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Recent Vermont data center news

• Oct 19, 2026

  GridFWD 2026: Electricity Affordability Requires Innovation in Technology, Regulation and Processes

  GridFWD 2026 centered on affordability and grid modernization, with speakers and panels discussing how utilities and regulators can control rising electricity costs. The article is commentary and conference coverage, not a first-time corporate announcement.

  • The event, held near Snowbird in Utah, brought together more than 450 industry leaders from the US and Canada and focused on reprioritizing affordability through grid investment, demand flexibility, and regulatory reform.
  • Speakers discussed transmission and distribution costs, integrated grid planning, flexible interconnection, and the role of digital and AI tools; the pitch competition winners were Pila Energy and CRWN AI, and future discussion will continue at GridFWD 2027 in Tucson, Arizona.
• Oct 15, 2026

  Midterms Could Change the Politics of AI

  Broadband Breakfast reported on a panel discussion about how the Nov. 3 midterm elections could shape future U.S. AI policy and broadband politics.

  • Panelists said major federal AI legislation is unlikely before the election, but post-election narratives could influence both parties’ approach to preemption, data centers, and AI regulation.
  • The discussion cited the $42.45 billion BEAD program, Texas’s freeze on new data center grid connections, the White House’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge, and bipartisan bills including the AI LEAD Act and FRONTIER Act.
  • The article is an analysis/commentary based on a BroadbandLive session, not a first-time corporate announcement; it also references prior actions such as the July 2025 Senate vote 99-1 and Trump’s December executive order.
• Oct 13, 2026 · Information Technology and Innovation Foundation

  The 2026 US-India Subnational Innovation Competitiveness Index

  ITIF and the Institute for Competitiveness, India have released a new subnational innovation competitiveness report comparing 87 regions in India and the United States.

  • The report benchmarks 36 Indian states and territories and 51 U.S. regions across 12 indicators in three pillars: knowledge economy, globalization, and innovation capacity.
  • It finds the District of Columbia, Massachusetts, and California top the U.S. list, while Chandigarh, Maharashtra, and Delhi lead India; it also discusses AI policy, FDI concentration, renewable energy, Internet access, R&D, business creation, and patenting.
  • The article is a report summary/analysis and appears to be the first public release of this index, with a downloadable report PDF; it includes multiple monetary figures such as $57.2 billion in India FDI equity and $1 billion for New Hampshire’s biofabrication cluster.
  • The piece is substantively about innovation, infrastructure, digital connectivity, AI, and clean energy, and is relevant to data centres because it discusses AI infrastructure, GPUs, digital infrastructure, and power/renewables.
• Sep 18, 2026

  US ROUNDUP: Eos draws US$87 million DOE loan, FlexGen-Lightshift expand to 16 projects, Georgia Power energises 128MW facility

  This roundup reports three separate announcements by Eos Energy Enterprises, FlexGen Power Systems with Lightshift Energy, and Georgia Power.

  • Eos Energy Enterprises received a US$87 million advance under the second tranche of its DOE loan agreement; the reimbursement covers 80% of eligible costs at the Thorn Hill manufacturing facility in Warrendale, Pennsylvania.
  • The company says Line 2 entered commercial production in June 2026 and is ramping toward ~2GWh annual capacity, with Eos expecting ~4GWh across two lines after Line 1 is relocated; separately, FlexGen and Lightshift are expanding to 16 BESS projects across Massachusetts, Virginia and Vermont, and Georgia Power has brought the 128MW Robins Battery Facility online near Warner Robins, Georgia.
• Sep 2, 2026

  Fidium Breaking Ground on BEAD Work, Signing Hyperscaler Deals

  Fidium CEO Gaurav Juneja said the company has broken ground on a BEAD broadband project in Maine and expects New Hampshire and Vermont to follow. He made the remarks during a Fiber Broadband Association webinar.

