[
  {
    "id": "2026-04-14-xai-colossus-2-naacp-lawsuit",
    "date": "2026-04-14",
    "title": "NAACP sues xAI over turbines tied to Colossus 2",
    "operator_id": "xai",
    "datacenter_id": "xai-colossus-2-tn",
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/climate-energy/naacp-sues-musks-xai-alleging-illegal-operation-gas-turbines-2026-04-14/",
    "summary": "Reuters reported that the NAACP sued xAI and a subsidiary, alleging they illegally operated 27 gas turbines to support the Colossus 2 data center project in Southaven, Mississippi.\nThe suit said the facility raised air-quality risks for nearby communities and followed earlier public opposition to xAI's regional buildout."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-04-14-maine-big-data-center-moratorium",
    "date": "2026-04-14",
    "title": "Maine lawmakers approve a moratorium on large new data centers",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/maine-legislature-approves-first-us-moratorium-big-data-centers-2026-04-14/",
    "summary": "Reuters reported that Maine lawmakers passed a bill that would freeze approvals for new data centers above 20 MW until October 2027 while the state studies grid, bill, air, and water impacts.\nThe bill was framed as a first-of-its-kind statewide moratorium response to growing opposition over data center resource use."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-04-07-databank-goodman-vernon-launch",
    "date": "2026-04-07",
    "title": "DataBank and Goodman launch a new Los Angeles data center venture",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://www.databank.com/resources/press-releases/databank-and-goodman-group-partner-to-open-new-landmark-data-center-in-los-angeles/",
    "summary": "DataBank and Goodman Group said they formed a 50/50 joint venture to launch a new 32 MW facility in Vernon, California for cloud, AI, and enterprise demand.\nThe partners said the site would open with its first 6 MW in December 2026 and scale in stages through September 2027."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-31-nebius-lappeenranta-ai-factory",
    "date": "2026-03-31",
    "title": "Nebius announces a 310 MW AI factory in Finland",
    "operator_id": "nebius",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://www.nebius.com/newsroom/nebius-to-construct-310-mw-ai-factory-in-finland",
    "summary": "Nebius said it would construct a new AI factory in Lappeenranta, Finland with capacity of up to 310 MW.\nThe company said first capacity was expected in 2027 and positioned the site as part of its broader gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure buildout."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-27-crusoe-abilene-microsoft-campus",
    "date": "2026-03-27",
    "title": "Crusoe announces a new 900 MW Abilene campus for Microsoft",
    "operator_id": "crusoe",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-announces-new-900-mw-ai-factory-campus-in-abilene-texas-to-support-microsoft-ai-infrastructure",
    "summary": "Crusoe said it would develop a new 900 MW AI factory campus in Abilene, Texas to support Microsoft workloads, adjacent to its existing Abilene infrastructure.\nThe company said the addition would bring the full Abilene site's projected capacity to about 2.1 GW."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-23-core-scientific-jpmorgan-facility",
    "date": "2026-03-23",
    "title": "Core Scientific expands its strategic financing facility to $1 billion",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 1000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://investors.corescientific.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/130/core-scientific-expands-strategic-financing-facility-to-1-billion-with-additional-500-million-commitment-from-j-p-morgan",
    "summary": "Core Scientific said JPMorgan added a $500 million commitment under the accordion feature of its previously announced credit facility, bringing total funded commitments to $1 billion.\nThe company said the added capacity would support broader data center asset development and related energy agreements."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-05-equinix-senior-notes",
    "date": "2026-03-05",
    "title": "Equinix closes a $1.5 billion senior notes offering",
    "operator_id": "equinix",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 1500000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1101/equinix-closes-offering-of-1-5-billion-of-senior-notes",
    "summary": "Equinix said it closed offerings of $700 million of 2031 notes and $800 million of 2033 notes for about $1.5 billion of total proceeds.\nThe company said the capital would support development opportunities, acquisitions, refinancing, and general corporate purposes tied to its digital infrastructure platform."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-05-core-scientific-morgan-stanley-facility",
