-Police' AI Development

  The White House has announced that President Donald Trump and a group of AI company leaders agreed to a voluntary accord on AI safety and self-policing during a meeting in Washington.

  • Trump said the accord will include internal and external reviews of AI technology, and that companies agreed to use self-regulation while the government relies on existing enforcement through the Department of Justice and the FBI.
  • The article says the meeting included leaders from Anthropic, OpenAI, Amazon, X, Nvidia, Google, Meta, and Microsoft; Trump also said executives would help address local opposition to data centers by supporting schools or reducing energy costs.
• Sep 29, 2026

  Data center boom puts US skilled-worker shortage in the spotlight

  This article is a secondary news summary about the data-center boom and the resulting shortage of skilled workers in the U.S.

  • The article says data centers are driving demand for electricians, pipefitters, project managers, technicians and other skilled-trade workers as AI infrastructure expands.
  • It cites several figures: hundreds of thousands of open skilled-trade roles at Google, up to 2.1 million skilled-trade jobs unfilled by 2030 in U.S. Department of Education estimates cited by JLL, and $6.7 trillion in global data-center investment projected by McKinsey.
  • It also notes labor pressures in construction: a 2026 AGC survey found 58% of firms working on data-center projects faced more competition for workers, 49% saw greater wage pressure, and 37% said worker or subcontractor availability was their biggest challenge.
  • The piece references industry responses, including the Alliance for America’s Skilled Trades and the Lowe’s Foundation’s Building Futures Skilled Trades Coalition.
• Sep 29, 2026

  How data centers factor into DTE’s 20-year power plan

  DTE Energy’s long-range power plan is under review by Michigan regulators and includes two new natural gas plants, major renewable and storage additions, and capacity growth through 2046.

  • Main action: DTE proposes 700 MW gas plant in Milan Township and 1,400 MW plant in Handy Township, with costs of $2.5 billion and $3.9 billion respectively.
  • Background/details: The plan would grow capacity from 16 GW to 33 GW by 2046; DTE says the Monroe coal plant retirement drives the need, while critics say the new gas is mainly to serve Oracle/OpenAI and Google data center load.
  • The utility also proposes 15 GW renewables, 4.5 GW storage, 177 MW additional nuclear at Fermi 2 starting 2036, and 2.1 GW of natural gas generation; the Michigan Public Service Commission has 300 days for initial review.
• Sep 29, 2026

  What is sovereign AI? Rajasthan’s AI portal privacy policy raises the question and does not answer it

  MediaNama reports that the Government of Rajasthan’s AI portal privacy policy and terms currently omit key data-handling details, while the state’s AI/ML policy and portal were launched in early January 2026.

  • The portal says it is hosted on secure servers within India in compliance with MeitY guidelines, but does not identify the guidelines, name the host, or explain what happens to data entered into the AI sandbox or Ask Raj GenAI chatbot.
  • The policy lists identity, contact, technical and usage data, names Lokesh Saini as nodal officer, and lacks retention periods, third-party sharing details, grievance officer information, or any mention of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023; the story also notes the portal’s “Last updated” date appears to change daily.
• Sep 25, 2026

  El-Sayed, Rogers face voter opposition to data centers in crucial Senate race

  Planet Detroit reports on the Michigan U.S. Senate race and its overlap with data center policy, campaign finances, and voter sentiment. The article references past and current positions and financial disclosures rather than announcing a new project.

  • Mike Rogers said in August that he supports a one-year moratorium on new data centers; Abdul El-Sayed released “terms of engagement” in January and supports state and local moratoriums.
  • The story cites an August EPIC-MRA poll showing 62% of likely Michigan voters oppose data center development and notes Rogers’ disclosure of $100,001 to $250,000 in Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust, which has 29% of its portfolio invested in data centers.
  • It also mentions the $16-billion Oracle and OpenAI data center under construction in Saline Township, the $1.25-billion University of Michigan computing facility in Ypsilanti Township, and a draft wastewater permit for Related Digital with public comments open through Oct. 23, 2026.
• Sep 25, 2026

  Google’s Grid-Interactive AI Data Centers: From Backup to Grid Partner

  Google outlined its AI data center scaling and grid-integration strategy during a keynote by Tom Garvens, vice president of advanced technology innovation, at Data Center World Power 2026 in Houston (Sept. 21-23). This is a conference presentation and commentary, not a first-time product or project launch.

  • Garvens said Google is reviewing and redesigning its AI data center ecosystem from chip to utility, including liquid cooling, LVDC, 54 VDC rack-level battery backup, and a gradual move toward 800 VDC distribution.
  • He said Google is using BESS, demand-response agreements, workload shifting, closed-loop cooling, and site selection for remote locations with ample land and power; he also noted Google processes more than 3 quadrillion AI tokens per month and that compute demand rose sevenfold from May 2025 to May 2026.
• Sep 25, 2026

  Andhra's 23-cluster strategy spans quantum, horticulture, rare earths: Nara Lokesh

  Andhra Pradesh has announced a 23-cluster strategy spanning emerging technologies and traditional industries to attract investment, build skills, and generate employment.

  • The clusters cover quantum technology, horticulture, rare earth minerals, biomedicine, pharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence, data centres, cement, and automotive, according to IT Minister Nara Lokesh.
  • The state will launch its Horticulture Mission on October 2 with close to Rs 1 lakh crore planned for research, and it plans an Indian School of Agriculture modelled on the Indian School of Business in Hyderabad; Lokesh also said Andhra Pradesh has brought the first 150-qubit quantum computer from IBM to Amaravati and cited further Google investment and later data-centre investments.
• Sep 24, 2026

  Google to test space-based AI computing with upcoming satellite launch

  Google has announced it is moving forward with Project Suncatcher, a plan to develop AI data centers in space powered by solar energy.

  • The company will launch an experimental satellite called MVP aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Oct. 1 to test four specialized AI chips and whether they can withstand radiation and vibration in space while using about 1 kilowatt of solar power.
  • Google said its radiation tests have been encouraging, and it has developed a conductive materials plus radiator panels cooling system; it is also considering two additional satellites in 2027, fleets of more than 80 satellites, and a possible custom satellite the length of a soccer field.
• Sep 24, 2026

  Facilities fueling energy storage installations

  The article reports that U.S. commercial-sector energy storage installations are expected to rise 27% annually in megawatt terms through 2031, driven in part by data centers and backup-power demand.

  • The American Clean Power Association and Wood Mackenzie said the U.S. Energy Storage Monitor was released this week for Q3 2026 and forecasts strong growth across commercial, utility-scale, and residential storage.
  • The story cites Google’s earlier deal with Form Energy and Xcel Energy for 30 GWh of iron-air battery storage at a data center, and notes that commercial property storage installed in Q2 was 48 MW while utility-scale deployments reached 4.7 GW/17.6 GWh and residential deployments totaled 676 MW.
• Sep 22, 2026

  Evan Swarztrauber: The Hidden Supply-Chain Risk Inside America’s AI Data Centers

  This article is an opinion/commentary piece arguing that the FCC should add optical transceivers to its covered list as a national security measure.

  • The author says the FCC is reportedly considering a ban on new Chinese-produced optical transceivers, and argues the move would effectively block foreign-made transceivers from U.S. sale and import without an exemption.
  • It cites earlier incidents, including Iranian drone strikes on Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates and damage to a facility in Bahrain, and references U.S. manufacturing expansion by Applied Optoelectronics, Coherent, and Lumentum; it also mentions a $5 billion rip-and-replace program for telecom equipment.