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This Week's Top Five Stories in the Data Centre Industry

Datacentremagazine · · 587 words · By Ben Craske
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This article provides a roundup of five recent developments in the data center industry, covering energy efficiency guides, biological computing prototypes, a large-scale AI campus in Ohio, educational partnerships for technical skills, and a planned natural gas power plant by Amazon.

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Topics 3

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What happened

This Week's Top Five Stories in the Data Centre Industry Johnson Controls has published an Absorption Chiller Reference Design Guide for data centre operators running on-site power generation, where 57% of the energy produced is typically lost as waste heat.

Why it matters

The blueprint sets out how that heat can be routed into cooling rather than dissipated, cutting cooling-related electrical demand by up to 44% and freeing capacity for compute.

Common ground

In a 1GW AI Factory, the company calculates that those gains support up to 97MW of additional AI computing capacity with no increase in on-site generation.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

This article provides a roundup of five recent developments in the data center industry, covering energy efficiency guides, biological computing prototypes, a large-scale AI campus in Ohio, educational partnerships for technical skills, and a planned natural gas power plant by Amazon.

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Claim 1: “Johnson Controls has published an Absorption Chiller Reference Design Guide for data centre operators running on-site power generation”
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Multiple independent sources, including Datacentremagazine and several web search results, confirm that Johnson Controls published an Absorption Chiller Reference Design Guide for data centers with on-site power generation.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Air conditioning, often abbreviated as A/C (US) or air con (UK), is the process of removing heat from an enclosed space to achieve a more comfortable interior temperature and, in some cases, controlli…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_conditioning
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A chiller is a machine that removes heat from a liquid coolant via a vapor-compression, adsorption refrigeration, or absorption refrigeration cycles. This liquid can then be circulated through a heat …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiller
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Water vapor, water vapour, or aqueous vapor is the gaseous phase of water. It is one state of water within the hydrosphere. Water vapor can be produced from the evaporation or boiling of liquid water …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_vapor
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Claim 2: “In a 1GW AI Factory, the company calculates that those gains support up to 97MW of additional AI computing capacity with no increase in on-site generation”
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The specific calculation of 97MW additional capacity in a 1GW AI Factory is corroborated by Datacentremagazine and multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In the 2020s, the rapid advancement of deep learning-based generative artificial intelligence models raised questions about the copyright status of AI-generated works, and about whether copyright infr…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_intelligence_and_co…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Artificial intelligence (AI) and its subfields have been used in applications throughout industry and academia. Machine learning has been used for various scientific and commercial purposes, including…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Applications_of_artificial_int…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The history of artificial intelligence (AI) began in antiquity, with myths, stories, and rumors of artificial beings endowed with intelligence by master craftsmen. The field of research that eventuall…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_artificial_intellig…
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Claim 3: “DayOne... has launched what it calls Singapore’s first Biological Data Center Prototype, developed with Cortical Labs and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine at the National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine)”
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The launch of Singapore's first Biological Data Center Prototype by DayOne, Cortical Labs, and NUS Medicine is confirmed by Datacentremagazine and multiple independent web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Cortical Labs is an Australian biological computing company (also referred to as "wetware") founded in 2019 by Hon Weng Chong, and Andy Kitchen based in Melbourne. The company gained recognition in 20…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cortical_Labs
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web search NEUTRAL — This prototype marks a major milestone in DayOne and Cortical Labs’ ambition to develop Singapore’s first large-scale Biological Data Centre — and the first of its kind outside Australia. At the heart…
https://medicine.nus.edu.sg/news/nus-medicine-dayone-and-cor…
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web search NEUTRAL — DayOne is a Singapore headquartered data center pioneer that develops and operates next-gen digital infrastructure for industry leaders who demand reliable, cost-effective and quickly scalable solutio…
https://dayonedc.com/sustainability/dayone-and-cortical-labs…
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Claim 4: “At the heart of the project is a 20-unit CL1 biological computing system, designed to combine living neurons with silicon hardware”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of irrelevant search results regarding 'C2217 False Positives' and 'EPS Racks', which have nothing to do with biological computing or the CL1 system.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 9, 2025 · In this Inside the Brands episode, we explain why C2217 can appear as a false positive, common external conditions that trigger it, and the four quick checks you can make before replacin…
https://crpautomotive.com/videos/c2217-false-positive-avoid-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 11, 2025 · In this Inside the Brands episode, we explain why C2217 can appear as a false positive, common external conditions that trigger it and the four quick checks you can make before replacin…
https://www.brakeandfrontend.com/c2217-false-positive-avoid-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 8, 2025 · In this Inside the Brands episode, we explain why C2217 can appear as a false positive, common external conditions that trigger it, and the four quick checks you can make before replacin…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lXEJYBsN_TY
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Claim 5: “With 35 turbines capable of producing up to 7.65GW, the project would become the largest power plant in US history if completed as planned”
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Claim 6: “the current US record holder is Washington State’s Grand Coulee Dam, which has a generating capacity of around 6.8GW”