    "date": "2026-03-05",
    "title": "Core Scientific secures a Morgan Stanley facility of up to $1 billion",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 1000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://investors.corescientific.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/128/core-scientific-secures-strategic-financing-with-morgan-stanley-for-up-to-1-billion",
    "summary": "Core Scientific said it completed the initial closing of a $500 million loan facility from Morgan Stanley with an accordion feature that could raise total commitments to $1 billion.\nThe company said borrowings would support data center development, equipment purchases, land acquisition, and additional energy procurement."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-03-04-applied-digital-polaris-forge-2-notes",
    "date": "2026-03-04",
    "title": "Applied Digital prices $2.15 billion of notes for Polaris Forge 2",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 2150000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/146/applied-digital-announces-pricing-of-2-15-billion-of",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said it priced $2.15 billion of senior secured notes to fund 200 MW of critical IT load at its Polaris Forge 2 campus in Harwood, North Dakota.\nThe company said the financing would support development, construction, and related reserve accounts for the project."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-02-27-equinix-atnorth-acquisition",
    "date": "2026-02-27",
    "title": "Equinix and CPP Investments agree to acquire atNorth",
    "operator_id": "equinix",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 4000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://investor.equinix.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/1099/cpp-investments-and-equinix-to-acquire-atnorth-for-us4",
    "summary": "Equinix and CPP Investments said they agreed to acquire Nordic data center operator atNorth in a transaction valued at about $4 billion.\nEquinix said the deal would add Nordic AI and hyperscale capacity and included a larger financing package for the acquisition and future expansion."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-02-10-talen-montour-rezoning-denial",
    "date": "2026-02-10",
    "title": "Montour County denies Talen rezoning for a Pennsylvania data center project",
    "operator_id": "talen",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/local-regulators-deny-rezoning-request-pennsylvania-data-center-development-2026-02-10/",
    "summary": "Reuters reported that Montour County commissioners denied Talen Energy's request to rezone hundreds of acres for data center development near Danville, Pennsylvania.\nThe decision followed months of resident opposition focused on power bills, environmental impacts, and broader concerns around co-located data center growth."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-01-27-us-power-for-the-people-act",
    "date": "2026-01-27",
    "title": "Senate Democrats propose a federal bill targeting data center grid impacts",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/senate-democrats-propose-legislation-to-curb-data-center-grid-impact/",
    "summary": "Data Center Dynamics reported that Senate Democrats introduced the Power for the People Act of 2026 to require data center load queues and data center-specific utility rate classes.\nThe proposal would push more interconnection and transmission upgrade costs directly onto large data center customers rather than general ratepayers."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-01-22-applied-digital-delta-forge-1-groundbreaking",
    "date": "2026-01-22",
    "title": "Applied Digital breaks ground on Delta Forge 1",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/144/applied-digital-breaks-ground-on-delta-forge-1-a-430-mw-ai",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said it broke ground on Delta Forge 1, a southern U.S. AI factory campus designed for an initial 430 MW of utility power and up to 300 MW of critical IT load.\nThe company said initial operations were expected in mid-2027 and positioned the site as the next stage of its hyperscale AI campus buildout."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-01-21-monterey-park-data-center-moratorium",
    "date": "2026-01-21",
    "title": "Monterey Park adopts a moratorium on data center development",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.montereypark.ca.gov/CivicAlerts.aspx?AID=1295",
    "summary": "Monterey Park said its city council unanimously adopted a 45-day moratorium on data center development while staff explored zoning changes and a potential permanent ban.\nThe city said the pause was driven by public input and broader land-use planning concerns around Saturn Park."
