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Recent California data center news

• Jul 9, 2026

  Space Solar Power Is Coming Home to the Energy Industry

  The article is an opinion/commentary piece arguing that space solar power is becoming relevant to the energy industry, while also reporting several company updates shared at a panel and an upcoming symposium.

  • Virtus Solis Technologies said it had signed terms for its first 500-MW deployment agreement, with pilot deployments targeted within 24 months; the company is building a commercial SSP system scalable from 100 MW to 20 GW.
  • Overview Energy described plans to power utility-scale solar farms at night using near-infrared laser transmission from geosynchronous orbit, while Reach Power discussed terrestrial wireless power systems; the article also notes a Sept. 30, 2026 Space Solar Power Symposium in Washington, D.C. and cites an Overview Energy and Meta capacity reservation agreement announced a week later.
• Jul 9, 2026

  Battery storage business models explored for AI data centres with Nordic reserve market revenues and US household computing power

  Sunrun and VivoPower have announced separate pilot and feasibility efforts to connect battery storage and distributed computing to AI/data centre demand.

  • VivoPower said it is progressing a technical and commercial feasibility study to integrate a BESS at its 41.5MW operational data centre in Mo I Rana, Norway, with potential access to FCR-N, FCR-D and FFR ancillary services.
  • The company said the site could make up to US$4 million in EBITDA and noted the Nordic site’s low power prices of about US$0.009/kWh versus US$0.05-US$0.077/kWh in southern Norway and continental Europe.
  • Sunrun announced a distributed edge computing pilot programme in the US to place compute nodes in customer homes, using existing solar and battery systems while selling inference capacity and collecting operating data.
  • Sunrun said the pilot is based on a prior proof of concept, could use its base of more than 1.1 million customers, and aims to ease pressure on the grid and support utility-rate and backup-power benefits.
• Jul 9, 2026

  NSF’s $20M Quantum Push: What It Could Mean for Future Data Centers

  The US National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced $20 million in additional funding for five quantum research teams as part of its National Quantum Virtual Laboratory program.

  • NSF selected five additional teams to join the National Quantum Virtual Laboratory, with each team receiving $4 million over two years to refine development plans for fault-tolerant computing, quantum networking, and next-generation sensing.
  • The program expands to nine design projects total, involves researchers across 20 US states and partners including NASA, NIST, Department of Energy national laboratories, and industry participants such as Nvidia, Honeywell, IonQ, and Quantinuum; it also supports the White House executive order on quantum innovation.
• Jul 8, 2026

  Plans for 29MW data center in Bonner, Montana, dropped

  Krambu’s proposed data center in Bonner, Missoula County, Montana has been withdrawn after the building owner pulled support, so the project will not move forward.

  • Mike Heisey of Bonner Property Development, LLC said he withdrew his signature from the Krambu special exception application after hearing public concerns, and that the company will not be moving forward with the proposed data center at 9314 Bonner Mill Road.
  • The project had been expected to reach 29MW at full build-out, with an initial 7MW phase, and it was being considered while Missoula County discussed a possible moratorium and updated zoning rules for data centers; a Change.org petition against the site had gathered more than 48,800 signatures.
  • Krambu says it was founded in 2017 and offers Nvidia-based GPU hardware, Supermicro servers, colocation, cloud services, and up to 250kW rack densities via direct-to-chip liquid cooling.
  • The company also lists other projects, including a 10MW site in Spokane, Washington, a 6MW site in Oregon, a 30MW greenfield project in Pennsylvania with Paradox Data, and future pipeline projects in Montana, Ohio, Illinois, and Alberta, Canada.
• Jul 8, 2026

  Patented: Topgolf’s Newest Award and More Inventions Across North Texas

  Dallas Invents has reported a weekly roundup of patents granted in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, highlighting Topgolf’s new patent among other local assignees and inventors.

