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Recent New Hampshire data center news

• Jun 24, 2026

  Construction employment rises in 30 states over past year, AGC reports

  The Associated General Contractors of America reported that construction employment increased in 30 states and the District of Columbia between May 2025 and May 2026.

  • Main announcement: AGC reported state construction employment increased in 30 states and D.C. between May 2025 and May 2026; Texas added 18,700 jobs (2.1%), North Carolina added 13,600, Wisconsin added 9,000, and Wisconsin posted the largest percentage increase (6.2%); California recorded the largest annual decline at 13,100 jobs (−1.5%).
  • Monthly detail and risks: From April to May, construction employment increased in 23 states and D.C., declined in 22 states, and was unchanged in 5 states; monthly leaders included Texas (+3,600) and Wisconsin (+2,900). AGC officials Ken Simonson and Jeffrey D. Shoaf cautioned that opposition to data center projects and uncertainty over federal transportation funding pose threats to future construction job growth.
• Jun 24, 2026

  Executive Roundtable: The Rise of Integrated Infrastructure

  Data Center Frontier hosted an Executive Roundtable with industry leaders (Compu Dynamics, Trane Technologies/LiquidStack, Rehlko) urging that power, cooling, and facility operations be designed as an integrated system to support next-generation AI deployments.

  • Main announcement/action: The panel recommended that integration be foundational, beginning at the first planning conversation and extending from the utility backbone to the IT rack, favoring modular or hybrid campus approaches (standardize utility feeds, central cooling, network pathways while allowing IT/cooling components to evolve). Panelists named Compu Dynamics, Trane/LiquidStack, and Rehlko as contributors to the discussion and emphasized simulation/digital twin use for pre-deployment validation.
  • Background and additional details: The discussion cites rising rack densities into the hundreds of kilowatts, liquid cooling becoming mainstream, and the emergence of POD-scale platforms; advocates include standardizing backbone infrastructure at the campus level, coordinating utility power, central cooling, and network pathways, and using digital twins to model interactions before buildout.
• Jun 22, 2026

  Building the AI Factory: Power, Cooling, and Execution at Scale Meets the Deployment Reality Gap - Q2 Executive Roundtable

  Data Center Frontier convened an Executive Roundtable for Q2 2026 to examine the operational challenges of deploying AI infrastructure at scale with senior leaders from Compu Dynamics, Trane Technologies/LiquidStack, and Rehlko.

  • Main announcement: Data Center Frontier hosted a Q2 2026 Executive Roundtable to discuss the shift from AI infrastructure planning to execution, with panelists Steve Altizer (Compu Dynamics), Joe Capes (Trane Technologies / LiquidStack), and Robert Danforth (Rehlko); panelists highlighted rack densities reaching hundreds of kilowatts per rack, growing mainstream adoption of liquid cooling, and hardware roadmaps that can shift every six to twelve months.
  • Background/details: The discussion emphasized concrete deployment constraints: power availability (grid/interconnects/transformer lead times), thermal management and liquid cooling integration, supply chain and construction execution, and the need for simulation/modeling, commissioning, and integrated systems engineering to move from prototypes to industrial-scale AI factories.
• Jun 18, 2026

  FERC Targets Grid Rules for Data Centers and Large Loads

  The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has ordered the nation’s six largest grid operators to justify or rewrite rules governing how large power users connect to the grid.

  • Main action: FERC issued show-cause orders to PJM, MISO, Southwest Power Pool, CAISO, ISO New England, and NYISO, requiring them to explain within 60 days why existing tariffs remain just and reasonable or to propose reforms, and directing each operator and its transmission owners to file a resource adequacy report within 30 days. The orders affect markets serving roughly 200 million Americans across more than 30 states and the District of Columbia and target five reform areas (transmission study processes; cost-allocation; co-location/behind-the-meter generation; new transmission services for flexible large loads; evaluation of proximate generation).
  • Context and details: The action builds on a Department of Energy large-load interconnection proceeding, follows review of more than 3,500 pages of comments, and is prompted by AI-driven data center demand. FERC said reforms should apply prospectively (not disturb finalized large-load arrangements) and left the broader DOE large-load docket open for potential additional action.
• Jun 17, 2026

  KKR Bets Big on AI Infrastructure With Helix Launch, Tapping Former AWS CEO Adam Selipsky to Build a New Hyperscale Model

  KKR has announced the launch of Helix Digital Infrastructure to deliver vertically integrated AI infrastructure solutions.

  • Helix launch: KKR announced the creation of Helix Digital Infrastructure with more than $10 billion in long-duration committed capital, naming Adam Selipsky (former AWS CEO) as Co‑Founder and CEO, and citing founding partners KIA, NVIDIA, and Vistra; the company will manage and finance an integrated stack — land, data centers, power, transmission, and connectivity — to accelerate hyperscale AI deployments.
  • Background and concrete details: KKR positions Helix as an extension of its infrastructure platform after reporting more than $100 billion in infrastructure AUM and more than $70 billion invested across digital and power assets; Vistra is Helix’s preferred power partner and expects generation capacity approaching 50 gigawatts by end of 2026 and has executed more than 5,000 megawatts of PPAs with hyperscalers; NVIDIA will support DSX AI factory-aligned deployments focused on metrics like tokens per watt and time to first token.
• Jun 12, 2026

  From Components to AI Factories: Peter Panfil Says the Future of Data Centers Is All About Integration at Scale

  Vertiv’s Peter Panfil presented a keynote at the 2026 7x24 Exchange Spring Conference outlining a vision to treat data centers as integrated “AI factories” that prioritize execution velocity, factory-assembled high-density modules, and outcomes-oriented metrics.