  },
  {
    "id": "2026-01-15-vantage-emea-abs-tap",
    "date": "2026-01-15",
    "title": "Vantage raises an additional \u00a3254 million through its EMEA data center ABS",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-completes-200m-tap-of-existing-600m-industry-first-emea-data-center-asset-backed-securitization-abs-and-adds-new-54m-class-b-tranche/",
    "summary": "Vantage said it raised an additional \u00a3254 million through a tap of its existing EMEA data center securitization plus a new Class B tranche.\nThe company said the refinancing supported part of its 148 MW Cardiff campus and broader EMEA expansion tied to AI and cloud demand."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-12-18-ferc-pjm-ai-load-rules",
    "date": "2025-12-18",
    "title": "FERC directs PJM to establish rules for AI data center connections",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/us-energy-regulator-directs-pjm-launch-rules-ai-connections-2025-12-18/",
    "summary": "Reuters reported that FERC directed PJM to create clearer rules for AI-driven data centers and other large loads that connect next to power plants.\nThe order targeted tariff clarity, consumer protection, and co-location arrangements that can shift grid costs or reliability risks."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-12-18-applied-digital-macquarie-development-facility",
    "date": "2025-12-18",
    "title": "Applied Digital closes a Macquarie facility for new AI factory campuses",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 100000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/139/applied-digital-completes-development-loan-facility-with",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said it entered into a loan facility with Macquarie to fund pre-lease development costs for new AI data center campuses.\nThe company said the initial $100 million in draws would support multiple campuses tied to advanced-stage negotiations with another investment-grade hyperscaler."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-12-05-howell-township-meta-moratorium",
    "date": "2025-12-05",
    "title": "Howell Township adopts a six-month moratorium after a Meta-linked campus surfaces",
    "operator_id": "meta",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 1000000000.0,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/site-selection/article/55332779/data-center-pushback-watch-community-opposition-and-regulatory-challenges-in-data-center-expansion-q4-2025",
    "summary": "Data Center Frontier reported that Howell Township adopted a six-month moratorium on new data center projects after plans emerged for a large campus that local reporting tied to Meta.\nThe article said township leaders paused proposals while evaluating whether additional environmental and land-use regulation was needed."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-12-03-vantage-kul14-cyberjaya-open",
    "date": "2025-12-03",
    "title": "Vantage launches a fully leased 16 MW facility in Kuala Lumpur",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-launches-fully-leased-16mw-facility-in-kuala-lumpur/",
    "summary": "Vantage said the fourth facility on its first Cyberjaya campus in Malaysia was operational and fully leased to a single customer.\nThe company said the 16 MW KUL14 facility completed development of the KUL1 campus."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-11-23-vantage-johor-yondr-close",
    "date": "2025-11-23",
    "title": "Vantage closes a $1.6 billion APAC investment and Johor campus acquisition",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 1600000000.0,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-completes-1-6b-investment-in-apac-platform-from-gic-and-adia-closes-acquisition-of-yondrs-300mw-hyperscale-campus-in-johor-malaysia/",
    "summary": "Vantage said it completed a $1.6 billion equity investment into its APAC platform and used part of that capital to close the acquisition of Yondr's 300 MW-plus Johor campus.\nThe company said the transaction expanded its APAC platform to 1 GW of operational and planned capacity."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-11-13-applied-digital-polaris-forge-1-notes-pricing",
    "date": "2025-11-13",
    "title": "Applied Digital prices $2.35 billion of notes for Polaris Forge 1",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": "applied-digital-ellendale-nd",
    "amount_usd": 2350000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/136/applied-digital-announces-pricing-of-2-35-billion-of",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said it priced $2.35 billion of senior secured notes to fund the ELN-02 and ELN-03 facilities at its 400 MW Ellendale campus.\nThe company said proceeds would support construction, repay existing debt, and fund reserves and transaction expenses."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-11-06-vantage-fredericksburg-va4-groundbreaking",
    "date": "2025-11-06",
