New Hampshire Data Center News

Feb 25, 2026

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.

Feb 25, 2026

Aeroderivative Turbines Move to the Center of AI Data Center Power Strategy

Data Center Frontier reports that data centers are repurposing aeroderivative gas turbines—retired aircraft-engine cores adapted to spin generators—as fast-start backup power to address the AI-era power crunch.

Main point: Data centers are evaluating and stockpiling aeroderivative gas turbines (jet-engine cores repackaged to drive generators) that can deliver tens of megawatts of fast-start electricity with a small footprint and a much faster delivery timeline than conventional power plants.
Context: This is reporting/analysis by authors David Chernicoff and Matt Vincent (Editor in Chief, Data Center Frontier); the article describes the technical approach and industry trend and provides author contact (email mvincent@endeavorb2b.com) and profile links. It is not announcing a single corporate deal.

Feb 24, 2026

7x24 Exchange's Dennis Cronin on the Data Center Workforce Crisis: The Talent Cliff Is Already Here

Dennis Cronin (7x24 Exchange founding member and MCGA board member) warns the data center industry is already facing a structural workforce crisis and calls for coordinated industry investment, standardized certification, and scaled community-college pathways.

Main announcement/action: Cronin estimates a roughly one million job gap (467,000–498,000 core operational roles + ~514,000 emerging AI/sustainability/security roles), calls to replace five-year experience requirements with an entry-level certification, and urges a shared funding approach across operators, vendors, contractors, and manufacturers (he cites $60B in data centers announced this year and advocates for $1B to scale training).
Background and details: Cronin critiques internal academies and commercial courses (commercial training often ~$1,000 per day per person), highlights community colleges (Cleveland CC, Northern Virginia CC, Southside CC) as scalable two-year technician pipelines, and outlines a workforce ecosystem of outreach, standardized curriculum, certification labs, apprenticeships, and employer commitments.

Feb 23, 2026

Intact’s Jeff Duca on Environmental Coverage

Jeff Duca of Intact Insurance Specialty Solutions spoke with Risk & Insurance in a published transcript on February 23, 2026 about state-driven environmental insurance challenges and emerging exposures (including data center water use and weather-driven pollution events).

Main announcement/action:Jeff Duca (Intact) explains that environmental insurance must be customized state-by-state (“customize coverage in 50 different ways”), highlights emerging exposures from micro weather events (flash flooding, lightning, tank fires) and rising scrutiny of data center water use and discharge; Intact was a sponsor of the 2026 Environmental Power Broker winners and this content is an edited interview/transcript dated February 23, 2026.
Background and details: Market dynamics include 40 to 50 environmental markets now offering coverage, tighter excess capacity requiring 5–8 carriers for towers or new quota share excess towers, longer renewal lead times (90–120 days recommended), and state/local variability in water discharge rules; contact provided: mediacontact@theinstitutes.org.

Jan 14, 2026

Vistra to Bolster Gas-Fired Fleet by 5.5 GW With $4B Cogentrix Acquisition

Vistra Corp. has executed definitive agreements to acquire Cogentrix Energy from funds managed by Quantum Capital Group in a $4 billion transaction announced Jan. 5, 2026, adding 10 natural gas plants (5,496 MW) across PJM, ISO New England, and ERCOT.

Main announcement & deal specifics: Vistra will acquire 100% ownership of the Cogentrix portfolio for $4 billion, adding 5,496 MW of modern natural gas capacity (10 plants) and increasing Vistra’s total generation footprint toward ~50 GW; the transaction is subject to FERC, DOJ (HSR), and state regulatory approvals and is expected to close mid-to-late 2026. The deal includes acquiring the remaining 25% interest in the Patriot and Hamilton-Liberty plants and excludes Cogentrix’s Cedar Bayou 4 (550 MW), which Cogentrix will retain.
Background, financing, and timing context: The acquisition follows Vistra’s October 2025 purchase of Lotus Infrastructure gas assets for $1.9 billion (2,600 MW) and is supported by capital markets actions including $2.25 billion in senior secured notes (Jan 2026) and a prior $2 billion secured notes issuance (Oct 2025); Vistra expects mid-single-digit accretion in 2027 and high-single-digit average accretion (2027–2029) to Ongoing Operations Adjusted Free Cash Flow before Growth per share. Regulatory reviews (notably FERC Section 203) will examine competitive impacts in PJM and ISO-NE.

Jan 7, 2026

The Power of Small: Edge AI Predictions for 2026

Daniel Cummins (Dell Technologies) outlines five edge AI predictions for 2026 calling for a shift to small, task-specific language models (SLMs), distributed data centers, expanded computer vision, agentic AI, and physical AI, and promotes Dell NativeEdge as the management foundation.

