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Forecasting Large Loads
Source: ISO New England · Feb 26, 2026ISO New England says it is actively collecting information on prospective large loads and will incorporate a new large-load forecast into CELT 2026, noting that “The ISO is surveying TOs quarterly to collect information on prospective large loads” and that “Survey responses will help the ISO proactively characterize and incorporate large loads into the long-term load forecast.” The same presentation says “Most prospective large loads are seeking to connect at the retail level,” while “ISO processes have limited visibility into detailed project information” and “The ISO has very limited information on operational characteristics.”
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Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) Update: Incorporating Massachusetts Hub Electricity Futures into Day-Ahead Ancillary Services (DAAS) Forecasted Real-Time Energy Prices
Source: ISO New England Inc. · Jul 22, 2026ISO New England Inc. says it has “recently filed a targeted set of changes to the DA A/S market including adjustments to Forecast Energy Requirement Demand Quantity (FER DQ) and the introduction of a strike price floor,” and that these changes “are intended to address inefficiencies in the DA A/S market identified by the IMM.” The memo also says ISO-NE is “planning to use Massachusetts Hub day-ahead energy futures prices from Intercontinental Exchange” to update its real-time price forecasts, a technical market-design change in Massachusetts.
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Abeyance Request and Section 205 Filing: New England Large and Co-Located Loads Show Cause Order (EL26-72)
Source: ISO New England · Jul 16, 2026ISO New England says FERC opened a Section 206 proceeding and preliminarily found ISO-NE’s tariff “unjust, unreasonable, or unduly discriminatory or preferential due to a lack of large and co-located load integration provisions.” ISO-NE and the PTOs plan to seek a 90-day abeyance by August 3, 2026, which would let them file Section 205 tariff changes on November 16, 2026 to address FERC’s five reform categories, including cost transparency, co-location rules, flexible load service, and generation studies.
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ISO-NE System Forecasting Public Webinar – 2026 CELT Overview
Source: ISO New England · Jun 24, 2026ISO New England’s June 24, 2026 public webinar on the 2026 CELT report says large loads, including data centers, are now part of its demand modeling: it added a “large loads forecast,” notes “Data Centers,” and says “Only a few projects in formal study (<300 MW).” ISO-NE also says the near-term impact is “Minimal” before 2027-2028, with a longer-term “~110–130 MW impact to peak demand by 2030s–2040s.”
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Consumer Liaison Group Meeting Summary
Source: ISO New England · Jun 02, 2026ISO New England’s June 2, 2026 Consumer Liaison Group meeting summary says the 2026 CELT forecast now includes “new methodologies to forecast the growth in load driven by data centers,” while noting that “near-term impacts remain relatively modest” and that there is “uncertainty” about future projects (ISO New England). The summary also highlights large-load risks including “infrastructure constraints,” “timing mismatches between load growth and system upgrades,” and “increased reliance on pipeline infrastructure,” and says data-center costs should be borne “primarily by those facilities rather than existing ratepayers” (ISO New England).
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Recent Massachusetts data center news
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AI helps design new materials that work in the real world
MIT researchers have announced a new AI-based framework, CrysVCD, that improves the stability of generated crystal materials while preserving desired properties.
- The approach uses a language model first to create chemically valid formulas, then a diffusion model to generate the crystal structure, achieving 68 percent mechanical stability and 85 percent metastability in fine-tuned tests.
- The paper was published in Nature Computational Science today, and the researchers say the method can support materials for high thermal conductivity, including applications in semiconductor industry and data center cooling; the work was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, National Science Foundation, MathWorks Engineering Fellowship, and U.S. Defense Threat Reduction Agency.
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GE Vernova brings integrated electrification solutions to CIGRE 2026 as electricity demand accelerates
GE Vernova has announced its plans for CIGRE Paris 2026 and said it will use the event to present product updates, business partnerships, and technical papers focused on grid modernization and large-load connectivity.
- The company said its technical program will address reliability, flexibility & stability, efficiency, and security for electricity infrastructure, including support for data centers and energy-intensive industries.
- GE Vernova said it will be present at Stand #C93 at CIGRE Paris 2026 and will publish three papers: Unlocking Substation Value, Validating VPAC, and Stability by Design: WAMPAC for a dynamic grid.
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List of AI companies turning to old and rare books for AI training
Amazon has been reported to be buying old, obscure and rare books and sending them for destructive scanning at its Las Vegas facility VGT3, according to an investigation by 404 Media.
- 404 Media said it tracked a rare book with a device to Amazon facility VGT3 in Las Vegas; workers reportedly remove spines, scan pages, and discard physical copies.
- Amazon said it buys books through commercial channels, but did not say how many books it purchases or whether it preserves rare titles; booksellers in Europe and Ireland reported suspicious bulk orders, including 5,000 obscure titles to Kennys.
- The article also compares Amazon’s practice with similar AI-book uses by Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI, and Google; it cites Anthropic’s Project Panama, Meta’s discussion of buying Simon & Schuster and paying $10 per book, and Anthropic’s later $1.5 billion settlement over pirated books.