    "title": "Vantage breaks ground on a new Virginia campus near Fredericksburg",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 2000000000.0,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-invests-2b-in-fredericksburg-virginia-region-to-deliver-fourth-campus-in-the-commonwealth/",
    "summary": "Vantage said it was investing $2 billion to develop a 192 MW campus in the Fredericksburg region and held a groundbreaking celebration for the project the same day.\nThe company said the site would house three data centers, with the first building scheduled to open in late 2027."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-10-27-applied-digital-polaris-forge-1-phase-1-rfs",
    "date": "2025-10-27",
    "title": "Applied Digital reaches ready-for-service for the first Polaris Forge 1 phase",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": "applied-digital-ellendale-nd",
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/133/applied-digital-achieves-ready-for-service-for-phase-1-at",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said the first 50 MW phase of the first 100 MW Polaris Forge 1 building in Ellendale, North Dakota reached ready-for-service on schedule for CoreWeave.\nThe release described it as the initial delivery in a fully leased 400 MW campus deployment."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-10-22-vantage-lighthouse-port-washington-launch",
    "date": "2025-10-22",
    "title": "OpenAI, Oracle, and Vantage announce the Lighthouse campus in Wisconsin",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 15000000000.0,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/openai-oracle-and-vantage-data-centers-announce-stargate-data-center-site-in-wisconsin/",
    "summary": "OpenAI, Oracle, and Vantage said they would develop the Lighthouse campus outside Milwaukee with close to a gigawatt of AI capacity.\nVantage said it would invest more than $15 billion in the four-building Port Washington site as part of Stargate expansion."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-10-22-applied-digital-polaris-forge-2-hyperscaler-lease",
    "date": "2025-10-22",
    "title": "Applied Digital signs a $5 billion hyperscaler lease at Polaris Forge 2",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 5000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/132/applied-digital-announces-5-billion-ai-factory-lease-with",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said it signed an approximately 15-year lease worth about $5 billion for 200 MW of critical IT load at its Polaris Forge 2 campus near Harwood, North Dakota.\nThe company said the customer also received a right of first refusal covering an additional 800 MW of expansion capacity at the site."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-10-17-databank-credit-facility-upsize",
    "date": "2025-10-17",
    "title": "DataBank expands its construction financing vehicle to $1.6 billion",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 1600000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://www.databank.com/resources/press-releases/databank-expands-financing-vehicle-to-1-6b-to-support-the-next-phase-of-expansion/",
    "summary": "DataBank said it upsized its existing credit facility from $725 million to $1.6 billion to fund ongoing and future data center construction projects.\nThe release tied the financing to more than 100 MW of development across major U.S. markets serving enterprise, AI, and hyperscale demand."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-09-30-crusoe-abilene-live",
    "date": "2025-09-30",
    "title": "Crusoe says the first phase of its Abilene campus is live",
    "operator_id": "crusoe",
    "datacenter_id": "crusoe-abilene-tx",
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-announces-flagship-abilene-data-center-is-live",
    "summary": "Crusoe said the first phase of Stargate's flagship Abilene campus was up and running on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, with the first two buildings energized within about a year of construction start.\nThe company said early training and inference workloads were already running at the site."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-09-24-databank-hyperscale-abs",
    "date": "2025-09-24",
    "title": "DataBank raises $1.1 billion in a hyperscale asset securitization",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 1100000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://www.databank.com/resources/press-releases/databank-raises-1-1-billion-in-hyperscale-asset-securitization/",
    "summary": "DataBank said it issued $1.1 billion of secured notes into a new master trust for hyperscale facilities, expanding its securitized portfolio to $3.23 billion.\nThe company said proceeds would refinance prior construction loans for ATL4, IAD3, and LGA3 and support more U.S. capacity growth."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-09-23-prince-georges-landover-pause",
    "date": "2025-09-23",
    "title": "Prince George's County pauses the Landover Mall data center proposal",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 5000000000.0,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/site-selection/article/55315884/community-watch-data-center-pushback-q3-2025",
