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Latest data center news, projects, power and policy across New York — updated daily.
New York · Construction & power moves · 4
full tracker →Land, power, and interconnection moves across New York — each traced to primary filings.
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Energy-intensive Projects in NYISO’s Interconnection Queue
Source: NYISO · Aug 26, 2025NYISO says the New York large-load interconnection queue has expanded sharply: “As of July 2025, there are 29 large load projects in the queue which would collectively add nearly 6,055 MW of load to the grid,” up from “six large load projects in the interconnection queue” totaling “1,045 MW” in 2022. NYISO adds that “The increase in forecasted demand poses a major challenge to grid reliability in New York” and that roughly “2,500 MW to 4,000 MW” of that demand could be on the system by 2035.
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Filing Description for Accession Number 20260727-3054
Source: Federal Energy Regulatory CommissionFERC’s eLibrary entry says it is a “Letter order accepting New York Independent System Operator, Inc.’s 04/15/2026 filing of an informational filing in response to the directive of an April 2024 Commission order under ER23-2040,” indicating a regulatory action tied to NYISO and the Commission’s prior directive.
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PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Report Highlights Need for New Generation and Transmission Investment to Meet Growing Demand and State Policy Targets
Source: New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) · Jul 23, 2026NYISO says New York will need substantial new investment in generation and transmission to serve rising demand, noting that “demand growth is outpacing resource additions” and that “emerging large loads” are increasing electricity needs and reshaping when and where demand occurs. The NYISO also highlights grid constraints and buildout priorities, including the need to “reduce congestion and increase transfer capability across the Central East interface” and support “bulk transmission upgrades” in Northern New York (NYISO, July 23, 2026).
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Commissioner Chang’s concurrence – New York Independent System Operator, Inc.
Source: FERCFERC says in these orders that it has initiated FPA section 206 proceedings to examine large-load growth and possible tariff reforms that could change how loads “procure, use, and pay for transmission service.” It also says it is launching an inquiry into cost shifting, including possible requirements to publish information on new large loads, upgrades, and costs, and to adopt a pro forma cost recovery agreement. FERC further says tariffs lack clear provisions for evaluating alternative transmission technologies, and that the Commission preliminarily would extend PJM co-location transmission services such as “Interim NITS, Firm Contract Demand, and Non-Firm Contract Demand” to new loads and regions.
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PRESS RELEASE | NYISO Releases Power Trends 2026
Source: New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) · Jun 09, 2026NYISO’s June 9, 2026 press release for Power Trends 2026 says that “the growth of large energy-intensive projects” is “accelerating demand and placing new strains on the grid,” and that “Large energy‑intensive projects and electrification are increasing demand and complicating forecasts.” The release frames this as a system-planning issue, not a specific project filing or regulatory action.
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Recent New York data center news
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Milbank Strengthens Digital Infrastructure, Energy and Latin America Capabilities with Addition of Thomas Sines
Milbank LLP has announced that Thomas Sines has joined its New York office as a partner in its Global Project, Energy and Infrastructure Finance Group.
- Mr. Sines focuses on energy and infrastructure financings (project finance, debt capital markets, bank financings, corporate transactions) and has recently represented lenders in multi‑billion‑dollar data center financings across the United States, Latin America and the Middle East, as well as sponsors and creditors in large‑scale renewable and conventional power, transport, oil & gas and desalination projects.
- His arrival follows the formal launch of Milbank’s Digital Infrastructure Practice Group; he previously was a partner at Paul Hastings’ Corporate Department, holds a J.D. (cum laude) from the University of Michigan Law School and a B.A. (magna cum laude) from Luther College, and will help expand Milbank’s Latin America, domestic energy and digital infrastructure practices from the New York office.
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The Quantum Internet Is Coming Online
New York State and Stony Brook University have announced a $300 million investment to convert Long Island’s existing telecom fiber into a quantum communication testbed centered on SBU’s planned Quantum Research and Innovation Hub.
