Tracking the $800B data center buildout. Connecting truckers, contractors, equipment suppliers, and lenders to the biggest infrastructure opportunity of the decade.
Apr 21, 2026
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8 min read
NPR just called data centers a "kitchen table issue" that could decide the midterms. Here's what happened this week.
Apr 14, 2026
12 min read
A councilman's home gets shot up. A state passes the first data center ban in America. Half a town council gets fired. The buildout isn't stopping, it's splitting in two.
Apr 8, 2026
9 min read
A councilman's home shot up. A referendum that rewrites the rules. And the opposition just proved it can win at the ballot box.
Mar 28, 2026
13 min read
Same week. Two opposite outcomes. The map is being redrawn in real time.
Mar 20, 2026
The $500 billion project hit a wall this month. Not from protesters. From physics.
Mar 12, 2026
11 min read
Three projects killed. $1 billion frozen. The opposition is learning faster than the developers.
Mar 5, 2026
The White House made hyperscalers promise not to raise your power bill. Here's why it won't work, and where the $650B is flowing instead.
Feb 27, 2026
New York, Minnesota, and Wisconsin are shutting down the buildout. Texas, Arizona, and Nevada are doubling down. Know which side you're on.
Feb 21, 2026
Data centers are building their own power. Communities are blocking the builders. And Texas just picked a side.
Feb 2, 2026
10 min read
Trump forces emergency auction. Microsoft pays up. 230+ groups demand national moratorium.
Jan 22, 2026
Texas explodes to 40 GW. One-third of data centers go off-grid. And Eric Schmidt just bet $150M the utilities lost.
Jan 16, 2026
Microsoft backs down. Meta doubles down. And the Pentagon just opened a back door.
Jan 6, 2026
The $800B data center buildout isn't slowing down. But the political landscape just shifted hard. Here's what it means for where projects get built (and where your services are needed).
Dec 24, 2025
Plus: $98B in projects blocked, transformer crisis worsens, and where the $800B buildout is going.