    "summary": "Data Center Frontier reported that Prince George's County paused permits and application reviews for a proposed $5 billion data center campus at the former Landover Mall site after community opposition intensified.\nThe article said county leaders halted review while broader policy and environmental questions were reconsidered."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-09-23-openai-five-stargate-sites",
    "date": "2025-09-23",
    "title": "OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank add five new Stargate sites",
    "operator_id": "openai",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/five-new-stargate-sites/",
    "summary": "OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank said Stargate would add five new US sites across Texas, New Mexico, Ohio, and the Midwest.\nThe partners said the additions lifted Stargate to nearly 7 gigawatts of planned capacity and put the broader program ahead of schedule toward its 10 gigawatt target."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-09-18-brazil-data-center-tax-order",
    "date": "2025-09-18",
    "title": "Brazil launches tax incentives aimed at attracting data centers",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 377000000000.0,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/brazil-launches-proposals-attract-data-centers-regulate-digital-competition-2025-09-18/",
    "summary": "Reuters reported that President Lula signed an executive order exempting some data center equipment from federal taxes and paired it with a broader digital competition bill.\nBrazil's finance ministry said the package could unlock about 2 trillion reais, reported as roughly $377 billion, of investment over a decade."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-09-11-vantage-london-lhr2-open",
    "date": "2025-09-11",
    "title": "Vantage announces the opening of its second London campus",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-announces-opening-of-second-london-campus-with-landmark-public-art-installation/",
    "summary": "Vantage said its second London campus, LHR2, would open at the end of September with 20 MW of IT capacity and a reported \u00a3250 million local investment.\nThe company positioned the campus as part of its UK expansion for hyperscale, cloud, and AI demand."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-08-29-applied-digital-ellendale-coreweave-150mw-lease",
    "date": "2025-08-29",
    "title": "Applied Digital finalizes an additional 150 MW lease with CoreWeave",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": "applied-digital-ellendale-nd",
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/128/applied-digital-finalizes-additional-150mw-lease-with",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said it finalized a new lease agreement with CoreWeave for an additional 150 MW at its Polaris Forge 1 campus in Ellendale, North Dakota.\nThe company said the added contract brought total anticipated contracted lease revenue across the three Ellendale leases to about $11 billion."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-08-19-vantage-frontier-shackelford-launch",
    "date": "2025-08-19",
    "title": "Vantage unveils its $25 billion Frontier campus in Shackelford County",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": "vantage-frontier-tx",
    "amount_usd": 25000000000.0,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-unveils-plans-for-frontier-a-25b-mega-campus-in-texas-to-meet-unprecedented-ai-demand/",
    "summary": "Vantage said it would invest more than $25 billion to develop a 1.4 GW data center campus in Shackelford County, Texas.\nThe company said construction had already begun and the first building was scheduled for delivery in the second half of 2026."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-23-us-ai-action-plan-permitting",
    "date": "2025-07-23",
    "title": "White House AI Action Plan calls for faster data center permitting",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/white-house-publishes-ai-action-plan-calls-for-streamlined-data-center-permitting/",
    "summary": "Data Center Dynamics reported that the White House AI Action Plan proposed faster environmental review and permitting paths for data centers and adjacent infrastructure.\nThe plan discussed NEPA exclusions, broader FAST-41 coverage, and other federal permitting changes aimed at speeding AI infrastructure buildout."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-07-coreweave-core-scientific-acquisition",
    "date": "2025-07-07",
    "title": "CoreWeave agrees to acquire Core Scientific",
    "operator_id": "coreweave",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 9000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://investors.corescientific.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/119/coreweave-to-acquire-core-scientific",