  • Topgolf International, Inc. received U.S. Patent No. 12649095 for a Galton configuration in golf ball receiving apparatus and systems that uses RFID tags and an antenna reader to identify golf balls while avoiding jams.
  • The article is a news roundup/commentary on patent activity, not a first-time corporate announcement; it also lists other grants to entities including Texas Instruments, Toyota, Samsung, Bank of America, Citibank, USAA, Halliburton, and Akamai.
• Jul 7, 2026

  Orbital files for 100,000 space data satellites for 10GW compute constellation

  Orbital Compute Inc. has filed with U.S. regulators to launch up to 100,000 orbital data center satellites and build a space-based computing constellation.

  • The company filed with the FCC for up to 100,000 ODC satellites, claiming 10GW of cumulative computing power and 100kW compute per satellite in low Earth orbit at 500–850 km altitude.
  • Orbital said the constellation would rely on Starlink and Amazon for data relays, with a 2027 pathfinder demonstrator planned using Nvidia’s Blackwell chip; it also cited a $5 million pre-seed round and an ODAR committing to derelict disposal within five years and a 0.001% explosion/conjunction probability.
• Jul 7, 2026

  Manure-to-energy projects eye data centres as new market, raising environmental concerns

  The article explains that manure-based biogas is being used and promoted as a renewable energy source for data centres and cryptocurrency mining, while critics warn it may reinforce factory-farm expansion.

  • Ag-Grid Energy operates a project at Lent Hill Dairy Farm in Steuben County, New York, where two anaerobic co-digesters convert manure from around 4,000 cows and more than 45,000 gallons of food waste per day into renewable natural gas (RNG) used to power an on-site cryptocurrency mining facility.
  • The company says it also plans to support small-scale data centres in rural areas with on-site power generation and fibre-optic connectivity; the article adds that Vanguard Renewables operates or develops more than 50 co-digesters in the US and aims for more than 100 by end-2028, while biogas projects have received over $150 million from the Inflation Reduction Act and more than $100 million in private bonds approved by the Michigan Strategic Fund.
• Jul 6, 2026

  Arista Networks to Announce Q2 2026 Financial Results on Tuesday, August 4, 2026

  Arista Networks has announced that it will release its Q2 2026 financial results on August 4, 2026, and has also disclosed participation in several upcoming investor events.

  • Q2 2026 results will be released after U.S. markets close on Tuesday, August 4, 2026 and discussed on a conference call at 1:30 PM PT / 4:30 PM ET with a live webcast on Arista’s Investor Relations website.
  • Arista also said it will participate in the 6th Annual Rosenblatt Age of AI Technology Summit on August 18, 2026, Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology Conference 2026 on September 8, 2026, and Citi’s 2026 Global TMT Conference on September 10, 2026; investor contacts and dial-in details were provided.
• Jul 6, 2026

  Canada's Beacon details plans for data center campus in Alabama

  Beacon Data Centers has revealed plans to build the Calvert Infrastructure Hub campus outside Calvert in Mobile County, Alabama.

  • The campus is planned for 95 acres on a 650-acre lot between Highway 43 and Shepard House Road, with two buildings and an on-site substation; the first building could go live next year.
  • Beacon says the site will operate without backup diesel generators, use a closed-loop cooling system, and will not require new power lines; Beacon will pay for any local grid infrastructure upgrades. The announcement also references Beacon’s broader portfolio of more than six campuses and 6GW of planned capacity.
• Jul 6, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  The Data Center Water Problem Is Soluble

  ITIF has published a policy report arguing that data center water use can be managed through state-led regulation, standardized disclosure, watershed-based review, and targeted federal support.

  • The report says states should require facility-level water disclosures, use watershed-specific performance standards, and establish joint water-energy review for large data center loads.
  • It also recommends federal action on standardized metrics, procurement, and R&D rather than a national water mandate; examples cited include Nvidia Rubin liquid cooling and Microsoft zero-water cooling designs.