Denver Joins the Pause: The Great Data Center Moratorium
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston proposes a moratorium on new data centers, aiming for stricter land, energy, and water use regulations—mirroring recent actions in cities like Aurora, IL.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston proposes a moratorium on new data centers, aiming for stricter land, energy, and water use regulations—mirroring recent actions in cities like Aurora, IL.

Maryland regulators have approved fast-tracking 700 MW of new natural gas generation, diverging from decarbonization trends, to address PJM’s warnings of a reliability gap as load growth outpaces renewable energy deployment.

Discover how 720 kW charging ports signal a shift in Commercial Real Estate: buildings are evolving from passive grid users to autonomous Cellular Power nodes, driven by grid delays and the need for resilient, off-grid energy solutions.

DG Matrix raises $60M Series A to scale its Interport™ solid-state transformer platform for AI data centers, signaling a shift to industrial-scale deployment.

This week’s stories are less about flashy launches and more about time-to-power: grid operators tightening rules for large loads, utilities and regulators fighting over who pays, and data center-driven procurement pulling solar, storage, and onsite power into mainstream playbooks.

PJM is introducing a connect-and-manage framework that prioritizes speed of connection over unconditional reliability. This shift requires large-load users to accept curtailment risk or provide onsite generation to ensure continuous operations.