Google and Constellation's agreements put private investment behind planned nuclear uprates and existing-fleet power in PJM, while other stories examine federal financing, electricity-demand forecasts, private-credit scrutiny, and a Pennsylvania fuel-cell project. The central test is whether the commitments become operating power and deliver benefits without shifting dedicated costs to households.

• DOE intends to loan Vistra $4.2B for nuclear fleet improvements — Utility Dive
• New York Fed reviews major banks' private credit exposure after JPMorgan loan markdowns — Investinglive
• Fit Energy Will Use Gas-Powered Fuel Cells For Pennsylvania Data Center Project — POWER Magazine
• Constellation-Google deal will bring $4.3B investment, 890 MW new nuclear to PJM — Utility Dive

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Amazon and Constellation’s Calvert Cliffs agreement raises a central buildout question: who pays for firm nuclear power and planned new generation?

• TeraWulf's Kentucky campus to reach 1GW in 2029 — DCD

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A proposed downtown Kansas City data center tests whether proximity and network access can justify higher construction costs. The episode also examines rising household energy bills, data center policy debates, AI financing structures, and ways utilities may better use existing grid capacity.

• Here's why your energy bills are going up — Canary Media
• America's AI race won't be won by hitting pause on data centers — DCD opinion
• AI Financing Partnerships Are Credit-Positive for Nvidia and Data Center Operators — Morningstar
• Hidden capacity: The overlooked opportunity in North America's race for power — Utility Dive sponsored article
• Vertical Data Centers Face Cost-Proximity Trade-Offs — Data Center Knowledge

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• The race our nation can't afford to lose, plus a new commitment from us and a fresh set of community investments — About Amazon

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This week’s recap follows the collision between local concerns about rates, water and transparency and the grid processes needed to connect new demand and supply. We also look at a reported operational milestone and a proposed Senate permitting bill, keeping commitments, study stages and operating capacity distinct.

• Amazon pledges $1B to data center communities — GeekWire
• PJM Kicks Off Annual Process of Vetting Large Load Requests — PJM Inside Lines
• America’s data center fight is a preview of what's to come for the rest of the world — CNBC
• Applied Digital Brings an Additional 75 MW of AI Infrastructure Online at Polaris Forge 1 — Applied Digital
• AWS drops non-disclosure agreements for data center projects — DCD
• Over 600 Projects Enter Phase I of PJM’s New Interconnection Process — PJM Inside Lines

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

01:15 A pledge and the test of community spending

01:53 PJM screens large-load forecasts

03:01 Local revolts stall planned capacity

04:18 Applied Digital says capacity is operational

05:34 AWS promised no agreements and more disclosure

06:51 PJM queue: generation projects enter Phase 1

08:08 Bill would transmission to FERC

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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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PJM is delaying its proposed reliability backstop auction after FERC raised concerns about cost allocation, forecasts and collateral. We also cover a Vera Rubin customer deployment and a headline-level report on local opposition to data centers.

• FERC accepts PJM reliability backstop proposal — PJM Inside Lines
• auction delay coverage — Utility Dive
• deployment and benchmark coverage — HPCwire
• CoreWeave and Vera Rubin — NVIDIA Newsroom
• Local opposition headline — USA Today
• @nk_developer1 on X

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:26 Cognition runs Devin production on CoreWeave

01:53 What does local opposition to data

02:41 PJM delays its backstop capacity procurement

06:14 FERC Chairman Laura Swett supplied

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• Samsung Commits $1B to Helix Digital Infrastructure to Support Global AI Infrastructure Buildout — HPCwire
• AT&T follows rival Verizon in tapping Corning for fiber push — DCD
• PJM Kicks Off Annual Process of Vetting Large Load Requests — PJM Inside Lines

Chapters

00:00 Today's headlines

00:25 Samsung commits $1 billion to Helix

01:55 AT&T invests billions in Corning fiber

03:11 PJM reviews proposed large load adjustments

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