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Massachusetts Data Center Intel
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Massachusetts · Construction & power moves · 1
full tracker →Land, power, and interconnection moves across Massachusetts — each traced to primary filings.
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Top JUST IN — Massachusetts
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ISO-NE proposes lower energy offer floor for low-load conditions (WMPP ID 195)
Source: ISO New England · Oct 06, 2026ISO-NE proposes reducing the Energy Offer Floor from -$150/MWh to -$1,000/MWh in both the Day-Ahead Market and Real-Time Market, with a proposed effective date of March 15, 2027. The ISO says the change would give resources greater flexibility in supply offers, improve economic dispatch and market efficiency, and align ISO-NE’s offer floor with NYISO’s.
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ISO-NE proposes new large-load operational requirements in OATT Part II.J (EL26-72)
Source: ISO New EnglandISO New England says it is responding to FERC’s June 18, 2026 show cause order by proposing new large-load operational requirements in Part II.J of the OATT, including hourly forecasts, telemetry, communications, monitoring equipment, remote disconnect capability, and a default ramp-rate limit of 20 MW/min averaged over 5 minutes. ISO-NE says these requirements are meant to address FERC’s concerns about large-load reliability impacts and will be implemented through operating procedures and tariff redlines.
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ISO-NE proposes large-load tariff and queue process under FERC show-cause order (EL26-72)
Source: ISO New England · Sep 15, 2026ISO New England says its proposal is a response to FERC’s June 18, 2026 show-cause order and would add new OATT rules for large loads, including transmission service types, application and study procedures, capacity designation, redispatch, load shedding, and operational arrangements. ISO-NE defines a large load as a single-site commercial or industrial customer with gross peak demand of 50 MW or greater at a voltage level above 60 kV, and says it will accept applications on a rolling basis, assign queue positions when complete, and post a queue showing each application’s gross peak demand, county/state location, status, service type, and filing date. The presentation also says the ISO “will continue to develop the proposal and associated Tariff redlines” through the voting meeting.
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ISO-NE Massachusetts AGO proposes lower-quantity ES accreditation for CAR-SA (Conceptual Amendment)
Source: Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office · Sep 08, 2026ISO-NE Markets Committee presentation from the Massachusetts Attorney General’s Office proposes a conceptual amendment to energy storage accreditation under CAR-SA, saying that “Modeling fewer ES MW than are actually participating could address the unique disadvantages of the CAR-SA “at criteria” modeling for ES.” The proposal would “Accredit ES assuming participation of ES(Q-x)” and then “apply accreditation values to full quantity,” with the AGO saying it “does not advocate for a specific value of x at this time.”
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FERC: ISO New England IMM answers protest on System-Backed Exports charge proposal (ER26-3379-000)
Source: ISO New England Inc. · Sep 03, 2026In a FERC filing dated September 3, 2026, ISO New England’s Internal Market Monitor said the region’s proposal would charge System-Backed Exports a portion of the Payment Performance Rate during Capacity Scarcity Condition events, and submitted the answer “to assist the Commission with its consideration of the ISO’s proposal” in docket ER26-3379-000.
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Recent Massachusetts data center news
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Khara Inc. Moves Archives to Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage for 80% Savings on Operation and Management Costs
Khara Inc. moves archives to Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage for 80% cost savings on management and operation.
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The utility perspective on equitable ratemaking
State utility regulators investigate equitable ratemaking to protect low-income customers amidst data center growth.
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With load growth and fear of rising utility bills, are low-income customers protected?
Rising data center demand threatens low-income customers with higher energy bills, requiring protective measures.
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Startup aims to transform the power grid with superconducting transmission lines
VEIR, founded by Tim Heidel, is revolutionizing power grids with superconducting transmission lines in Woburn, Massachusetts. The technology can carry 5-10 times more power than conventional lines, crucial for expanding transmission capacity in the U.S. and Europe. VEIR aims to deploy high-capacity lines by 2026 to support renewable energy growth and decarbonization efforts.
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JLL to acquire data center design, engineering services firm SKAE
JLL has announced the acquisition of SKAE Power Solutions, a data center design and engineering services firm, in response to the rising demand for data storage driven by AI and IoT. Founded in 1998, SKAE offers technical services to various industries in the U.S., enhancing JLL’s ability to support clients’ data center solutions.
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Oracle unveils $10B data center expansion plan
Oracle plans a $10B data center expansion to compete with Google and Amazon. Supply chain issues slow down construction, while demand for data centers grows. Oracle claims to improve project delivery times. Ellison mentions enhancements in building speed. Google and Amazon have ongoing data center projects in various U.S. locations.
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Oracle unveils $10B data center expansion plan
Oracle is planning a $10 billion data center expansion to compete with Google and Amazon. Despite supply chain challenges, Oracle aims to build data centers more efficiently. CEO Ellison emphasized faster project delivery. Google and Amazon have initiated multiple data center projects across the U.S., facing similar construction hurdles.
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Startup accelerates progress toward light-speed computing
Lightmatter, co-founded by MIT alumni including Nicholas Harris, pioneers light-based data processing and transfer in chips, aiming to enhance computing efficiency. Their chips, utilizing photons and electrons, target AI operations and data transfer between chips. With a recent $300 million funding, Lightmatter collaborates with major tech companies to reduce energy consumption in AI and data centers.
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New tools are available to help reduce the energy that AI models devour
The MIT Lincoln Laboratory Supercomputing Center (LLSC) is developing techniques to reduce energy use in data centers, particularly for AI models. They have found that power-capping hardware and early stopping during AI training can significantly decrease energy consumption without impacting model performance. The LLSC has also created a software that allows data center owners to set power limits on GPUs. They have developed a model for hyperparameter optimization that reduces energy waste, and an optimizer that matches models with the most carbon-efficient mix of hardware for inference. These interventions have the potential to advance the way AI models are trained and decrease energy consumption by 10-20%. The LLSC team is promoting transparency and sustainability in the industry and is collaborating with manufacturers and the U.S. Air Force to implement their energy-saving techniques in other data centers.