Amazon's Built Together pledge promises community funding, power-cost commitments and new disclosures, but the local terms remain the test. We also cover proposed data-center campuses in Texas and Scotland and Volantis's photonic-memory financing.

• Crusoe files for $4.8bn data center campus in Jayton, Texas — DCD
• Plans filed for 1GW data center campus at former nuclear plant in Scotland — DCD
• Volantis Raises $88M Series A to Advance Photonic Memory Architecture — HPCwire
• Amazon Doubles Down on Data Center Race with New Community Push — The Tech Buzz
• Amazon pledges $1B to data center communities, warns that local opposition threatens U.S. AI lead — GeekWire

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:51 Crusoe files $4.8bn Jayton power

01:54 Scotland nuclear site for 1GW campus

03:24 Volantis raises $88 million for photonic memory

04:37 Amazon louder claims, thinner sourcing

05:53 Amazon's Built Together pledge

09:20 Who pays, what towns get from data centers

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