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Recent New York data center news

• Jun 30, 2026

  Brookhaven Lab, Amazon Web Services Partner to Connect AI Data Centers

  Brookhaven National Laboratory and Amazon Web Services announced a partnership to leverage AWS cloud and AI capabilities to accelerate Brookhaven Lab’s GridSearch project; the partnership was announced at the AWS Summit Washington, D.C. on June 30, 2026.

  • Partnership announced: Brookhaven Lab and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will use AWS’ advanced cloud computing infrastructure and AI capabilities to accelerate GridSearch, an AI-driven tool to transform how new generation facilities connect to the U.S. electric grid; announcement made at the AWS Summit Washington, D.C. (June 30, 2026).
  • Project background and contributors:GridSearch builds on the open-source Grid Foundation Model (GridFM) under Linux Foundation Energy with major contributions from IBM Research, Hydro-Québec, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Stony Brook University, and Argonne National Laboratory; GridFM is described as enabling significantly faster grid simulations while maintaining accuracy.
    • Event: AWS Summit Washington, D.C. — Date: June 30, 2026; Time: not specified; Location: Washington, D.C.; Agenda/Subject: public announcement of the BNL–AWS partnership to accelerate GridSearch and demonstrate public–private collaboration in support of DOE’s Genesis Mission.
• Jun 30, 2026

  The 250-year history of U.S. energy consumption

  The U.S. Energy Information Administration published an explainer on the 250-year history of U.S. energy consumption.

  • The article summarizes how U.S. energy use shifted from wood in the 18th and 19th centuries to petroleum, natural gas, coal, nuclear, hydropower, wind, solar, and biofuels by 2025.
  • It notes that in 2025 U.S. total energy use was 96 quads, up 2% from 2024, and that fossil fuels still accounted for 82% of energy consumed.
  • The piece also states that electricity demand is expected to grow faster than any time since 2000 through the end of 2027, mostly because of data centers; it also references EV electricity consumption of 24 billion kWh in 2025.
• Jun 29, 2026

  Cadwalader Strengthens Data Center and Digital Infrastructure Practice With New Partner Nika Silva

  Cadwalader has announced it has added Nika Silva as a partner in its Capital Markets practice and named her U.S. Head of Digital Infrastructure Finance for the combined Hogan Lovells Cadwalader upon completion of the merger in July 2026.

  • Main announcement: Cadwalader has added Nika Silva as a partner in its Capital Markets practice; she will be initially resident in New York, and after the merger closing in July 2026 will be based in Los Angeles and serve as the combined firm’s U.S. Head of Digital Infrastructure Finance. Nika brings 20+ years of experience in structured finance and represents issuers, financial institutions, underwriters and institutional investors on data center and fintech asset-backed securitizations and structured lending.
  • Background and deal context: The move comes ahead of the Hogan Lovells Cadwalader combination in July 2026; the release cites the combined platform’s track record, including Hogan Lovells’ landmark €640 million securitization that financed four energy-efficient stabilized data centers in Germany, and notes Nika has practiced in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Los Angeles, New York, London and Australia.
• Jun 28, 2026

  United States Communications & Digital Infrastructure Services Company ITG Nasdaq IPO to Raise $429 Million at $2.7 Billion Valuation with Expected IPO Listing in 2026 July, Founded in 2013 by Michael Brooks, Peter Giacalone & Chris Perkins as ITG Communications

  ITG has announced plans to raise $429 million in a Nasdaq IPO at a $2.7 billion valuation, with an expected listing in July 2026.

  • Main announcement: ITG will raise $429 million in a Nasdaq IPO at a $2.7 billion valuation, with an expected IPO listing in 2026 July; the company was founded in 2013 by Michael Brooks, Peter Giacalone & Chris Perkins.
  • Background/details: ITG (originally ITG Communications) is described as a provider of end-to-end services for broadband, wireless, data center, utility and civil infrastructure, operating across 49 states; the article is a news announcement published via Caproasia (Hong Kong).
• Jun 24, 2026

  FERC show-cause orders aim to speed large-load integration

  FERC has issued tailored show-cause orders to six regional RTOs/ISOs requiring them to justify or reform large-load interconnection rules and to provide generation-availability details.

  • Main action: FERC issued tailored show cause orders to ISO-NE, NYISO, PJM, MISO, SPP and CAISO giving them 60 days to “justify or reform” interconnection rules for data centers, manufacturing facilities, and other large energy users,” and requiring grid operators and their transmission owners to provide details on how they make adequate generation available within 30 days**.
  • Background & specifics: FERC identified five reform categories to address (1) transmission application and study processes including alternative technologies, (2) preventing cost shifting and increasing cost transparency, (3) accommodating co-location agreements and behind-the-meter generation, (4) new transmission services for flexible large loads, and (5) studying generation proximate to large loads. Grid Forward solicited commentary from Bruce Grabow (Sheppard Mullin) and Ray Gifford (Wilkinson Barker Knauer) who emphasized that the order aims to “facilitate speed to power,” noted jurisdictional limits, and compared the action to historic FERC oversight efforts.
• Jun 24, 2026

  Americans Are Skeptical Big Tech Will Cover All Data Center Costs

  Consumer Reports published a survey finding widespread U.S. skepticism about tech companies’ promises to cover data center energy costs.

