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Latest data center news, projects, power and policy across Delaware — updated daily.
Recent Delaware data center news
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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.
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Data center growth could mean blackouts in coming years, Pa. utility regulators say
Pennsylvania officials and grid stakeholders are warning that rapid data center growth could increase electricity outage risk in the Philadelphia region and across PJM. The report is a recent analysis referenced in the article, not a first-person announcement by a company.
- The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission released a report, prepared by Synapse Energy Economics, saying that by 2030 the regional grid could fail to meet demand six times every 10 years on average, and in a worst-case scenario could see blackouts 13 days per year.
- The article says PJM Interconnection and state/federal officials may need to act, including possible rules requiring data centers to bring their own generation; it also cites Gov. Josh Shapiro’s executive order tying easier permit approval to developers bringing or buying new power.
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Zetwerk, Ayr Energy Settle Legal Dispute
Zetwerk and Ayr Energy have announced a global settlement that ends their year-long legal dispute and includes a joint request to terminate the USITC investigation.
- The companies agreed to dismiss all claims in the Texas Business Court case and the related case in Bengaluru, India, and to jointly seek termination of the US International Trade Commission probe.
- The article says the dispute began over allegations that Anirudh Reddy incorporated Ayr Energy while still at Zetwerk; it also references prior proceedings in Delaware, a Texas lawsuit in October 2025, and Ayr Energy’s counterclaims seeking at least $1 Bn in damages.
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Delaware first US state to mandate clean power for large energy loads
Delaware has announced a new requirement for data centers and other large energy users to build or secure their own clean power before connecting to the grid.
- The state became the first US state to impose this rule on data centers and other large energy users before they can connect to the grid.
- No specific companies, projects, timelines, or monetary amounts are mentioned in the text.
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At $125 a Month, Cable TV Nearly as Expensive as Typical Monthly Home Electric Bill, Report Finds
Gov. Morrisey is reported as being encouraged about a proposed $45 billion Nscale-Anthropic data center deal in West Virginia.
- The item references a $45 billion data center deal involving Nscale and Anthropic in West Virginia.
- The text is a headline-style reference to a recent or ongoing announcement, not a full primary-source release; no further project specifics are provided in the excerpt.
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Bhavin Gandecha: The Permitting Bills Won’t Fix What’s Actually Broken
Broadband Breakfast published an expert opinion arguing that broadband permitting delays are a governance problem rather than only a speed problem.
- The piece says the Senate Commerce Committee’s July 2026 hearing on AI and communications networks repeated the view that Congress should pass pending permitting bills, while noting that witnesses did not define when delay becomes a program-level failure.
- It cites BEAD as a $42.5 billion program that had already absorbed a roughly 74% funding cut, and argues that a pre-agreed threshold should have been set before the cut or before rule changes forced telecoms to redo paid engineering work.
- The commentary extends the same logic to AI infrastructure, saying hyperscalers are guiding toward about $650 billion in 2026 AI infrastructure capex and that global data center spending may reach $7 trillion by 2030.
- The article is an opinion/commentary, not a first-time corporate announcement, and it refers to recent hearing testimony, committee action, and prior funding changes rather than reporting a new deal.
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Opposition to data center construction is rising sharply, survey says
The article reports on a Philadelphia rally and survey findings showing growing opposition to new data centers, with participants urging stronger regulation of AI infrastructure and less influence from Big Tech.
- West Philly resident Sharmin Hossain attended a Thursday rally outside U.S. Sen. John Fetterman’s office in Philadelphia’s Old City to push for more regulation of AI-related data centers and for him to refuse campaign contributions from Big Tech companies.
- A University of Pennsylvania Annenberg Policy Center survey found opposition to new data centers rose from 49% in February/March to 61% from June 16 to July 19 among 1,320 U.S. adults; 68% said too little has been done to regulate AI.
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Starwood raises $10.2bn for new real estate fund
Starwood Capital Group has announced the final closing of its latest opportunistic real estate fund, Starwood Distressed Opportunity Fund XIII (SOF XIII), with capital commitments in excess of $10.2 billion.
- The fund will target real assets globally, with a primary focus on residential, data center, industrial and hospitality assets across the US and Europe.
- Starwood said SOF XIII has already closed or committed to 20 transactions and deployed more than $3 billion of equity; the firm also noted its assets under management are about $130 billion.
- Barry Sternlicht, chairman and CEO, said the firm is “excited about the opportunities we have already sourced for this fund” and that Starwood is “well-positioned to execute on opportunities” in the current market.
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SiFi Networks, U.S. Open Access Provider, Files for Bankruptcy
SiFi Networks has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in Delaware Bankruptcy Court.
- Filing details: SiFi Networks filed for Chapter 11 on June 5, 2026 in Delaware Bankruptcy Court, reporting $1 million to $10 million in assets and $10 million to $50 million in debts as listed in the bankruptcy filing (link behind a paywall).
- Source and context: Report published by Broadband Breakfast; article includes a linked image and membership/portal links and otherwise provides no additional financial or restructuring details beyond the filing and the asset/debt ranges.
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We’ve signed a first-of-its-kind agreement with Voltus to create a smart capacity solution for the grid.
Google has signed a three-year agreement with Voltus to create a smart capacity solution for the PJM grid.
- Three-year agreement: Google and Voltus will unlock up to 100 megawatts (MW) of new electricity capacity from flexible distributed energy resources in the PJM grid region (which serves 67 million people). Voltus will orchestrate batteries and smart thermostats, reducing demand when the grid needs it and paying participating local homes and businesses. Implementation timeline: three years from the agreement start.
- Background and supporting detail: The post links a Brattle report estimating U.S. consumers could save more than $100 billion over the next decade through smarter grid utilization; Google frames this as part of broader pilots (including data center demand response) to scale models that strengthen grids serving Google data centers.