Main announcement/action: The author presents five predictions for 2026 focused on SLMs, distributed data centers, computer vision, agentic AI, and physical AI, recommending Dell NativeEdge for secure, centralized deployment and lifecycle management across distributed edge environments; timeline references include 2026 for prediction adoption and Gartner’s forecast of by 2027 (SLMs used three times more than LLMs).
Background and details: Cites industry data points: 75% of enterprise-managed data is created/processed outside traditional data centers and a 2024 Dell study showing 73% of organizations are moving AI inferencing to the edge; highlights energy efficiency, local renewable use, data sovereignty, and the need for edge-optimized infrastructure and orchestration platforms.

Dec 18, 2025

Beyond Coal 2025: Fighting for an Affordable, Renewable, Zero-Emission Future

The Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign published a 2025 year-end summary of actions and wins while outlining ongoing legal and advocacy fights against federal rollbacks and fossil fuel bailouts.

Campaign summary & key metrics: Sierra Club highlights 60,000 premature deaths prevented, claims 100,00 heart attacks and one million asthma attacks avoided (June milestone); warns of projected 50 gigawatts of data center-driven electricity demand by 2030 (nearly a 10% U.S. grid increase over four years); reports active presence in 30+ states and support for nearly 9 GW of onshore wind, solar, and storage projects across 20 states in 2025 with a plan to double engagement in 2026.
Legal and policy actions / implementation details: The campaign is challenging EPA rollbacks and litigating coal bailouts; it filed at the D.C. Circuit Court to contest the J.H. Campbell extension and filed at DOE over the Eddystone extension; it joined amici in litigation against the Trump offshore wind moratorium, supported actions around the 800 MW Empire Wind (noting it would provide electricity to 500,000 homes) and cited a federal ruling vacating the wind permitting ban and resumed construction by Equinor; Merrimack coal station retired in September 2025 (final New England coal retirement).

Dec 18, 2025

Climate Change Solutions - December 16, 2025

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) issues a Climate Change Solutions newsletter summarizing recent climate, energy, and environmental policy developments, briefings, and media coverage in the United States.

Newsletter content highlights articles on FEMA reform (FEMA Act, H.R.4669), ghost fishing gear in Hawaiʻi, and global green building standards (LEED, BREEAM), plus an EESI briefing on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) changed 12 clean energy and efficiency tax incentives and how companies and consumers are adjusting.
Capitol Hill updates cover House passage or advancement of the Electric Supply Chain Act (H.R.3638), ePermit Act (H.R.4503), ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962 / S.2063), and multiple PFAS bills (H.R.6668 / S.3457, H.R.6626 / S.3460, H.R.6667, S.3445, S.3446), as well as links to EESI legislative trackers, grid and industrial decarbonization briefings, and external media citations of EESI work on data centers, water use, and EERE investments.

Dec 10, 2025

Top Environmental Victories of 2025

The Sierra Club announces a roundup of its top environmental victories in 2025.

Major announced actions: The article catalogs specific legal, legislative, and advocacy wins including: stopping a proposed public-lands sell-off after Congressional withdrawal; passage of the Climate Change Superfund Act in New York (following Vermont in 2024) and introduced bills in California, New Jersey, Maryland, Massachusetts, and Maine; legal victories blocking Commonwealth LNG (coastal use permit terminated) and two lawsuits creating guardrails on data centers in Kansas and Michigan; NEVI program restart unlocking $2.7 billion for EV charging; and a $744 million jury verdict against Chevron for coastal damages in Louisiana.
Background and additional details: The piece lists species and land protections (Northern Rockies wolves, Colorado bison, Rice’s whales), closure of Merrimack Station (final New England coal plant) and repeal of an Ohio coal-bailout that would have cost nearly half a billion dollars, passage of Utah’s balcony solar law allowing small plug-in systems without utility approval, a coalition delivering ~500,000 public comments to defend the Roadless Rule (including 40,000 from Sierra Club advocates), and a world-record origami action sending more than 86,000 paper fish to oppose Enbridge’s Line 5.

Dec 2, 2025 · RMI

The Five Types of Electro-Industrial States

Rocky Mountain Institute presents a typology classifying US states into five electro-industrial archetypes.

Main announcement/action: RMI authors classify states into five archetypes — Momentum Hubs (Arizona, California), Fast‑Track Builders (Texas, Georgia, South Carolina, Florida, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Ohio, Idaho), Policy Champions (New York, Michigan, Virginia, Oregon, Washington, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania), Open‑Door Starters (Vermont, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, North Dakota, South Dakota, Mississippi, Iowa), and Early‑Stage Starters (Missouri, New Hampshire, Kentucky, Maine, Alabama, Louisiana, Indiana, West Virginia, Montana, Arkansas). The typology is based on policy reliability, regulatory ease, economic capacity, physical infrastructure (power and interconnection), and market momentum.
Background and details: The analysis highlights that market momentum and policy reliability should operate in tandem; low regulatory burdens accelerate short-term investment but may strain local housing and infrastructure without accompanying policy ambition. The authors reference the report GREASE Lightning as a policy playbook for designing investment-led, state-driven electro-industrial strategies.

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