The AI Datacenter Boom Continues to Build

Hyperscalers are racing to build datacenters capable of delivering the energy and space to support their vast AI infrastructure needs. Recent news highlights several developments involving Google, Meta, President Trump, and the State of Pennsylvania and indicates just how much momentum the datacenter boom has gathered.
Following is a quick rundown:
Google on Tuesday, July 15, announced an agreement with Brookfield Asset Management, an alternative investment conglomerate, in which Google will have access to up to 3 gigawatts of power generated across the United States via plants owned and managed by Brookfield subsidiary Brookfield Renewable Partners. As a first step in the so-called Hydro Framework Agreement (HFA), Google will spend $3 billion to upgrade two plants owned by Brookfield in Pennsylvania, representing 670 megawatts of power.
The Brookfield plants, named Holtwood and Safe Harbor, are located on the Susquehanna River in south-central Pennsylvania and deliver power to multiple mid-Atlantic and mid-continent states in the U.S. as well as to the Canadian province of Manitoba. The plants are attached to electrical grids managed by PJM Interconnection and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO), both companies tasked by the government with managing power from a range of utilities.
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