Rich Miller
@techjournalism.bsky.social
I write about the infrastructure powering the digital world. Cloud, data centers and AI.
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Rich Miller
@techjournalism.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Hello, Bluesky! I'm all about data centers and the digital infrastructure driving the AI and cloud boom. I've been covering this sector full-time for 24 years. If you're into tech, AI, cloud or data centers, please follow along!
Data Center M&A is Poping Off
I join the Blockspace podcast to discuss the surge in acquisitions in the data center power sector, and what's driving it.
youtu.be/QE9ZYuazev4?...
I join the Blockspace podcast to discuss the surge in acquisitions in the data center power sector, and what's driving it.
youtu.be/QE9ZYuazev4?...
Data Center M&A is Popping Off
YouTube video by Data Center Richness
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September 24, 2026 at 6:33 PM
Data Center M&A is Poping Off
I join the Blockspace podcast to discuss the surge in acquisitions in the data center power sector, and what's driving it.
youtu.be/QE9ZYuazev4?...
I join the Blockspace podcast to discuss the surge in acquisitions in the data center power sector, and what's driving it.
youtu.be/QE9ZYuazev4?...
Why Big Money is Pouring into AI Cooling
There's been a surge of acquisitions in the cooling sector. On this week's podcast we take a closer look at Ecolab’s $4.75 billion deal to acquire liquid cooling specialist CoolIT Systems.
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There's been a surge of acquisitions in the cooling sector. On this week's podcast we take a closer look at Ecolab’s $4.75 billion deal to acquire liquid cooling specialist CoolIT Systems.
youtu.be/xVlnulAHR4Y?...
Why Big Money Is Pouring Into AI Cooling
YouTube video by Data Center Richness
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September 10, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Why Big Money is Pouring into AI Cooling
There's been a surge of acquisitions in the cooling sector. On this week's podcast we take a closer look at Ecolab’s $4.75 billion deal to acquire liquid cooling specialist CoolIT Systems.
youtu.be/xVlnulAHR4Y?...
There's been a surge of acquisitions in the cooling sector. On this week's podcast we take a closer look at Ecolab’s $4.75 billion deal to acquire liquid cooling specialist CoolIT Systems.
youtu.be/xVlnulAHR4Y?...
Coal Mine Becomes Clean Energy Hub
Google will buy energy from a hybrid power campus in West Virginia that combines solar power and two kinds of energy storage. The energy will support Google data centers on the PJM power grid.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/from-coal-...
Google will buy energy from a hybrid power campus in West Virginia that combines solar power and two kinds of energy storage. The energy will support Google data centers on the PJM power grid.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/from-coal-...
From Coal Mine to Clean Energy Hub
Google to Buy Power From West Virginia Project Tapping Solar, BESS, Zinc Energy Storage
datacenterrichness.substack.com
September 4, 2026 at 3:59 PM
Coal Mine Becomes Clean Energy Hub
Google will buy energy from a hybrid power campus in West Virginia that combines solar power and two kinds of energy storage. The energy will support Google data centers on the PJM power grid.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/from-coal-...
Google will buy energy from a hybrid power campus in West Virginia that combines solar power and two kinds of energy storage. The energy will support Google data centers on the PJM power grid.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/from-coal-...
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I recently had the opportunity talk to @nicolehemsoth.bsky.social about a few failures in #HPC and #AI infrastructure that taught me some important lessons about designing systems and managing risks. Have a look, have a listen. Hope others find it interesting!
www.vastdata.com/blog/failure...
www.vastdata.com/blog/failure...
Failure is a Finding: The Hard Lessons Behind Computing's Biggest Bets
VAST delivers the first AI Operating System, unifying storage, database, and compute to drive agentic computing and data intensive workloads. Learn more.
www.vastdata.com
September 2, 2026 at 11:14 PM
I recently had the opportunity talk to @nicolehemsoth.bsky.social about a few failures in #HPC and #AI infrastructure that taught me some important lessons about designing systems and managing risks. Have a look, have a listen. Hope others find it interesting!
www.vastdata.com/blog/failure...
www.vastdata.com/blog/failure...
Google’s Vision: A 1 Gigawatt Geothermal Data Center
Google has agreed to buy 396 MWs of power from Fervo Energy, with an option for another 600 MWs. It's the largest enhanced geothermal deal yet, and could power a future Google data center in Utah.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-vi...