  • BEAD project in Maine: Juneja said Fidium has broken ground on a Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment program project in Maine.
  • Regional rollout and connectivity deals: He said New Hampshire and Vermont would hopefully follow soon, and added that Fidium is signing connectivity deals with hyperscalers. This appears to be a new status update from the CEO in a webinar, not a detailed project announcement with financial terms.
• Sep 2, 2026

  Why Battery Storage May Be Crucial to Data Center Development

  The Clean Energy States Alliance discussed how battery storage can support data center development during a June 24, 2026 webinar.

  • The webinar, The AI Power Problem, had over 300 participants and featured David Chernis, Director of Flexible Compute Platforms at CPower, who argued battery energy storage can address AI-driven load growth and grid constraints.
  • The article says CPower is developing a new energy layer for AI infrastructure; it also presents five reasons battery storage may help data centers, including faster interconnection, backup power, voltage smoothing, cost savings, and community benefits. This is an explanatory blog/webinar recap rather than a new project announcement.
• Sep 2, 2026

  ONE Nuclear Energy executes LOI for 2.88GWh BESS and gas plant co-located with Louisiana data centre

  ONE Nuclear Energy has announced a binding letter of intent to develop Project Cayman, a 2.88GW natural gas plant and 700MW/2.88GWh battery energy storage system co-located with a high-capacity data centre campus in Louisiana.

  • The LOI was executed on 31 August with an unnamed prominent Louisiana landowner group for the Project Cayman site near RiverPlex MegaPark and northeast of SpaceX’s recently announced infrastructure development.
  • ONE Nuclear said the project supports Entergy’s transmission expansion, and that community outreach will run from September through December with public information meetings involving local parishes, agencies, and other stakeholders.
• Aug 28, 2026

  At $125 a Month, Cable TV Nearly as Expensive as Typical Monthly Home Electric Bill, Report Finds

  Gov. Morrisey is reported as being encouraged about a proposed $45 billion Nscale-Anthropic data center deal in West Virginia.

  • The item references a $45 billion data center deal involving Nscale and Anthropic in West Virginia.
  • The text is a headline-style reference to a recent or ongoing announcement, not a full primary-source release; no further project specifics are provided in the excerpt.
• Aug 12, 2026

  Bloomberg NEF: Texas grid pause puts 20 percent of US data center pipeline at risk

  Texas Governor Greg Abbott has directed a comprehensive audit of all data center projects advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process, following a pause on new data center grid interconnections. - The audit instructs the PUCT and ERCOT to assess whether data centers pay their own way, provide their own power or rely on the grid, bring their own water or reuse water, mitigate impacts on neighbors, and disclose ownership and controlling interests. - Bloomberg NEF says the pause could affect about 49.8 GW of projects, with potential financial impact of upwards of $8 billion by Q1 2027; ERCOT has more than 470 GW of interconnection requests, about 90% tied to data center load, and expects 8.25 GW of new data center capacity online by 2030. This article is commentary/analysis referencing Abbott’s earlier-month directive and related policy developments, not a first-time primary announcement from the named entities.

• Jul 30, 2026

  El-Sayed, Stevens debate climate, health care questions ahead of Democratic Senate primary

  Michigan Senate candidates Haley Stevens and Abdul El-Sayed debated climate, utility, and data center policy during a televised primary debate in Southfield, Michigan.

  • Haley Stevens said she would push strong climate legislation, cut utility rates or federal funding, and cited her Stop Unfair Electricity Prices Act, which would strip federal funding from investor-owned utilities that raise rates under specified conditions.
  • Abdul El-Sayed attacked DTE Energy over political spending and said it helped the company gain fast-tracked approval for Oracle and OpenAI data center contracts in Saline Township; the article also references a contested case for a planned Google data center in Van Buren Township.
  • The piece is news analysis / campaign coverage, not a new policy announcement, and it also includes upcoming MPSC meetings and debate context on air quality, wildfires, Medicare for All, and campaign financing.