- The $300 million program will develop a 14,000 m² Quantum Research and Innovation Hub at Stony Brook, including the first data centre for managing entangled photons over converted Long Island telecom fiber, aiming to support ultra-secure communications networks.
- SBU President Andrea Goldsmith highlighted that the team has already built the largest quantum network in the United States between Stony Brook and Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), with ongoing research focused on maintaining photon entanglement over larger-scale networks to impact security, the economy and science.
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MCIM Joins Salute’s Ecosystem of Direct-to-Chip (DTC) Liquid Cooling Operations Partners for AI/HPC Data Centers
Salute and MCIM have announced a partnership to integrate MCIM’s operational intelligence platform with Salute’s Direct-to-Chip (DTC) Liquid Cooling Operations service for AI/HPC data centers.
- Partnership scope: MCIM becomes part of Salute’s DTC Liquid Cooling Operations ecosystem, combining Salute’s on-the-ground operations, training, and specialized staffing with MCIM’s portfolio-level governance, telemetry-driven intelligence, and unified operational platform to support high-density, liquid-cooled AI/HPC facilities, including those of Applied Digital.
- Operational model details: The integrated model targets AI/HPC data centers where densities are rising and cooling is transforming, providing clean data, consistent workflows, and real-time visibility across 6.5+ GW of IT capacity and 1M+ critical data center assets to accelerate deployment timelines, reduce risks in high-density rooms, and enable scalable AI infrastructure operations.
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Renewable energy is key to powering Texas data centers
Google announced it plans to construct three new data centers in Texas at a cost of $40 billion.
- Main announcement & implementation details: Google will build three new data centers in Texas at an estimated $40 billion and has committed a $30 million Energy Impact Fund to scale energy initiatives; the company reports more than 6,200 megawatts of new generation and capacity contracted via power purchase agreements. The OpenAI/Oracle Stargate campus near Abilene has its first two buildings operational and the remaining six buildings are expected to be completed by mid-2026.
- Context, background and project metrics: Texas currently has 375 data centers operating and 70 under construction (Baxtel); ERCOT saw large-load interconnection requests rise from 56 GW (Sept 2024) to 205 GW one year later. Renewables growth includes nearly 877–900 solar projects under development in Texas, >200% increase in ERCOT solar capacity over four years, and 8 TWh of wind/solar curtailed in 2024 due to transmission limits. The SEIA warns federal permitting changes are slowing some solar and storage projects.
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FirecREST v2: lessons learned from redesigning an API for scalable HPC resource access
The authors announce FirecREST v2, a redesigned open-source RESTful API that provides programmatic access to HPC resources with significantly improved performance, security, and throughput.
- FirecREST v2 achieves a 100x performance improvement over the previous version, based on a systematic performance testing methodology that identifies bottlenecks in proxy-based APIs with intensive I/O operations, and incorporates key design and architectural changes to enhance security and high-throughput access to HPC systems.
- The work is documented in a 6-page paper with 2 figures, presented at the Cray User Group 2025 conference in New York, USA (May 4–8, 2025), and includes independent peer validation of the performance gains plus a discussion of future improvement opportunities; the paper is available via arXiv (2512.11634) with a pending DataCite DOI.
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Frontier Galvanizing: The Critical Role Of Galvanizing In Renewable Energy And Utility Projects
Frontier Galvanizing emphasizes its hot-dip galvanizing process as critical for improving durability and corrosion resistance in renewable energy and utility infrastructure.
- Main announcement / action: Frontier Galvanizing, with over 75 years of experience, highlights the role of hot-dip galvanizing in protecting steel components used in solar mounting systems, wind turbine towers and bolts, substations, smart grid components, and energy storage facility structures, aiming to extend service life and reduce maintenance for renewable projects.
- Background and details: The article states coatings meet rigorous industry standards, are applied across projects throughout the country, and the company positions galvanizing as a technical quality-control measure that supports long-term performance, reliability, and resilience of renewable energy distribution and utility assets.