  • Survey results: Consumer Reports found 75 percent of more than 2,000 U.S. adults were “not too confident” or “not at all confident” that companies would follow through; 83% of Democrats and 67% of Republicans expressed skepticism, and only 4% said they were “very confident”.
  • Background and policy context: The White House Ratepayer Protection Pledge (issued last March) was signed by Amazon, Oracle, Google, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and xAI, promising to cover full energy/infrastructure costs “no matter what”; critics (Sen. Mark Kelly) called it a “handshake deal”, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee is set to vote on the Ratepayer Protection Act (bill) this week; respondents said 47% would require laws/regulations to ensure compliance.
• Jun 24, 2026

  Polaroid ads attack data centers for water use

  Polaroid has launched an advertising campaign criticizing data centre water use and promoting analogue/less-screen time behaviours.

  • Campaign details: The ads run on billboards and social channels with the slogan “Go jump in some water before the data centers drink it all up”, appearing at Coney Island (US), King’s Cross, Bethnal Green, and Hackney (UK), and in South Korea, and extend to Polaroid’s social media; creative director Patricia Varella is quoted explaining the campaign’s pro-human positioning.
  • Context and factual details: The piece cites Lawrence Berkeley National Lab (data centres used 17.4 billion gallons of water in 2023), compares that to 200 billion for swimming pools and 476 billion for golf courses, references Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella‘s claim that a data centre’s use is roughly that of a single restaurant, AWS‘s reported 2.5 billion gallons (2025), Nvidia’s DSX claim of zero water consumption for its reference design (quote from Ali Heydari), and notes the broader anti-data centre movement and a Gallup poll about resource concerns.
• Jun 24, 2026

  Texas Approves Batch Zero Study as Data Center Demand Soars

  The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved ERCOT’s Batch Zero framework on June 18 to centralize evaluation of new large loads and expansions of 75 MW or more.

  • Main action:PUCT approved ERCOT’s Batch Zero framework (one-time, systemwide interconnection study) to evaluate new large loads and load expansions of 75 MW or more; ERCOT will classify projects as committed Base Load, included in Batch Zero, or deferred and may require completed studies, executed interconnection agreements, equipment purchases, and site construction evidence to qualify as Base Load.
  • Background/details: ERCOT estimates ~35 GW as committed Base Load and ~65 GW to be evaluated in Batch Zero (combined exceeding historical peak demand of ~85 GW); the framework centralizes previously utility-by-utility studies, creates a refinement process linking Batch Zero transmission projects into ERCOT’s Regional Planning Group, and responds to a surge of data center and AI-related power requests.
• Jun 24, 2026

  100MW data center could be built in Wheeling, West Virginia

  Silicon Foundation has acquired a 15-acre, industrial-zoned site at 74 Warwood Avenue in Wheeling, West Virginia to develop a modular data center, with Stokes Inc named as the EPC contractor.

  • Main announcement: Silicon Foundation purchased a 15-acre parcel at 74 Warwood Avenue (former Centre Foundry) to build a 60,000 sq ft (5,575 sqm) data center; the site reportedly has an active 10MW grid connection with a defined path to 20-30MW and a longer-term 100MW campus, and Stokes Inc will act as EPC contractor. Timelines posted by Stokes list Phase 1 Q4 2026 and Phase 2 Q4 2027 but the company did not clarify whether those dates indicate start or completion of works.
  • Background & status: Local/state officials (West Virginia Office of Energy; Wheeling City Council) stated they have not received any applications for a data center project in Warwood/Ohio County; Silicon Foundation described plans as “in development, future details in due course”. Silicon Foundation was founded in January 2026 by Val Holovach and lists the Wheeling project as its sole site; Stokes lists other in-progress projects (12MW Compass Mining Oklahoma, 600MW near Niagara Falls NY, 6MW + BESS Buchanan VA).
• Jun 23, 2026

  Massachusetts’ Kopin Corp. To Open New Optics and Photonics Design Center in Dallas

  Kopin Corp. has announced plans to open a new Optics and Photonics Design Center in Dallas, slated to open by the end of 2026.

  • Main announcement: Kopin will open a dedicated Optics and Photonics Design Center in Dallas by the end of 2026 that will include optics and photonics lab space, a design and engineering center, advanced R&D capabilities focused on Neural I/o, and manufacturing capacity for Neural I/o and ASOS systems. The company presented this as an expansion of its U.S.-based engineering footprint to accelerate next-generation Neural I/o development for the AI infrastructure market.
  • Background and related details: Kopin has a strategic joint development agreement with NYC-based Fabric.AI to build MicroLED-based optical interconnect technology for high-performance AI data centers; the article also notes an initial microdisplay production order received in February from a Tier-1 European defense contractor for a rotary-wing helmet-mounted display integration.