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Applied Digital Confirms Brookwood, Alabama, as Site of Delta Forge 2 AI Factory
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Applied Digital Confirms Brookwood, Alabama, as Site of Delta Forge 2 AI Factory

Applied Digital confirmed Brookwood, Alabama, as the site of Delta Forge 2, linking a $3.2 billion campus to the 210 MW lease announced in June. ...

Wolfie Zhao•1d ago
Hut 8 Wins Poolin Auction With $140 Million Bid as AI Fuels Race for Power
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Hut 8 Wins Poolin Auction With $140 Million Bid as AI Fuels Race for Power

Hut 8’s $140 million winning bid for Poolin’s Texas assets highlights competition for existing power infrastructure amid the AI data center buildout. ...

Wolfie Zhao2d ago
Texas Governor Orders Data Center Permit Halt Pending Grid Review
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Texas Governor Orders Data Center Permit Halt Pending Grid Review

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered a halt to data center permits pending an ERCOT review of projects’ effects on electricity and water supplies. ...

Wolfie Zhao4d ago
ERCOT Batch Zero: A New Scoreboard in AI Power Arms Race
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ERCOT Batch Zero: A New Scoreboard in AI Power Arms Race

Bitcoin miners are flexing their megawatts in the AI power arms race, but the latest ERCOT classifications reveal different levels of certainty behind the headl...

Wolfie ZhaoSep 10, 2026
Zcash Tops $1,000, But Rising Computing Power Blunts Mining Windfall
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Zcash Tops $1,000, But Rising Computing Power Blunts Mining Windfall

Zcash surged above $1,000 for the first time in its mature trading history, but the milestone has done little to improve mining economics as new computing power...

Wolfie ZhaoSep 4, 2026
Sphere 3D Plans 50 MW Kentucky Data Center as City Weighs Zoning Rules
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Sphere 3D Plans 50 MW Kentucky Data Center as City Weighs Zoning Rules

Sphere 3D’s subsidiary is proposing a 50-megawatt data center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, as city officials consider zoning rules on large computing facili...

Wolfie ZhaoJul 31, 2026
Crusoe Plans $1B Texas AI Data Center Expansion, Pursues Nuclear Power
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Crusoe Plans $1B Texas AI Data Center Expansion, Pursues Nuclear Power

Crusoe filed plans for two $500 million data centers at its Goodnight campus in Texas while partnering with Aalo Atomics on a nuclear-powered AI computing demon...

Wolfie ZhaoJul 31, 2026
Soluna CEO Sees Stranded Wind Power as a Shortcut to AI Capacity
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Soluna CEO Sees Stranded Wind Power as a Shortcut to AI Capacity

Soluna CEO John Belizaire told EIF that colocating data centers with renewable plants can accelerate grid access, as the company develops a 350-megawatt Texas A...

Wolfie ZhaoJul 30, 2026
EIF’s Megawatt Verdict: Not Every Bitcoin Mine is Ready for AI
Energy

EIF’s Megawatt Verdict: Not Every Bitcoin Mine is Ready for AI

At the inaugural Energy Investors Forum, generators, utilities, miners, data center developers, investors and policymakers confronted the physical constraints b...

Wolfie ZhaoJul 24, 2026
Miner Weekly: The Grid Pushback Against AI Has Begun
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Miner Weekly: The Grid Pushback Against AI Has Begun

New York’s data center moratorium, PJM’s capacity shortfall and delayed projects show the AI power crunch is now slowing real-world infrastructure growth. ...

Wolfie ZhaoJul 16, 2026

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