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Matt Vincent, Editor in Chief w/ Endeavor Business Media's Digital Infrastructure Group
Nashua, NH
Joined April 2009
Our annual Scorecard and 8 Trends articles will appear soon. In the meantime, here's DCF Editor-at-Large Melissa Reali's take on the top 5 #datacenter, #AI and #digitalinfrastructure trends of the year with predictions for 2026. Happy holidays! #DCFTrends
https://t.co/hEtBKF70Qj
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DCF Editor-at-Large Melissa Reali weighs in with her data center industry trends forecast and predictions for next year.
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By 2025, the #datacenter #power challenge is no longer just an #engineering problem. Listen to “Beyond the #Grid: #NaturalGas, Speed, and the New Data Center Reality,” the latest installment in our DCF Trends Summit 2025 recap series, to find out why. #AI
https://t.co/5ywbXDhpan
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The fourth in a series recounting key sessions from the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2025 (Aug. 26–28) in Reston, Va.
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As #datacenter #construction moves into 2026, speed now hinges on early procurement, VDC-driven planning, and locked-in labor. DPR Construction’s Chris Gorthy lays out what owners must do to avoid delays and deliver capacity on schedule. #hyperscale #AI
https://t.co/NuLzbeYRsw
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Chris Gorthy of DPR Construction outlines three ways to build faster, smarter, and without delays in the year ahead.
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Dual Feed: As #AI demand surges, #datacenter #power strategy is moving beyond #PPAs to full-stack #energy platforms. This roundup tracks the #utilities, #microgrids, and storage players reshaping how #hyperscalers secure clean, firm, fast power. #AIFactory
https://t.co/rRtrkVYMLW
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As AI demand accelerates, data center power strategy is shifting from simple PPAs to full-stack energy platforms. In this edition of Dual Feed, we track the utilities, microgrid...
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AI data centers now demand tightly integrated power, cooling, and operations from day one. In DCF’s latest Executive Roundtable, leaders share how data continuity and digital tools are reshaping AI-era operations. https://t.co/jCmpuH1h1z
#AI #DataCenters #DigitalInfrastructure
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As AI data centers evolve into tightly coupled physical-digital systems, operators are rethinking how design intent, operational data, and cross-disciplinary teams align to deliver...
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ILA huts are some of the smallest sites in #digitalinfrastructure yet are foundational to long-haul #fiber reliability. Network Connex’s Michael Thomas talks on how ILAs are built, where projects get snagged, #hyperscalers & the #rural #edge. #podcast
https://t.co/9mQb3yi31H
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In this episode of the Data Center Frontier Show podcast, DCF Editor in Chief Matt Vincent speaks with Michael Thomas, Regional Vice President, Integration Services at Network...
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At DCF Trends Summit 2025, leaders from JLL, Schneider Electric, Aligned & Sapphire broke down the #AI buildout’s new constraints & the creative paths around them. https://t.co/oxZCKeIuKo Call for Speakers for the 2026 DCF Trends Summit is OPEN. Proposals due 1/9/26. #datacenter
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The third in a series of articles recapping key sessions from the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2025 (Aug. 26-28) in Reston, Va.
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AI is compressing build timelines faster than power, permitting, or sustainability systems can respond. In our latest Executive Roundtable, DCF digs into how operators balance now vs. next decade. #datacenter #AI #hyperscale #colocation #GPU #LLM #cloud
https://t.co/G3RTHI2gHe
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In this installment of DCF's Executive Roundtable, we examine how data center leaders are balancing breakneck AI-era timelines and speed-to-market with the long-term economics...
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New DCF series: Recaps+full session audio from the 2025 Trends Summit. First up - #AI for Good: The Next Phase of AI #Datacenters. From 100–600 kW racks to #liquidcooling, #modular builds & AI-driven ops, we map the real future of AI infrastructure. #cloud
https://t.co/zE3t72ckKJ
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The first in a series of articles recapping sessions from the Data Center Frontier Trends Summit 2025 (Aug. 26-28) in Reston, Va.
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DCF begins Q4 Executive Roundtable First focus: #liquidcooling as baseline #datacenter design. The question now isn’t if: it’s how to scale safely, globally, repeatably. Next: Speed-to-market vs efficiency; #energy ecosystems; cross-disciplinary notes. https://t.co/2zf539bnuR
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In Q4 2025, data centers are frequently no longer singular builds; they’re now ecosystem projects shaped by AI-scale density, new cooling chemistries, and increasingly dynamic...