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Claim 7: “NVIDIA will supply the exclusive AI compute infrastructure while providing up to US$105bn in credit support for the land, power and shell buildout associated with the initial 4.25 IT-GW”
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The specific detail regarding $105bn in credit support for the initial 4.25 IT-GW is only found in the Datacentremagazine cross-reference. While other sources mention a $105bn 'bet' or 'commitment', they do not specify the 'credit support' mechanism for that specific capacity.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — NVIDIA will supply the exclusive AI compute infrastructure while providing up to US$105bn in credit support for the land, power and shell buildout associated with the initial 4.25 IT-GW.
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/inside-nvidias-us-105-bn…
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Claim 8: “a former uranium enrichment site in Portsmouth, Ohio is being transformed into a 10GW AI campus, bringing together NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank and SB Energy”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm the transformation of a former uranium enrichment site in Portsmouth, Ohio into a 10GW AI campus involving NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank, and SB Energy.
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web search NEUTRAL — A former uranium enrichment facility in Portsmouth, Ohio is set to become one of the world's largest AI infrastructure developments, with NVIDIA anchoring a US$105bn commitment alongside OpenAI, SoftB…
https://aimagazine.com/news/inside-nvidias-us-105-bn-bet-on-…
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web search NEUTRAL — And now, a former uranium enrichment site in Portsmouth, Ohio is being transformed into a 10GW AI campus, bringing together NVIDIA, OpenAI, SoftBank and SB Energy in one of the biggest data centre dev…
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/inside-nvidias-us-105-bn…
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web search NEUTRAL — The site is tied to the Portsmouth Site in Pike County, Ohio, a former uranium enrichment facility that produced weapons-grade material during the Cold War before ceasing operations in 2001.
https://blockspace.media/insight/openai-nvidia-10gw-ohio-dat…
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Claim 9: “the agreement was signed on 19 August at the 800V Direct Current Data Centres Symposium 2026, convened by the Institute of Technical Education (ITE), SP and ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC)”
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Claim 10: “57% of the energy produced [by on-site power generation in data centres] is typically lost as waste heat”
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The claim is reported by Datacentremagazine, but the other provided evidence (S&P 500, Barbados song, etc.) is completely irrelevant to the claim. No other independent source corroborates the 57% figure.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A short story is a piece of narrative fiction in written prose that can typically be read in a single sitting. It focuses on a self-contained incident or series of linked incidents, with the intent of…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Typically Tropical were a British band comprising two Trojan Records audio engineers, Jeff Calvert and Geraint Hughes (who performed under the stage name "Max West"). They are best known for their 197…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — "Barbados" is the debut single by British band Typically Tropical, released in May 1975.
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Claim 11: “The company [Amazon] has confirmed plans for a natural gas facility there, at a site named GW Ranch, sitting alongside a large-scale data centre”
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Claim 12: “The AI chipmaker is also investing US$1.5bn in SB Energy”
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NVIDIA's $1.5 billion investment in SB Energy is reported by multiple independent high-authority sources including CNBC, NY Post, and Datacentremagazine.
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia will invest $1.5 billion in SB Energy.
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/nvidia-financing-open-ai-dat…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — Nvidia plans to invest $1.5 billion into SB Energy
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/17/nvidias-stock-has-started-to…
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cross reference SUPPORTS — The AI chipmaker is also investing US$1.5bn in SB Energy
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/inside-nvidias-us-105-bn…
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Claim 13: “cutting cooling-related electrical demand by up to 44%”
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The claim that the blueprint reduces cooling electrical demand by up to 44% is reported by both Datacentremagazine and independent web search results regarding the Johnson Controls announcement.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — BGIS (formerly known as Brookfield Global Integrated Solutions) is a facilities management and real estate services private company headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada, with a staff of over 10,0…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johnson Controls International plc is an American-Irish multinational conglomerate headquartered in Cork, Ireland, that produces fire, HVAC, and security equipment for buildings. As of mid-2019, it em…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Controls
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Johnson Controls Hitachi AC Limited is a Japanese multinational air conditioning manufacturing company that manufactures home appliances and specialises in air conditioning and cooling technology. The…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnson_Controls_Hitachi
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Claim 14: “Eaton has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Singapore Polytechnic (SP) to develop technical teaching in emerging power infrastructure technologies, among them 800-volt direct current (800VDC) systems”
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Claim 15: “SB Energy will build, own and operate the campus under a 20-year lease with OpenAI, which has secured approximately 8GW-IT of capacity”
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The 20-year lease between SB Energy and OpenAI for approximately 8GW-IT of capacity is reported by Datacentremagazine and other independent web sources.
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web search NEUTRAL — SB Energy builds, owns, and operates. OpenAI is the tenant on a 20-year lease for approximately 8 gigawatts-IT. The initial deployment covers 4.25 IT-GW, with NVIDIA holding an option on the remaining…
https://sakutto.ai/en/articles/ports-pike-openai-nvidia
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web search NEUTRAL — SB Energy will build, own, and operate the data center under a 20-year lease to OpenAI, while the site will exclusively host NVIDIA AI compute infrastructure.
https://www.irecruit.co/insights/openai-joins-ohio-campus-de…
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web search NEUTRAL — SB Energy will build, own and operate the campus under a 20-year lease with OpenAI, which has secured approximately 8GW-IT of capacity.The AI chipmaker is also investing US$1.5bn in SB Energy, support…
https://datacentremagazine.com/news/this-weeks-top-five-stor…
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