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Trump Order Opens Path to Restrict Foreign Power Gear for AI Data Centers

The policy push reaches equipment that supplies electricity and moves data across AI facilities. Replacement capacity may be harder to secure while transformer and substation markets are already tight. Equipment needed to power and connect U.S.

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Yesterday

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Partnership Infrastructure

15 hours ago

Google Agrees to Buy 396 MW of Geothermal Power for a Planned Utah Data Center

The agreement gives Fervo a defined customer for Cape Station while tying Google’s future data-center supply to a geothermal project still under construction. Google has agreed to buy 396 megawatts of electricity from Fervo Energy’s Cape Station geothermal plant in Utah for a planned data center. Google also has an option to purchase another 600 MW through June 2030, from a project expected to come online in 2028.

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August 2026

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Funding Infrastructure

Aug 17, 2026

Nvidia’s Reported Lancium Deal Would Put Grid Connections at the Center of Its AI Buildout

The reported investment would make additional grid interconnections a condition of part of Nvidia’s funding. A separate Ohio project shows the company combining capital, credit and compute around the power needed to run a large AI site. AI data centers need more than chips before they can open: they need power that can reach the site.

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