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Liquid cooling is becoming the currency of the AI era. CDUs get brains. Chillers go long-lead. Immersion spreads from halls to storage. Thermals now set the pace of AI deployment — not GPUs. https://t.co/J6kBhYx2pF
#datacenters #AI #liquidcooling #HPC #hyperscale #GPU #cloud #IT
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As rack densities surge and grid headroom tightens, liquid cooling is becoming the backbone of AI data centers. Here we unpack the strategic moves—Trane’s Stellar deal, LG’s Flex...
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#Anthropic is building a million-accelerator gigawatt AI factory across AWS Trainium + #Google TPUs: a dual-hyperscaler footprint. If this is a pre-IPO posture, it’s a bold one. Multi-cloud. Multi-silicon. Frontier-scale. #hyperscale #datacenter #AI #cloud
https://t.co/Jroa8f87kN
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Anthropic is locking in massive TPU capacity on Google Cloud—up to one million chips over the life of the deal—mirroring its scale on AWS Trainium and cementing its role as a ...
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This month’s DCF + Pkaza Jobs Report shows strong demand for engineers, commissioning talent, MEP/construction PMs, facility techs, and site-selection leaders across all major #AI buildout metros. 2026 #datacenter talent needs are accelerating. #colocation
https://t.co/p7yTL2h2hO
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Each month Data Center Frontier, in partnership with Pkaza, posts some of the hottest data center career opportunities in the market. Here’s a look at some of the latest data ...
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As #AI -scale demand reshapes on cooling, the next big #efficiency gains come from digital intelligence, not just hardware. Rudy Null of ebm-papst shows how AI-driven control and #digitaltwins turn #datacenter cooling into a #predictive performance layer. https://t.co/KrWaXrP2sm
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Rudy Null of ebm-papst explores the untapped potential hiding in how cooling systems are controlled, coordinated and optimized.
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The #AI boom is bottlenecked by #power. #Interconnection queues are packed, timelines are thin, and only a handful of U.S. regions have real megawattage left. DCF's Melissa Reali breaks down the maps + markets shaping the next decade of #datacenter builds. https://t.co/F8ywrLOlRg
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Where will the power come from? As AI workloads explode and U.S. data center power demand races toward 134 GW by 2030, the industry faces a fundamental constraint: the grid can...
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Smart #water management is becoming a core performance strategy for #AI era #datacenters. Ecolab’s Michael Obradovitch here explains why water, #power & #cooling must be planned as 1 system alongside digital monitoring & hybrid cooling designs. #colocation
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Mike Obradovitch of Ecolab explains why smart water management is ultimately a combination of planning, technology, and continuous optimization.
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Arm Neoverse now joins #NVIDIA NVLink Fusion at #SC25—giving #hyperscalers coherent CPU-GPU fabrics and “Grace-style” racks without Grace. SC25 shows AI infra converging fast: liquid cooling, MI400 open fabrics, UltraEthernet, 800V DC. #datacenter #AI #HPC
https://t.co/aGIQt4rqcI
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SC25 highlighted a new phase for hyperscale AI: coherent Arm–NVIDIA fabrics, liquid-cooling standardization, and rapidly converging power and compute designs aimed directly at...
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#AI workloads have pushed #datacenter air cooling to its limits. CoolIT’s Ben Sutton here breaks down the 3 design decisions operators must get right for future #liquidcooling. Liquid isn’t optional anymore; it’s foundational for the AI era. #hyperscale
https://t.co/twx52ncp5D
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Ben Sutton of CoolIT Systems, explains how to engineer server, rack and facility level solutions to stay ahead of rising cooling requirements.
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Schneider Electric just locked in $2.3B in U.S. #datacenter deals with Switch + Digital Realty. A big signal for the #AIfactory era: #power + #cooling are now strategic, long-term contracted resources. It's not just about #GPUs anymore. #AI #colocation
https://t.co/s9cLjoV3fY
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Twin supply-capacity agreements by Schneider Electric with Switch and Digital Realty show how AI data centers are starting to lock up power and thermal infrastructure in much ...
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AI power demand is exploding—and nuclear is back in the spotlight. 🔥 DCF launches Fission Forward, a new series covering the advanced reactors, restarts & fuel moves shaping the future of clean firm power. Dive in 👉 https://t.co/TJBq5VK8gk
#AI #datacenters #hyperscale #nuclear
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Fission Forward is a new periodic feature tracking the nuclear projects reshaping AI-era power - from brownfield restarts to microreactors and next-gen gigawatt builds - as backed...
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