Entergy Mississippi’s Superpower Mississippi initiative is the most powerful documented case in the United States of data center investment directly producing quantified ratepayer savings and grid improvements. It is not a projection or a model — it is a funded, regulatory-approved, publicly announced program with specific dollar commitments, specific reliability targets, and a documented mechanism: Amazon’s $25 billion Mississippi data center investment and associated electricity payments generate surplus revenue that funds the grid upgrade program without charging existing customers a single additional dollar.
Fairfax County, Virginia: The Compliance Framework
Fairfax County, Virginia, adopted on September 10, 2024 what is widely regarded as the most comprehensive data center noise and siting ordinance in the United States. It was developed after months of contentious public hearings, [...]
Immersion & Liquid Cooling: The Near-Silent Data Center
The fundamental source of data center community noise complaints is air movement: the high-speed fans required to push large volumes of air through server racks and exhaust heat to the exterior. These fans are noisy [...]
Amazon Web Services Great Oak Retrofit
The Amazon Great Oak data center complex in Prince William County, Virginia, represents the most thoroughly documented noise response case in U.S. data center history. It is not a success story without complications — and [...]