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Recent New York data center news

• Apr 27, 2026

  Residents left furious as their picturesque small town surrounded by forests and nature is set to be 'ruined' by sprawling data centers... but they're refusing to back down

  Cornell Realty Management has applied to develop the Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center and multiple developers are preparing to build several large data centres in Archbald, Pennsylvania.

  • Project scope & developer action: Cornell Realty Management applied for the Wildcat Ridge AI Data Center campus (14 centres across 400 acres) and other proposals could see 51 data warehouses built on ~14% of Archbald’s land; developers claim the campus would be at least 1,500 feet from homes, create 1,280 jobs, be as quiet as a ‘normal conversation’, and use about 50,000 gallons of water a day.
  • Permitting, finances & community response: Developers state the project would generate $7 million in annual borough tax revenue and $23 million for the school system; residents and local officials (including Mayor Shirley Barrett) are actively opposing the plans via a Stop Archbald Data Centers Facebook group (~10,000 members) and council meetings. Additional state and local permits are required and construction could still take months to years to begin even if local approvals advance.
• Apr 25, 2026

  High oil prices could boost renewables, says Energy Vault CEO

  Energy Vault CEO Robert Piconi says sustained high oil prices could make renewable energy and storage solutions more attractive, and the company is seeing a sharp increase in inquiries and firm orders.

  • Main announcement/action: Energy Vault reports a sharp increase in inquiries and firm orders for its battery and long-duration storage solutions, driven by sustained high oil prices, electricity price volatility and an exponential surge in demand from AI and data centres; customers are moving from conceptual interest to utility-scale execution for medium- and long-duration storage.
  • Background and concrete details: Energy Vault listed on the NYSE via a SPAC in 2022, raised more than $200 million (CHF156 million) as a startup and ~$236 million through the SPAC transaction; reported $146 million revenue the year it listed and nearly $350 million the following year before revenues later fell to approximately $50 million; the company now owns and operates two plants with two additional plants under construction, and signed a 10.5-year contract with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (2024) to provide up to 48 hours of green-hydrogen backup power.
• Apr 25, 2026

  ‘Sustained high oil prices can make renewable energy and storage solutions more attractive’

  Energy Vault CEO Robert Piconi says sustained high oil prices are increasing commercial demand for renewable energy storage and accelerating sales activity.

  • Main announcement/action: Energy Vault reports a sharp increase in inquiries and firm orders for its Battery Energy Storage System solutions across American and European markets, driven by sustained high oil prices, electricity price volatility, and rising electricity demand from AI and data centres; the company now owns and operates two plants with two additional plants under construction, and employs 24 people in Switzerland.
  • Background/details: Energy Vault listed via a SPAC in 2022, raising approximately $236 million as part of the transaction (building on an earlier startup raise of more than $200 million (CHF156 million)); notable contracts and projects include a 10.5-year contract with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) to provide up to 48 hours of green-hydrogen backup power, the Rudong facility opened in 2023 in China, a delivered battery hub for Schindler in Switzerland, and an agreement with Energie Wettingen AG; the company expanded from gravity storage into battery and green hydrogen and moved toward a build-own-operate model after assessing value-chain margins.
• Apr 24, 2026

  Data Center Permits: How Long They Take and What Speeds Approval

  The article provides guidance on data center permitting timelines and strategies for accelerating approvals.

  • Main finding: In the US, securing permits for a new-build data center typically takes 6 to 18 months, with some outliers exceeding two years; the piece recommends practical tactics such as choosing experienced jurisdictions, submitting complete plans, front‑loading environmental assessments, and phased builds (e.g., launching a simpler initial build and adding complex elements later).
  • Context and references: The article is informational (not a legal notice) and references recent policy activity including a White House directive (July 2025) to accelerate federal permitting, state-level incentives in Pennsylvania, and proposed/tabled measures in New York, Minnesota, and Maine; it also notes examples (e.g., a Loudoun County, Virginia project) and cites industry sources including DataCenterKnowledge, DataCenterDynamics, and Shovels.ai.
• Apr 24, 2026

  Backers say environmental policy reform speeds housing; opponents fear unchecked development

  Governor Kathy Hochul has proposed amending New York State’s environmental quality review act (SEQRA) to exempt certain reasonably-sized mixed-use housing projects on previously disturbed land from environmental review to accelerate housing development.

  • Main announcement: The governor’s proposal, framed as the “Let them Build” campaign, would exempt mixed-use projects with no more than 50,000 square feet of non-residential use and projects that do not exceed 100 dwelling units, and would allow exemptions for projects on “previously disturbed” land; supporters (including Kingston Mayor Steve Noble and about 40 economic development backers) rallied in Albany on April 23, 2026, and a letter of support was sent to leaders of the New York State Assembly and Senate in March.
  • Background & concerns: Critics including Riverkeeper and senior attorney Drew Gamils argue the bill’s loosely defined terms (e.g., what counts as “previously disturbed” and undefined non-residential use) could permit industrial operations, fulfillment warehouses, or data centers to bypass SEQRA; the proposal also lacks an affordability requirement, according to opponents. The article records local perspectives from Kevin O’Connor (RUPCO) and Ward Todd (Ulster County Chamber of Commerce) and references the Belleayre Resort as a historical SEQRA-affected project.
• Apr 23, 2026

  The Edge Network Effect: Building AI Infrastructure That Spans Markets, Not Just Facilities

  365 Data Centers presents its “edge network effect” approach and promotes its nationwide AI-ready platform that integrates colocation, connectivity, and dedicated sovereign AI with 24/7 support.