  • Main announcement: Vertiv (Peter Panfil) advocated for integrated, factory-produced HAC “hacks” as repeatable building blocks to accelerate deployment and reduce on-site integration. He noted a rapid module evolution from ~1.5 MW (a year ago) to ~6 MW current modules, with discussions already underway around 12 MW configurations; modules are now being assembled and fully tested in factories (including fluid charging and capacity validation) to enable plug-and-play site installation and faster commissioning.
  • Supporting details: Panfil proposed replacing traditional efficiency metrics with tokens-per-dollar-per-watt (debated/refined to tokens per watt per dollar), emphasized behavioral modeling/digital twins (example: coolant excursion reduced from ~9°C to ~3°C with modest buffering), and highlighted energy strategies including BYOP/on-site generation, UPS smoothing for grid stability, and community acceptance measures (waste heat reuse, grid support).
• Jun 9, 2026

  7x24 Spring Conference: Future-Proofing the AI Data Center Amid New Bottlenecks, New Risks, New Rules of Execution

  The 7x24 Exchange Spring Conference highlighted that the data center industry must “future-proof” people, processes, and governance while introducing the development of a new quality framework, DCE 9000, through the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA).

  • Main announcement/action: The conference sessions, led by speakers including Sol Rashidi, Google’s Govind Ramu and Gino Tozzi, and panelists from Victaulic, T5 Data Centers, DLB Associates, and Oracle, emphasized future-proofing operational and human systems for AI-scale data centers and noted that DCE 9000 is being developed through TIA as a common quality management framework for data center infrastructure equipment, suppliers, contractors, and operators.
  • Background and details: Presentations flagged concrete operational risks: roughly 70% of organizational change initiatives fail (research cited by Google), urgent needs around liquid cooling commissioning, contamination control, supplier governance, documentation discipline, and workforce development, and recommended earlier involvement of chemical treatment/water-quality specialists and tighter integration across engineering, contractors, commissioning providers, equipment manufacturers, and IT teams.
• Jun 8, 2026

  DCF Poll: Which Technology Will Define the Next Generation of AI Data Centers?

  Data Center Frontier has launched a poll asking industry participants to vote on which technology will most shape AI data centers over the next three years.

  • Main announcement: Data Center Frontier is running a public poll titled “Which Technology Will Most Shape the Next Generation of AI Data Centers?” listing options including Direct-to-chip liquid cooling, Rack-scale power architectures, Digital twins and simulation, High-voltage DC distribution, Advanced optical interconnects, and On-site power generation/microgrids, and asking respondents to choose which will have the greatest impact over the next three years. The call to action is aimed at industry leaders, operators, engineers, developers, and technology providers to “Cast your vote and join the conversation.”
  • Background & details: The article is an engagement/reader-poll piece authored by Matt Vincent (Editor in Chief, Data Center Frontier). Contact information and profile links are provided (mvincent@endeavorb2b.com, LinkedIn). The content highlights a shift from simply deploying compute to choosing foundational infrastructure technologies (power, cooling, connectivity, operations) but does not announce partnerships, contracts, or project timelines beyond the three-year polling horizon.
• Jun 2, 2026

  Water Emerges as a Critical Constraint for AI Data Centers

  Gradiant (Anurag Bajpayee) says water is becoming a strategic constraint for AI data centers and the company is deploying its HyperSolved platform with major hyperscale operators across multiple regions.

  • Main announcement: Gradiant is deploying its HyperSolved end-to-end cooling water management platform with several of the world’s largest hyperscale operators now across North America, Europe, and Asia, positioning water availability, reuse, discharge management, and community acceptance as business continuity and siting issues rather than only sustainability concerns. The company also promotes its SmartOps AI-driven operational platform and proprietary processes (CGE, CFRO) to enable high reuse and integrated operations.
  • Supporting details / background: Operator interest has surged in the past 12–24 months (most significant in the last 12 months); new AI campuses can consume water comparable to a city of 80,000 people; Gradiant offers MLD or ZLD architectures up to ~99% recycling, and Bajpayee states comprehensive water treatment infrastructure can cost on the order of about one percent of a data center’s capital cost. Deployments leverage treated municipal wastewater, industrial effluent, and integrated treatment + AI-driven controls; timing described as ongoing / now being deployed (no firm project-by-project timelines provided).
• Jun 1, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  Targeted Pressure: How Chinese Manufacturing Competition Impacts US States

  The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) has published a report finding Chinese industrial policy is reshaping global manufacturing and harming industries across every U.S. state.

  • Main finding & method: The ITIF report (June 1, 2026) analyzes one “national power industry” per state using County Business Patterns employment data, HS/SITC export proxies, and global market-share series to conclude that state-backed Chinese subsidies, export pushes, and overcapacity are driving down prices and pressuring U.S. producers in sectors such as semiconductors, batteries, aircraft, and fabricated metals.
  • Key facts, numbers, and timelines:China plans ~$150 billion in semiconductor investment through 2030 vs. $52 billion under the U.S. CHIPS funding; the report cites $63.3 billion Chinese semiconductor spending in H1 2025, TSMC’s $165 billion U.S. investment announcement, GE Appliances’ $490 million Appliance Park investment (2025), and state/national export shares and HS-code trade series used throughout the analyses.