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EPA webpage maps out path for data-center developers around air rules
The Environmental Protection Agency has launched a Clean Air Act Resource for Data Centers webpage to guide permitting, modeling, and regulatory interpretation so data centers and AI facilities can be built more quickly.
- Main announcement: The EPA published a dedicated webpage (“Clean Air Act Resource for Data Centers”) providing regulatory information, guidance, and technical tools for modeling, air quality permitting, and regulatory interpretations relevant to data centers and AI facilities; the page also explains how developers may “legally avoid requirements” under the Clean Air Act provision Limiting the Potential to Emit. The launch is framed under Administrator Lee Zeldin‘s AI agenda and references the President’s AI Action Plan and January AI executive order.
- Background and details: The move is part of a broader Trump administration push to streamline permitting; EPA Assistant Administrator Aaron Szabo and the agency press office issued statements accompanying the release. The article references public pushback (including a cited $7 billion planned Michigan data center in a photo caption) and congressional activity such as bills on liquid cooling technologies and studies of data centers’ impacts on rural America.
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Celebrating Breakthrough Ideas: Brook & Beyond Highlights Stony Brook Entrepreneurs
Stony Brook University has held the inaugural Brook & Beyond Championship Finale to showcase eight faculty-led innovation teams and award four winners with milestone-based funding and mentorship toward commercialization.
- Program details: The December 5, 2025 finale at CEWIT concluded a two‑month innovation sprint run by the Office for Research and Innovation, featuring 64 applicants, 8 finalists, and 4 winning teams (Hand Arthritis, Hydrogen From the Air, High Voltage Supercapacitor, Clean Water Tech: Low Nitrogen Septic) that will receive milestone-based funding and continued mentorship.
- Project scope and themes: Finalist technologies span medicine, biomedical monitoring, clean energy, advanced materials, environmental engineering, and water quality, including a modular power electronics unit for renewable systems and data centers (Current Edge), noninvasive ICU neuro monitoring (Neuro Monitor), low-cost capnography for low-resource settings (EtCO₂ Monitoring System), gait analysis tools (TrueGait), direct humidity electrolyzer for hydrogen from air, high-voltage supercapacitors for grid/automotive/defense, and low-nitrogen septic retrofits for Long Island homes.
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Oracle Shares Drop the Most Since 2001 on Mounting AI Spending
Oracle reported a sharp rise in AI-related data-center capital spending and raised its fiscal-year capex outlook.
- Main announcement: Oracle said quarterly CapEx was about $12 billion (up from $8.5 billion prior quarter; analysts expected $8.25 billion) and raised fiscal-year CapEx guidance to about $50 billion for the year ending May 2026 (a $15 billion increase from its September forecast). The company reported fiscal Q2 cloud sales of $7.98 billion (up 34%) and infrastructure revenue of $4.08 billion (up 68%), both slightly below analysts’ estimates.
- Background and details: The company disclosed negative free cash flow of $10 billion in the quarter, about $106 billion in total debt, and a remaining performance obligation of $523 billion. Executives said most CapEx is for revenue-generating equipment for data centers (leased sites/utilities are paid when delivered). The company cited AI partnerships/customers including OpenAI, ByteDance (TikTok), and Meta, and acknowledged investor concerns about a debt-fueled data center build-out and the pace at which CapEx converts to revenue.
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Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2026 Highlights Surging Demand for Data Centers and Senior Housing
PwC and the Urban Land Institute (ULI) have released Emerging Trends in Real Estate® 2026, the 47th edition of the annual industry forecast covering the U.S. and Canada.
- Report details and scope: Draws on responses from more than 1,700 investors, developers, lenders, and advisors, is the 47th edition, and provides market rankings, data tables, and interactive analyses across the U.S. and Canada; full report available from PwC and the Urban Land Institute (link in article).
- Key sector findings and specifics:Data centers: national vacancy is below 2%, with power availability now a primary site-selection constraint as AI and cloud demand outpace supply; Senior housing: the first baby boomers turn 80 in 2026, driving rising occupancy and limited new supply; also highlights self-storage, student housing, and a split recovery in office markets.