Every major storm seems to trigger the same conversation: “Why don’t we just bury the power lines?” For decades, the utility industry has responded with one answer: cost. But as extreme weather becomes more frequent…
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Resiliency Is an Operational Necessity: Lessons from Houston
Resiliency is no longer a future-focused discussion for the power industry. It is an operational necessity. The Greater Houston Resiliency Initiative is a strong example of how utilities are shifting from reactive restoration to proactive…
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Nashville’s Undergrounding Study: From Conversation to Implementation
Nashville Electric Service’s decision to invest in a systemwide undergrounding study is a smart and timely move and one that reflects where our industry needs to go. Allocating $3M to evaluate undergrounding opportunities, coupled with…
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Bell Canada’s AI Fabric: The AI Race Is Now an Infrastructure Race
Big move from Bell Canada and a signal of where AI is really headed. I just read about Bell’s “AI Fabric” initiative to build what could become Canada’s largest AI data center infrastructure. We often…
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AI Data Centers: The New Geography of Power
One thing that strikes me looking at this map is how quickly the limiting factor for AI infrastructure has shifted from network proximity to energy logistics. It’s a power development race. For years the gravitational…
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From Campus to Compute: Amazon’s Ashburn Acquisition
Amazon’s data center division has acquired the 120-acre Virginia Science and Technology Campus in Ashburn, VA from The George Washington University, with zoning that allows development of a data or IT center on the site….
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