  • Main announcement: 365 Data Centers highlights its 16 facilities and 70+ points of presence (PoPs) across U.S. markets, promotes an AI-enabled platform that integrates colocation, cloud, and networking, and references partnerships such as DE-CIX Chicago to extend peering and interconnection. It specifies service-level commitments including 99.999% network uptime SLAs and claims redundant power (100% uptime SLA) and support from 86+ carrier-neutral providers.
  • Background and details: The piece cites industry forecasts—Deloitte projecting edge AI at $270 billion by 2032 and McKinsey on data center capacity growth to 200+ GW by 2030—and references a HostingAdvice.com interview and DE-CIX Chicago deployment as implementation examples; no specific contract values or implementation timelines for customer engagements are announced.
• Apr 23, 2026

  CBRE revenue jumps 19% on pivot to data center services

  CBRE Group, Inc. reported Q1 2026 earnings showing broad revenue growth and a strategic expansion into critical infrastructure and data center services.

  • Q1 2026 results and data center growth: Reported Q1 2026 revenue $10.5 billion (up 19% YoY); critical infrastructure services revenue rose 71% YoY, driven by its Data Center Solutions division and contributions from Pearce Services; the firm generated more than $3 billion in revenue from infrastructure activities in 2025 and nearly $950 million in Q1 2026. CBRE said data center leasing revenue more than tripled year over year and that it has secured dozens of land sites for potential data center development to be entitled with power and water.
  • Background, acquisitions and partnerships: CBRE completed the Pearce Services acquisition at the end of last year (adds telecom and power asset businesses); it announced a partnership with Meta to launch the LevelUp data center trade skills training program (described as ongoing and being built out in multiple U.S. cities to recruit, train and place technical staff); CBRE is also integrating Industrious flexible-space units into its leasing operations.
• Apr 22, 2026

  Patented: Verizon’s Signal Spoof Detection at Base Stations and More North Texas Inventive Activity

  Dallas-Fort Worth reported 171 patents granted for the week of March 24 and Verizon was granted a patent for detecting GPS/satellite signal spoofing at cellular base stations.

  • Main announcement: Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington (19100) 171 patents granted for the week of March 24, ranked No. 8 out of 250 U.S. metros; notable individual patent: Verizon Patent and Licensing Inc. (U.S. Patent No. 12587857) for signal spoof detection at base stations using a comparison of a station’s known “true position” with a calculated “real time position” and generating an alert when the distance exceeds a threshold. Named inventors on the Verizon patent are Jerry Gamble, Jr. (Grapevine, TX) and Sumanth S. Mallya (Flower Mound, TX).
  • Background/details: The article is a patent roundup (Dallas Invents) listing utility and design patents connected to North Texas; it enumerates classification counts (G: Physics 53; H: Electricity 49; DESIGN: 31, etc.), top assignees (e.g., Texas Instruments Inc. 17; Traxxas L.P. 17; Samsung 8; Verizon 6) and highlights many granted patents across domains (telecom, AI/ML, medical devices, robotics, energy, networking). For each patent the report includes patent number, inventor(s), assignee, application file/date, and abstract (no speculative outcomes).
• Apr 22, 2026

  How to secure philanthropic funding in a competitive climate

  Nature reports on trends in philanthropic funding for scientific research and provides guidance for applicants.

  • Main finding: The article outlines that philanthropic foundations (for example, the Simons Foundation, Wellcome, the Novo Nordisk Foundation and the Sloan Foundation) are increasingly important funders of basic and applied research; key quantitative details include a rise in philanthropic share of US university and nonprofit research funding from 10% to 16% (1980–2023) and a fall in federal share from 66% to 50%. It also cites specific grants and endowments such as US$1 million (Sloan award for data-centre study) and more than US$1.4 million (Sloan award on methane flaring research).
  • Context and guidance: This is a journalistic analysis and guidance piece (not a single institutional announcement). It summarises foundation priorities (e.g., Novo Nordisk Foundation: health, sustainability, local life-science ecosystem; Wellcome: climate and health, infectious diseases, mental health, discovery research) and offers practical advice for applicants, including geographic preferences (around 35% of grants and 49% of funds go to recipients in the donor’s same state) and changing success rates (Wellcome funded 16.6% of open-scheme applicants in 2024–25, down from 22.3% the previous year).
• Apr 21, 2026 · IT Brief Asia

  ESG shifts from reporting to action across industries

  Executives from Avetta, Hitachi Vantara, Biscuit Recruitment and Ultralytics say sustainability expectations are reshaping organisational decisions and labour markets.

  • Main announcement: Senior leaders including Katie Martin (Avetta) and Wendy Koh (Hitachi Vantara) say ESG is shifting from a disclosure-led approach to a continuous, data-driven operational discipline that must be executed across supply chains; they cite Earth Day 2026, and note global data centre electricity consumption projected to approach 1,000 terawatt-hours by the end of the decade, with Singapore highlighted as a region facing energy, land and cooling constraints.
  • Background and other details:Frances Li (Biscuit Recruitment) reports sustainability and AI ethics are now affecting hiring decisions in London and New York, with candidates probing ESG claims; Glenn Jocher (Ultralytics) highlights vision AI use cases and scale, including YOLO models powering 2.5 billion daily inferences, and examples of on-device monitoring for agriculture, emissions and deforestation.