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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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Dell and Nokia Co-Innovate to Modernize Telecom Infrastructure
Dell Technologies is announcing an expanded co-engineering collaboration with Nokia to customize Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat to support Nokia’s Autonomous Networks and Core Enterprise Solutions.
- Co-engineering announcement: Dell and Nokia are customizing DTIB for Red Hat as a pre-validated, AI-ready, one-rack cloud foundation optimized for Nokia’s Autonomous Networks and Core Enterprise workloads, with validation performed in Dell’s OTEL lab; the solution is being positioned for deployment in data centers and edge sites and will be showcased at MWC 2026.
- Implementation and validation details: The solution delivers factory-integrated deployment (pre-integrated cloud stack), supports Day 0 through Day 2 lifecycle management, is optimized for AI/ML workloads on Red Hat OpenShift, and undergoes continuous integration testing and automated validation in Dell’s OTEL environment to reduce integration risk.
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From packets to prompts: What Cisco’s AITECH certification means for IT pros
Cisco has announced the AI Technical Practitioner (AITECH) certification, unveiled at Cisco Live EMEA, to validate role-oriented, applied AI skills for infrastructure and operations teams.
- Main announcement: Cisco unveiled AI Technical Practitioner (AITECH) (exam: Cisco AI Technical Practitioner (800-110 AITECH) v1.0), a 60-minute certification exam delivered via Cisco U. with hands-on labs and simulations, intended to teach embedding generative AI, automation, and ethics into infrastructure workflows. The certification was unveiled at Cisco Live EMEA and targets network engineers, ops/AIOps teams, and technical leaders.
- Background and context: AITECH is positioned as part of Cisco’s AI Infrastructure track, complementing the Cisco AI Infrastructure Specialist (tied to the CCNP Data Center path); curriculum areas include prompt engineering, AI ethics and security, data analysis, AI-assisted code/workflow optimization, model customization (RAG), and agentic AI. Par Merat (vice president of learning at Cisco) was interviewed about the certification at the event.
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The Hidden Cost of America’s AI Boom: How Trump’s Pollution Rollbacks Are Clearing the Way for Coal-Fired Data Centers
The Environmental Protection Agency finalized the repeal of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) under the Trump administration.
- Main action: The EPA, led by Administrator Lee Zeldin, finalized repeal of the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) (originally implemented in 2012) to ease limits on mercury, arsenic and other hazardous pollutants; the administration explicitly framed the rollback as necessary to keep generation capacity online to power AI data centers. The EPA had previously estimated MATS would prevent up to 11,000 premature deaths, 4,700 heart attacks, and 130,000 asthma attacks annually.
- Legal and political follow-up: A coalition of state attorneys general (New York, California, Illinois) and environmental groups (Sierra Club, Earthjustice) have signaled intent to sue and prepare litigation; Democratic lawmakers have introduced legislation to codify MATS into law (not expected to pass in the current Congress). The article reports the repeal is part of a broader deregulatory push including relaxed carbon and methane rules and streamlined permitting for fossil fuel infrastructure.
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Urban vs. Rural: Why Data Centers Are Built Where They Are
This article analyzes shifting patterns in data center site selection in the United States and is an analytical overview rather than a new corporate or government announcement.
- Main finding: Data center site selection is diversifying as power capacity expansion, long-haul fiber, streamlined permitting, and incentives reduce legacy clustering in hubs such as Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, and the greater Chicago area.
- Drivers and trade-offs: The piece outlines six selection factors — Infrastructure, Demand Proximity, Economics, Governance, Risk and Resilience, and Community and Social License — and cites emerging markets in parts of Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Mississippi, alongside growing urban hubs like Boston and Denver.
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Urban vs. Rural: Why Data Centers Are Built Where They Are
The article analyzes a shift in U.S. data center site selection toward greater geographic diversity, including more rural builds.
- Main finding: The piece argues that as regions expand power capacity, extend long‑haul fiber, and streamline permitting and incentives, legacy hub advantages (e.g., Northern Virginia, Silicon Valley, greater Chicago) are weakening and site selection is diversifying toward a wider set of geographies, including rural areas.
- Supporting details: The analysis lists core site-selection factors — infrastructure, demand proximity, economics, governance, risk and resilience, and community/social license — and cites emerging growth markets and examples such as parts of Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Dakota, and Utah, while noting new urban hubs like Boston and Denver; it also references multi-decade grid requirements and decades of legacy investment in hubs.
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Microsoft team creates 'revolutionary' data storage system that lasts for millennia
Microsoft Research has announced a glass-based data-storage system that remains readable for at least 10,000 years.