    "summary": "CoreWeave and Core Scientific announced a definitive all-stock merger agreement that implied about $9 billion of equity value for Core Scientific.\nThe companies said the deal would give CoreWeave ownership of roughly 1.3 GW of gross power across Core Scientific's national footprint, plus additional expansion potential."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-07-02-texas-sb6-grid-rules",
    "date": "2025-07-02",
    "title": "Texas Senate Bill 6 sets new grid rules for large data center loads",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/energy/article/55298872/texas-senate-bill-6-a-bellwether-on-how-states-may-approach-data-center-energy-use",
    "summary": "Data Center Frontier said Texas Senate Bill 6 created new requirements for large-load customers including data centers, covering grid upgrade cost sharing, backup generation disclosure, and remote disconnect capabilities during emergencies.\nThe article framed the law as a model other states could study as AI-driven power demand accelerates."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-06-24-henrico-county-data-center-permit-rules",
    "date": "2025-06-24",
    "title": "Henrico County tightens permit rules for new hyperscale data centers",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/hyperscale/article/55296394/henrico-county-virginia-moves-to-slow-data-center-growth",
    "summary": "Data Center Frontier reported that Henrico County, Virginia approved stricter rules requiring provisional use permits for new hyperscale data centers and ending by-right development.\nThe changes added new buffer, generator-testing, noise, and community-impact requirements, including retroactive application to some not-yet-built approved projects."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-06-12-eu-data-center-efficiency-package",
    "date": "2025-06-12",
    "title": "EU says it will propose a data center energy-efficiency package",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/eu-plans-energy-saving-measures-data-centres-2025-06-12/",
    "summary": "Reuters reported that EU energy commissioner Dan Jorgensen said he would propose a package of measures aimed at improving data center energy savings across the bloc.\nThe announcement was framed as a response to fast-rising electricity demand from AI-driven data center growth."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-06-09-vantage-euro-abs",
    "date": "2025-06-09",
    "title": "Vantage completes the first euro-denominated data center ABS",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-completes-industrys-first-euro-based-data-center-asset-backed-securitization-abs-with-e640m-transaction/",
    "summary": "Vantage said it raised \u20ac640 million in securitized term notes plus \u20ac80 million of unfunded variable funding notes in the first euro-based data center ABS in continental Europe.\nThe refinancing covered four fully leased German hyperscale facilities and was positioned as support for continued EMEA expansion."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-06-03-vantage-ohio-green-loans",
    "date": "2025-06-03",
    "title": "Vantage secures $5 billion of green loans for North America growth",
    "operator_id": "vantage",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 5000000000.0,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://vantage-dc.com/news/vantage-data-centers-secures-5b-in-incremental-green-loan-financings-to-support-demand-for-north-america-platform/",
    "summary": "Vantage said it secured $5 billion of incremental green loan financings, including $2.25 billion to fully fund construction of its New Albany, Ohio campus.\nThe company said the transactions brought total financing for ongoing North America expansion to $8 billion."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-06-02-applied-digital-ellendale-coreweave-250mw-lease",
    "date": "2025-06-02",
    "title": "Applied Digital signs 250 MW of Ellendale leases with CoreWeave",
    "operator_id": "applied-digital",
    "datacenter_id": "applied-digital-ellendale-nd",
    "amount_usd": 7000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/123/applied-digital-announces-250mw-ai-data-center-lease-with",
    "summary": "Applied Digital said it entered into two roughly 15-year lease agreements with CoreWeave for 250 MW of critical IT load at its Ellendale, North Dakota campus.\nThe company said the leases were expected to generate about $7 billion of total revenue and included an option for another 150 MW."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-05-21-crusoe-abilene-financing",
    "date": "2025-05-21",
    "title": "Crusoe secures $11.6 billion for Stargate's Abilene campus",
    "operator_id": "crusoe",
    "datacenter_id": "crusoe-abilene-tx",
    "amount_usd": 11600000000.0,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/crusoe-secures-116bn-in-debt-and-equity-for-openais-stargate-data-center-campus-in-abilene-texas/",