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Five takeaways from Cisco’s Q4 and what they mean for IT pros
Cisco has highlighted FY26 results and Q4 earnings-call commentary showing how AI is reshaping enterprise networking, data centers, and security.
- Cisco reported record Q4 revenue of $17.3 billion and full-year revenue of $63.3 billion, while guiding to $7.5 billion in FY27 AI infrastructure revenue.
- The article also cites Cisco’s internal and customer AI-operations examples, including 145,000 support cases resolved by AI, 75 million prompts handled by Circuit, and $4 billion in Q4 AI infrastructure orders.
- This is an analysis/commentary article, not Cisco’s original announcement, and it references multiple Cisco earnings-call figures and product updates such as Silicon One, Cisco Cloud Control, and PQC-compliant networking gear.
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AI’s volatile power demand is damaging its own data centers
This article explains that AI data centers are causing new reliability and grid-stability problems, based on interviews and reported observations rather than a single new company announcement.
- Power equipment strain: Rapid AI workload swings are reportedly damaging batteries, generators, turbines, cooling systems, transformers, and flywheels; examples include cracked gas-fired turbines at xAI’s Colossus site in Memphis, Tennessee, and batteries needing replacement within weeks or months.
- Grid and project impacts: The story says the issues are delaying or curtailing operations, including a 2.67-gigawatt AI campus in West Texas developed by Joulent Inc. with Chevron Corp., where power delivery is now expected in 2028 instead of 2027; NERC also issued a level-three alert for big data centers to address immediate grid risks by Aug. 3.
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A new way to watch heat move through electronics
MIT researchers have demonstrated a new X-ray and laser-based method to study heat flow in multilayer materials, with potential applications for electronics and chip design.
- The team used ultrafast X-rays and laser pulses to measure heat transfer in a gallium nitride on silicon device, identifying a single micron-scale defect that caused a fourfold reduction in heat transfer at that spot.
- The work was published in Nature Communications and includes researchers from MIT, University of Texas at Austin, and Argonne National Laboratory; it was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy, U.S. National Science Foundation, and the MIT School of Engineering Distinguished Energy Efficiency Fellowship.
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Microsoft doubles down on multi-model AI as it builds a Copilot super app
Microsoft has announced it is building a Copilot “super app” that will be rolled out this quarter, alongside continued expansion of its multi-model AI and cloud capacity strategy.
- The new platform will combine chat, Cowork, long-running Autopilot agents, and Microsoft Scout and will be wired into Agent 365, IT Ops, SecOps, FinOps, CRM, ERP and other business processes.
- Microsoft also said it added 88 data centers in FY 2026, including 31 across five continents in the past quarter, added another gigawatt of capacity this quarter, and is on track to roughly double overall capacity in two years.
- The article is a report on Microsoft’s earnings call and quotes Satya Nadella and Amy Hood; it also describes usage-based pricing changes and model-swapping strategy across Microsoft AI products.
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El-Sayed, Stevens debate climate, health care questions ahead of Democratic Senate primary
Michigan Senate candidates Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed debated climate, utility, and data center policy during a televised primary debate in Southfield, Michigan.
- Haley Stevens said she would push strong climate legislation, cut utility rates or federal funding, and cited her Stop Unfair Electricity Prices Act, which would strip federal funding from investor-owned utilities that raise rates under specified conditions.
- Abdul El-Sayed attacked DTE Energy over political spending and said it helped the company gain fast-tracked approval for Oracle and OpenAI data center contracts in Saline Township; the article also references a contested case for a planned Google data center in Van Buren Township.
- The piece is news analysis / campaign coverage, not a new policy announcement, and it also includes upcoming MPSC meetings and debate context on air quality, wildfires, Medicare for All, and campaign financing.
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GE Vernova expands Pennsylvania manufacturing facility to strengthen U.S. grid supply chain
GE Vernova has announced an expansion of its Power Transmission manufacturing facility in Charleroi, Pennsylvania.
- The company said the modernized facility will produce high-voltage circuit breakers, switchgear products, and instrument transformers and help utilities connect new energy-intensive demand, including data centers, to the grid more quickly and reliably.
- The expansion is part of a $138 million investment in the Charleroi facility, with about 275 new jobs through 2028 and additional hiring through 2030; GE Vernova also said it expects to invest $166 million in Western Pennsylvania and create more than 700 jobs across Pennsylvania. The announcement was marked at an event with Governor Josh Shapiro.
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Patented: Cardio Voyage Innovations’ Dual Heart Valve Device and 172 More Inventions Across North Texas
Dallas Innovates reports that Dallas-Fort Worth ranked No. 8 in U.S. patent production for the week of June 23, 2026, with 173 patents granted.
- 173 patents granted across the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area; the region ranked No. 8 among 250 metros for the week of June 23, 2026.
- The article is a news roundup/commentary on granted patents, not a first-time product or funding announcement; it highlights patents spanning medical devices, AI, transportation, energy, HVAC, networking, and manufacturing.
- No contact emails or phone numbers are provided in the text.
- The story references multiple local inventors and assignees, including Cardio Voyage Innovations, DFW International Airport Board, BNSF Railway, Texas Instruments, Toyota, Halliburton, and Lennox.