Google has agreed to buy 396 MWs of power from Fervo Energy, with an option for another 600 MWs. It's the largest enhanced geothermal deal yet, and could power a future Google data center in Utah.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-vi...
Google’s Vision: A 1 Gigawatt Geothermal Data Center
Huge Power Deal With Fervo Energy Lays Foundation for Future Data Center in Utah
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September 2, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Google’s Vision: A 1 Gigawatt Geothermal Data Center
Google has agreed to buy 396 MWs of power from Fervo Energy, with an option for another 600 MWs. It's the largest enhanced geothermal deal yet, and could power a future Google data center in Utah.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-vi...
Google has agreed to buy 396 MWs of power from Fervo Energy, with an option for another 600 MWs. It's the largest enhanced geothermal deal yet, and could power a future Google data center in Utah.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-vi...
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U.S. battery installations just had their best quarter ever — and things aren’t slowing down.
The US built more grid batteries last quarter than ever before
The outlook for storage construction keeps getting brighter as everyone from the Trump White House to clean energy advocates to AI giants clamors for more.
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September 1, 2026 at 11:47 PM
U.S. battery installations just had their best quarter ever — and things aren’t slowing down.
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OpenAI is moving energy planning within its data center development organization, signaling that power technologies and flexible computing are becoming more integrated into the way the company plans its infrastructure.
Read more ➡️ www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
Read more ➡️ www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
OpenAI Moves Energy Planning Inside Data Center Organization
OpenAI is adding an energy-technology role as it expands flexible-load, generation and storage strategies across its growing AI data center portfolio.
www.datacenterknowledge.com
August 26, 2026 at 3:13 PM
OpenAI is moving energy planning within its data center development organization, signaling that power technologies and flexible computing are becoming more integrated into the way the company plans its infrastructure.
Read more ➡️ www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
Read more ➡️ www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
As data center project schedules compress and job sites push into remote locations, how do industry leaders build a culture that keeps workers safe and well?
In this episode of the Data Center Richness podcast, I sit down with Trey Dean from Vantage Data Centers.
youtu.be/RGw05uS1HE8?...
In this episode of the Data Center Richness podcast, I sit down with Trey Dean from Vantage Data Centers.
youtu.be/RGw05uS1HE8?...
Building A Safety Culture at Internet Speed
YouTube video by Data Center Richness
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August 26, 2026 at 12:59 PM
As data center project schedules compress and job sites push into remote locations, how do industry leaders build a culture that keeps workers safe and well?
In this episode of the Data Center Richness podcast, I sit down with Trey Dean from Vantage Data Centers.
youtu.be/RGw05uS1HE8?...
In this episode of the Data Center Richness podcast, I sit down with Trey Dean from Vantage Data Centers.
youtu.be/RGw05uS1HE8?...
More turnover on the OpenAI data center team. Chris Malone has been a key hyperscale innovator.
August 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM
More turnover on the OpenAI data center team. Chris Malone has been a key hyperscale innovator.
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Is Kansas City the next boom market for data centers? Digital Realty thinks so, and plans to create a 1,440-acre campus that will support as much as 2 gigawatts of digital infrastructure.
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Kansas City: A Market on the Brink of a Boom
Digital Realty Plans Huge Campus, Sees Kansas City as Top 7 U.S. Data Center Destination
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July 31, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Is Kansas City the next boom market for data centers? Digital Realty thinks so, and plans to create a 1,440-acre campus that will support as much as 2 gigawatts of digital infrastructure.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/kansas-cit...
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/kansas-cit...
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Brookfield and NextEra Energy plan to transform part of the US Department of Energy’s former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky into one of the nation’s largest AI data center campuses.
Full story: www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
Full story: www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
Brookfield, NextEra Launch $100B AI Campus at DOE’s Kentucky Site
Brookfield and NextEra plan an AI data center campus at DOE’s Paducah site with on-site power, targeting 1.2 GW of compute and up to $100B investment.
www.datacenterknowledge.com
July 29, 2026 at 7:53 PM
Brookfield and NextEra Energy plan to transform part of the US Department of Energy’s former Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant in Kentucky into one of the nation’s largest AI data center campuses.
Full story: www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
Full story: www.datacenterknowledge.com/data-center-...
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At 7,000 pounds and rack densities of up to 246 kW per rack, the new Helios "double-wide" racks from AMD are coming to data centers, offering another sign of how AI is altering the shape of digital infrastructure.
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datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/amd-helios...