    "summary": "Data Center Dynamics reported that Crusoe raised $11.6 billion in debt and equity to fund the next phase of its Abilene campus for OpenAI's Stargate effort.\nThe article said the second phase added six buildings and another gigawatt of capacity beyond the site's initial two-building phase."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-04-02-homer-city-energy-campus",
    "date": "2025-04-02",
    "title": "Homer City details a 4.4 GW gas-and-data-center redevelopment",
    "operator_id": "homer-city",
    "datacenter_id": "homer-city-pa",
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "launch",
    "source_url": "https://homercityredevelopment.com/project-overview",
    "summary": "Homer City Redevelopment said the former Homer City Generating Station would be turned into a more than 3,200-acre campus combining gas generation and hyperscale data center capacity.\nThe project overview said the site was designed to deliver up to 4.4 gigawatts for AI-driven data centers and local grid needs."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-03-18-crusoe-abilene-expansion",
    "date": "2025-03-18",
    "title": "Crusoe expands its Abilene AI campus to 1.2 GW",
    "operator_id": "crusoe",
    "datacenter_id": "crusoe-abilene-tx-2",
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "milestone",
    "source_url": "https://www.crusoe.ai/resources/newsroom/crusoe-expands-ai-data-center-campus-in-abilene-to-1-2-gigawatts",
    "summary": "Crusoe said construction had begun on a second phase at its Abilene campus, adding six buildings and bringing the site to eight buildings and 1.2 gigawatts of planned capacity.\nThe company said the expanded campus would total roughly 4 million square feet and target completion of the new phase in mid-2026."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-01-21-stargate-project",
    "date": "2025-01-21",
    "title": "OpenAI and partners unveil the $500 billion Stargate Project",
    "operator_id": "openai",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": 500000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/announcing-the-stargate-project/",
    "summary": "OpenAI, SoftBank, Oracle, and MGX announced Stargate as a new company meant to invest up to $500 billion in AI infrastructure over four years, with $100 billion slated for immediate deployment.\nThe partners said buildout was already underway in Texas while additional US sites were under evaluation."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-01-21-openai-community-plan",
    "date": "2025-01-21",
    "title": "OpenAI says Stargate projects will \"pay their own way\" on power",
    "operator_id": "openai",
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "policy",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/openai-pledges-to-pay-its-own-way-to-power-stargate-data-centers/",
    "summary": "OpenAI said its Stargate Community plan would fund dedicated energy, storage, and transmission measures intended to avoid shifting grid costs onto existing ratepayers.\nThe company pointed to project-specific arrangements in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Texas as examples of how it planned to handle new load growth."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-01-13-reno-sierra-club-appeal",
    "date": "2025-01-13",
    "title": "Sierra Club appeals approval of Reno's Webb Data Center",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/sierra-club-appeals-against-82000-sq-ft-data-center-in-reno-nevada/",
    "summary": "Data Center Dynamics reported that Sierra Club's Toiyabe chapter appealed Reno Planning Commission approval of the proposed 82,000-square-foot Webb Data Center.\nOpponents argued Reno should pause approvals until the city adopts data-center-specific rules and reviews energy and water impacts more closely."
  },
  {
    "id": "2025-01-09-stargate-milam-sb-energy",
    "date": "2025-01-09",
    "title": "OpenAI and SoftBank back SB Energy for Stargate's Milam County site",
    "operator_id": "openai",
    "datacenter_id": "stargate-milam-tx",
    "amount_usd": 1000000000.0,
    "category": "deal",
    "source_url": "https://openai.com/index/stargate-sb-energy-partnership/",
    "summary": "OpenAI and SoftBank Group said they would each invest $500 million into SB Energy and named the company to build and operate Stargate's previously announced 1.2 GW site in Milam County, Texas.\nOpenAI also said it had signed a lease for the initial Milam County data center buildout."
  },
  {
    "id": "2022-06-22-groton-moratorium",
    "date": "2022-06-22",
    "title": "Groton imposes a one-year moratorium on large data centers",
    "operator_id": null,
    "datacenter_id": null,
    "amount_usd": null,
    "category": "opposition",
    "source_url": "https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/groton-connecticut-announces-year-long-moratorium-on-large-data-centers/",
    "summary": "Groton, Connecticut officials announced a one-year moratorium on data center applications for facilities larger than 5,000 square feet while the town drafted dedicated regulations.\nThe move followed debate over how data centers should be defined, zoned, and reviewed locally."
  }
]