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Recent Delaware data center news
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Anonymous money fuels $5 million in attacks on Georgia’s Lt. Gov. Burt Jones
Georgians for Integrity has spent around $5 million on television ads, mailers and texts attacking Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, alleging self-dealing tied to a major data center project.
- Main action: The group “Georgians for Integrity” (incorporated in Delaware on Nov. 24) has dumped around $5 million into TV ads, mailers and texts since Thanksgiving; the ads accuse Lt. Gov. Burt Jones of enabling eminent domain to benefit his family’s interest linked to a $10 billion, 11 million sq ft data center development (per DCA filings). The Jones campaign has threatened legal action and calls the ads “fabricated trash.”
- Background & details: The entity is registered as a nonprofit social welfare organization (can hide donors); paperwork lists an Atlanta mailbox, media buyer Alex Roberts (Park City, Utah) and lawyer Kimberly Land (Columbus, Ohio). The Georgia Republican Party filed a complaint with the State Ethics Commission alleging violations of Georgia campaign finance law; legal context references the U.S. Supreme Court’s Citizens United precedent and commentary from the Campaign Legal Center.
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Mergers and Acquisitions — Reviewing 2025 and Looking Ahead to 2026
Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz partners review 2025 global M&A trends and outline expectations for dealmaking, regulation, financing and activism heading into 2026.
- M&A volumes surged in 2025 to $2.3 trillion US deal value (up 49% vs. 2024) and 63 global $10B+ megadeals, driven by large strategic combinations, record private equity activity (~$2T PE volume), bank consolidation, AI- and infrastructure-related transactions, and open debt markets supporting record leveraged buyouts and complex financings.
- The memo details sector hotspots (tech/AI, energy & infrastructure, banks, healthcare, media, oil & gas, crypto), regulatory shifts under the Trump administration (more traditional antitrust, SEC easing disclosures, CFIUS conditions), U.S. government equity investments (e.g., $8.9B for 9.9% of Intel, rare earths, chips), M&A-focused shareholder activism, spin-offs, CVRs, hostile bids, sovereign wealth fund participation, new HSR Act filing rules, and Delaware corporate law changes impacting future deals.
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Cipher Mining Inc. Announces Pricing of $1.4 Billion of Senior Secured Notes
Cipher Mining priced a $1.4 billion debt offering to fund part of a new data center construction.
- Main announcement: Cipher Mining’s wholly-owned subsidiary Cipher Compute LLChas priced a $1.4 billion offering of 7.125% senior secured notes due 2030, priced at par, to finance a portion of the construction cost of the Barber Lake Facility, a high-performance computing data center near Colorado City, Texas; the Offering is expected to close on November 13, 2025, subject to market and other conditions.
- Background and deal structure: The Notes will be sold in a Rule 144A private placement to qualified institutional buyers, will be fully and unconditionally guaranteed by Cipher Barber Lake LLC, and secured by first-priority liens on substantially all Issuer and Guarantor assets, equity interests held by Cipher Songbird LLC, a potential lockbox account of Fluidstack USA II Inc., and (prior to facility completion) a pledge by Google LLC of warrants to purchase Cipher common stock; Cipher will provide a completion guarantee to fund the Issuer if proceeds are insufficient.
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Consumer Watchdog Calls On CA Senators To Pledge to Leave Public Office If Their Vote For Pathways Western Grid Leads Trump's FERC To Invalidate Clean Energy Laws
Consumer Watchdog has warned California State Senators about SB 540, a proposal that could override key environmental laws including the Renewable Portfolio Standards (RPS). Jamie Court, the President of Consumer Watchdog, highlighted that approval of this bill could lead to the invalidation of California’s clean energy goals, and he urged Senators to resign if that happens. He expressed concerns about the management of California’s energy market potentially falling into the hands of coal interests due to the governance change proposed in SB 540. Court pointed out that the bill risks placing California’s environmental laws under the authority of Trump’s Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), which could undermine the state’s existing renewable energy policies.
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Medium Voltage Vacuum Circuit Breaker Market to Reach $4.0 Billion, Globally, by 2032 at 7.8% CAGR: Allied Market Research
Allied Market Research has published a report stating that the global medium voltage vacuum circuit breaker market was valued at $2.1 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $4.0 billion by 2032, growing at a CAGR of 7.8% from 2024 to 2032. Factors contributing to this growth include the increasing adoption of renewable energy sources, grid modernization, and the need for reliable power distribution systems.
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Climate Change Solutions - October 8, 2024
EESI updates emissions reduction methods, promotes COP29 events, and seeks new hires in communications.
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PJM capacity auction to lead to double-digit rate hikes for Exelon utilities: CFO
Exelon’s PJM capacity auction for 2025/26 will likely cause double-digit rate hikes for subsidiaries like Baltimore Gas and Electric. CFO Jeanne Jones attributes this to transmission constraints. CEO Calvin Butler highlights infrastructure investment needs. Exelon plans $34.5 billion in capital investments. Q2 income rose 31% to $448 million.