AMD Helios Ultra-Wide Racks Enter the Market
Teams with Schneider Electric On Reference Design for Cooling "Double-Wide" Racks
datacenterrichness.substack.com
July 24, 2026 at 11:57 AM
At 7,000 pounds and rack densities of up to 246 kW per rack, the new Helios "double-wide" racks from AMD are coming to data centers, offering another sign of how AI is altering the shape of digital infrastructure.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/amd-helios...
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/amd-helios...
How does the industry track progress on data center construction? For more than 1,000 data center projects, the answer is OpenSpace, whose "reality capture" platform uses cameras, smartphones and drones to create a real-time digital record.
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How Builders See Everything With Reality Capture
YouTube video by Data Center Richness
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July 9, 2026 at 12:39 PM
How does the industry track progress on data center construction? For more than 1,000 data center projects, the answer is OpenSpace, whose "reality capture" platform uses cameras, smartphones and drones to create a real-time digital record.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-vB...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=X-vB...
A new coalition of energy companies is seeking to advance power co-development, the practice of planning data center power alongside compute from project inception.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/new-coalit...
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/new-coalit...
New Coalition Hopes to Streamline Cleaner Power for AI
Group Seeks to Accelerate "Speed to Power" By Enabling Energy Co-Development
datacenterrichness.substack.com
July 6, 2026 at 12:56 PM
A new coalition of energy companies is seeking to advance power co-development, the practice of planning data center power alongside compute from project inception.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/new-coalit...
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/new-coalit...
As a heat wave takes hold across much of the U.S., the limits and longevity of data center design are coming under scrutiny. Research from Google, Schneider Electric and First Street challenges assumptions on where and how data centers are built.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/are-data-c...
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/are-data-c...
Are Data Centers Ready for the Future of Heat?
New Studies Find Increased Climate Risk in Cooling, Supply Chain and Site Selection
datacenterrichness.substack.com
July 1, 2026 at 4:33 PM
As a heat wave takes hold across much of the U.S., the limits and longevity of data center design are coming under scrutiny. Research from Google, Schneider Electric and First Street challenges assumptions on where and how data centers are built.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/are-data-c...
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/are-data-c...
The prime directive for the future of the data center industry should be building better data centers. Better for the community, for the planet, and for users.
Google is working to meet this moment, pursuing a wide range of new technologies.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-ma...
Google is working to meet this moment, pursuing a wide range of new technologies.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-ma...
Google's Many Bets on a Cleaner Future for AI
Innovation Projects Span Nuclear, Geothermal, Fusion, VPPs, Energy Storage and Grid Tools
datacenterrichness.substack.com
June 25, 2026 at 11:36 AM
The prime directive for the future of the data center industry should be building better data centers. Better for the community, for the planet, and for users.
Google is working to meet this moment, pursuing a wide range of new technologies.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-ma...
Google is working to meet this moment, pursuing a wide range of new technologies.
datacenterrichness.substack.com/p/googles-ma...
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Data Centers Take Training into Their Own Hands Amid Talent Shortages
As AI and cloud build-outs accelerate, data center operators are facing a critical challenge: a growing shortage of skilled technicians, engineers, and infrastructure specialists.
🔗 www.datacenterknowledge.com/training-cer...
As AI and cloud build-outs accelerate, data center operators are facing a critical challenge: a growing shortage of skilled technicians, engineers, and infrastructure specialists.
🔗 www.datacenterknowledge.com/training-cer...
Data Centers Build Talent Pipelines to Close AI-Era Skills Gap
Data center operators are launching training programs, apprenticeships and college partnerships to address growing AI-era talent shortages.
www.datacenterknowledge.com
June 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
Data Centers Take Training into Their Own Hands Amid Talent Shortages
As AI and cloud build-outs accelerate, data center operators are facing a critical challenge: a growing shortage of skilled technicians, engineers, and infrastructure specialists.
🔗 www.datacenterknowledge.com/training-cer...
As AI and cloud build-outs accelerate, data center operators are facing a critical challenge: a growing shortage of skilled technicians, engineers, and infrastructure specialists.
🔗 www.datacenterknowledge.com/training-cer...
TACC is an impressive facility. Really enjoyed seeing it at DCW 24.
TACC staff celebrated our 25th anniversary with cake and a toast to the discoveries, partnerships, and people who have shaped our journey. 🎉
June 23, 2026 at 9:27 AM
TACC is an impressive facility. Really enjoyed seeing it at DCW 24.
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