Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) are getting more attention as diesel generators face growing pushback about air quality, noise, and high maintenance. Increasingly, data center operators are considering these systems …

When goals move beyond simple standby backup and require an active, value-generating asset, BESS may be the way to improve day-to-day data center economics In the U.S., data center consumption …

To follow up on yesterday’s anticipated financial earnings reports from Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon, we see that spending as a percentage of revenue was significantly higher than industry averages.

We are currently in the peak of this quarter’s earnings season, and Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta’s anticipated reports have investors bracing for a combined 2026 Capex exceeding $600–700 billion.

Joining the ranks of OpenAI, xAI and other tech companies signing lucrative government contracts, Google has agreed to the Pentagon’s language around “any lawful government purpose,” triggering a rise in …

In sum, what to know: Similar to a recent deal struck by OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Google signed a classified agreement with the Pentagon for use of its AI models for …

Surely by now, all of you in the data center world have read Bloomberg’s recent report that claims “almost half of all U.S. data centers planned for this year are …

In today’s RCRTV AI TechTalk with Pritesh Indore, senior pre-construction estimator for Crusoe, the discussion focuses on power as a strategic asset, and the fact that hidden site-enablement costs can …

Crusoe’s Pritesh Indore says pre-construction site selection for data centers and AI factories focuses on 4 key pillars In sum, what to know: Pritesh Indore is the Senior Construction Cost …

Trump’s Defense Production Act (DPA) memorandum on grid equipment intends to rapidly increase the production and deployment of “dangerously limited” supplies of transformers, high-voltage transmission components, advanced conductors, power electronics, …