- Main announcement: Microsoft Research (Project Silica team) demonstrated a borosilicate-glass archival storage system that stores 4.8 terabytes on a 12-cm wide, 2-mm thick square and is predicted to remain readable for ≥10,000 years at 290 ºC and potentially tens to hundreds of times longer at room temperature. The system writes data by using femtosecond, high-energy laser pulses to create nanoscale deformations and reads data with microscopy.
- Background and implementation details: The work is presented as a complete, deployable archival system (paper published in Nature, 18 February 2026). It uses cheaper borosilicate glass (rather than fused silica), builds on prior optoelectronics research (including Guinness World Record work on fused silica), and emphasizes faster writing and more reliable decoding compared with earlier Project Silica iterations. No pricing, commercial deployment schedule, or purchase agreements are specified in the article.
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Dell Private Cloud Expands Choice with Nutanix Support
Dell Technologies has announced that Dell Private Cloud now supports Nutanix, letting customers deploy Nutanix AHV on Dell infrastructure.
- Main announcement: Dell Private Cloud is deploying Nutanix with immediate support for Dell PowerFlex (available today) and Dell PowerStore integration coming this summer; the solution enables customers to pair Nutanix AHV with Dell infrastructure, scale compute and storage independently, and use Dell Automation Platform for Day 0–2 deployment and lifecycle management.
- Background and details: The platform previously supported VMware and Red Hat OpenShift; the announcement emphasizes multi-hypervisor flexibility (citing Gartner data on 52% of IT leaders considering multiple hypervisors), continued use of familiar tools like Prism UI, and reuse/protection of existing Dell infrastructure investments. Author: Caitlin Gordon, VP of Product Management for Private Cloud and AI Solutions at Dell Technologies.
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Building for an Accelerated Future: AI, Infrastructure and Governance
Vivek Mohindra (Dell Technologies) delivered keynotes at the State of AI in Austin and the US-India Chamber of Commerce AI Impact Summit 2026.
- Main announcement/action: Vivek Mohindra recommended organizations scale AI with secure, flexible infrastructure, strong governance and mission-aligned use cases, urging governments and enterprises to design for scale from the start and adopt Zero Trust, model monitoring, and governed data pipelines; he cited that data centers are scaling toward gigawatt levels and urged focus on two or three mission-aligned use cases.
- Background and details: He referenced economic estimates that AI could add up to $15 trillion to global GDP by the end of the decade and that generative AI could add $2.6–$4.4 trillion annually (McKinsey); he described Dell’s approach (Dell AI Factory, services, and Zero Trust principles) and noted events were the State of AI in Austin and the US-India Chamber of Commerce AI Impact Summit 2026.
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Dynamic Load Model for Data Centers with Pattern-Consistent Calibration
Siyu Lu and co-authors have posted a paper to arXiv presenting a new dynamic load model for data centers with pattern-consistent calibration (submitted 8 Feb 2026).
- Main announcement: The paper proposes a physics-based parameterized load model for large electronic loads (LELs) combined with pattern-consistent calibration using temporal contrastive learning (TCL); the model is calibrated locally at facilities (privacy-preserving: only calibrated parameters are shared with utilities) and validated on operational datasets MIT Supercloud, ASU Sol, Blue Waters, and ASHRAE and integrated into the ANDES platform for grid tests.
- Background and evaluation details: The calibrated model was integrated into ANDES and evaluated on transmission test systems IEEE 39-bus, NPCC 140-bus, and WECC 179-bus; authors report that interactions among LELs alter post-disturbance recovery, producing compound disconnection-reconnection dynamics and delayed stabilization. The paper is available on arXiv (DOI via DataCite pending).
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Michelle W Bowman: Outlook for the economy and monetary policy
Michelle W. Bowman, Vice Chair for Supervision of the Federal Reserve Board, delivered a speech presenting her outlook on the U.S. economy and monetary policy.
- Policy actions and stance: She noted that the FOMC’s actions resulted in a cumulative 75 basis points of reductions since September, bringing the federal funds target range to 3-1/2 to 3-3/4 percent; she voted for those cuts to address labor market fragility and believes inflation excluding tariff effects is moving closer to 2 percent, while remaining ready to adjust policy based on incoming data.
- Context, data, and supervisory updates: She highlighted labor market fragility (unemployment 4.4% in December, private job gains about 30,000/month in Q4), reported core PCE inflation at 2.9% in December before tariff adjustments, noted growth support from AI-related and data center investment, and summarized supervisory reforms including finalizing leverage-ratio revisions, stress-test improvements, issuance of supervisory operating principles, and the withdrawal of climate-related supervisory guidance.