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Recent Vermont data center news

• 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.
• Jul 23, 2026

  White House Expands Data Center Ratepayer Pledge as Congress Moves to Codify Protections

  The White House expanded its voluntary Ratepayer Protection Pledge to 187 utilities, electric cooperatives, and data-center developers, while Congress advanced the bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act from committee 52-0.

  • The White House said the pledge now covers 187 organizations plus 23 governors, and the coalition “protects” 263 million Americans; signatories commit to fund generation and grid upgrades for their data-center loads without shifting costs to other ratepayers.
  • The House Energy and Commerce Committee advanced H.R. 9340 on July 21; the bill would require state regulators and nonregulated utilities to consider a large-load standard for sites with at least 100 MW peak demand and recover the full incremental cost of grid upgrades. New York’s Executive Order 62 separately put permits for 50 MW+ data centers on hold pending an environmental review.
• Jul 14, 2026

  Climate Change Solutions - July 14, 2026

  The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) has published a climate and energy newsletter highlighting recent articles, congressional actions, and upcoming briefings.

  • Main announcement/action: EESI promotes an online briefing with the Natural Resources Defense Council on Thursday, July 16 at noon about tracking and reducing nitrogen fertilizer use, associated emissions, and lowering costs for farmers.
  • Background and other details: The newsletter also references a House vote on the SECURE Grid Act (H.R. 7257), a future briefing on severe drought on July 24, and archived materials on extreme heat, grid resilience, and data centers.
  • The issue is presented as a newsletter / event roundup rather than a standalone policy announcement by a company, and it includes EESI contact information at the end.
• Jul 14, 2026

  New York becomes first US state to impose data center moratorium

  New York has announced a one-year moratorium on new large-scale data centers.

  • Governor Kathy Hochul signed the order into law, immediately pausing environmental permits for projects of 50MW or more while a regulatory framework is developed.
  • The framework will include a Generic Environmental Impact Statement on energy demand, water use and quality, and air quality, and local entities will receive guidance within 60 days on community benefits negotiations; the order also directs consideration of a New York Grid Acceleration Fund.
  • The article also references earlier and proposed legislation, including S.9144 introduced by Elizabeth Krueger and a proposed national moratorium, the Artificial Intelligence Data Center Moratorium Act, introduced by Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in March 2026.
• Jul 10, 2026

  Gigaland: New Packaging, Same Harmful Impacts

  The Piedmont Environmental Council is urging Fauquier County residents to oppose the Remington Digital Campus data center proposal before the July 16 Planning Commission hearing.

  • The Planning Commission hearing is set for Thursday, July 16 at 6:30 p.m. at the Warren Green Building, First Floor Meeting Room, 10 Hotel Street, Warrenton, Virginia; PEC is asking residents to submit written comments and speak in opposition.
  • The proposal, renamed from Gigaland to Remington Digital Campus, would include six data center buildings, nearly 1 million square feet, two municipal groundwater wells, a water treatment plant, a 125-foot water tower, two electrical substations, 136 backup diesel generators, and would require 600 MW of power.