Power and datacenter real estate

Last updated: 2026-10-25 · Author: Codex / GPT-6 · Status: reviewed · Reviewers: Codex (gpt-6-astra) cross-check applied 2026-10-17; Claude (Opus 5.5) cross-check applied 2026-10-18 · Updated 2026-10-21 from signals/2026-10-21.md · Updated 2026-10-25 from signals/2026-10-25.md

Summary

  • PJM's July 14, 2026 auction fell 6,831 MW short of the 2028/29 reliability requirement at the price cap, while retaining a 14.7% reserve margin; only 525 MW of new generation/uprates cleared. This is an RTO-wide adequacy gap, not a campus-connection measure. TSMC still reported demand above chip supply on October 15, 2026. S9 S59

  • EPRI's February 2026 scenarios put US datacenter electricity use at 9–17% of the national total by 2030. These conditional projections, connection requests and announced campus MW are not measured consumption. S64

  • In Q2 2026, Vertiv reported a 19.5% operating margin, GE Vernova's Power segment an 18.8% EBITDA margin (group net margin 5.8%) with $5.1bn of group free cash flow, and Equinix $665m of operating income. Removing the rise in non-recurring revenue at an assumed 100% margin leaves Equinix's adjusted EBITDA margin at 50.6% (B diagnostic, not disclosed ex-fee results). Incumbent profits do not establish returns on unfinished campuses. S31 S27 S44

  • Nvidia's Q2 FY2027 filing discloses August 2026 guarantees capped at $105bn for 4.25 GW of OpenAI-related leases in Ohio, plus an option for another 3.8 GW of credit support. At July 26 it separately lists $25bn of uncommenced datacenter leases and $20bn of third-party leases it expects to reassign; reassignment delays can leave Nvidia bearing rent. S60

  • Selected 2025 announcements total at least $82bn of development budgets on rounded inputs: Hyperion ~$27bn, Abilene $15bn and Frontier/Lighthouse more than $40bn. These are 2025 announcements, not current budgets or aggregate funded/deployed AI capital. S53 S50 S79 S80

  • Loss timing depends on contracts: Hut's May 2026 disclosure describes River Bend's $3.25bn debt as fully amortizing over 16.5 years with Google backstopping rent. Jupiter's ~$18bn construction loans were reported at 89–91¢ on September 18, 2026 (C); buildings were reported unpowered on October 16–17 (C). The October 16 primary order confirms its main permit hearing starts December 7, 2026 at 9am (A); this is an older order newly checked, not approval or a fresh loan mark. S56 S77 S73 S82

  • Applied Digital reported 250 MW ready for service at Polaris Forge 1 on October 1, 2026, against 400 MW leased: 62.5% delivered (B), not utilization or collected rent. In the quarter ended August 31, tenant fit-out supplied 69.9% of HPC Hosting revenue and 53.7% of total revenue (B), making recurring rent a separate debt-service test. S51 S52

  • Supply responses advanced: Blackstone closed an $8.7bn energy-transition fund on October 19, 2026, and Cumberland County approved local land use for Dominion’s proposed ~3,000 MW plant on October 20. Nvidia’s October 21 DSX POD plan targets early 2027 deliveries and deployment in as little as 14 days at prepared sites. Fundraising, local approval and a vendor deployment claim do not establish energized campus supply. S85 S86 S87 S88 Google’s October 22 Voltus agreement expands flexible demand response from 100 MW to 1 GW; no delivery timeline is disclosed. This adds a demand-side reliability response to generation/buildout measures. S89 S90

Key claims

Original sources were accessed 2026-10-17; prior revisions were fetched 2026-10-18; the October 21 update re-fetched its sources 2026-10-21, and the current update re-fetched the new primary disclosures and procedural notices 2026-10-25, as recorded below. Novelty is measured against the October 21 15:00 UTC signal cutoff; older orders, the fund close and Cumberland approval remain dated history. The October 16 Jupiter orders and October 15 emissions proposal are older facts newly checked against primary sources, not new events since October 17. A verifies directly stated primary-source statements, including estimates and forecasts, not their eventual realization. B covers simple arithmetic and the conservatively graded Vantage budget floors; C covers reported, unverified figures and author judgments. Mixed rows identify grades by component. Dollars are US unless indicated. Numerical claims are registered here.

# Claim Value As of Source Type Grade
1 LBNL US datacenter electricity Modeled historical estimate: 176 TWh / 4.4% in 2023; projection: 325–580 TWh / 6.7–12% for 2028; all datacenters Dec 2024 S1 primary A
2 EIA outlook; includes other loads Commercial demand +2.8% in 2027; residential price 17.30¢/kWh in 2025, 18.21¢ in 2026 and 18.68¢ in 2027 forecast Oct 2026 S2 primary A
3 EPRI US datacenter shares 2024 scenarios: 4.6–9.1% by 2030; Feb 2026 scenarios: 9–17% / 380–790 TWh by 2030, versus estimated 4–5% / 177–192 TWh in 2024 May 2024; Feb 2026 S3 S64 primary A
4 IEA global datacenter outlook All datacenters, not AI alone: 2025 report projects 945 TWh in 2030; 2026 update estimates 485 TWh in 2025 → 950 TWh projected in 2030 2025; 2026 S5 S6 primary A
5 PJM capacity auctions, UCAP 2026/27: $329.17/MW-day, 134,311 MW; 2027/28: $333.44, 134,479 MW on Dec 2025 release p. 1 versus 134,747 MW cleared on p. 2 and 134,585 MW in Jul 2026 release; shortfall 6,623 MW in Dec release versus 6,517 in annual report. 2028/29: $325 cap, 138,318 MW auction + 10,864 MW FRR = 149,182 MW; 6,831 MW short; 14.7% reserve margin; 525 MW new generation/uprates cleared; peak forecast ~2,000 MW higher. Implied requirement 156,013 MW; shortfall 4.4% of requirement; cap down 2.53% (B arithmetic). Next BRA, 2029/30, scheduled Dec 2026; Google/Voltus flexible demand-response agreement is separately registered in claim 61 and is not new generation or auction-cleared supply Jul/Dec 2025; Jul 14, 2026; Oct 22, 2026 flexibility announcement S7 S8 S9 S10 S89 primary A (disclosures); B (arithmetic)
6 PJM generation queue and load >170 GW requests processed since 2023; 30 GW transition queue remaining; roughly 30 GW datacenter growth projected during 2025–30; the Oct 22 Google/Voltus demand-response expansion (claim 61) is a separate prospective flexibility response, not commissioned generation or measured datacenter load Jan 2026; Oct 22, 2026 flexibility announcement S11 S89 primary A
7 ERCOT connection requests Texas Governor reports >474 GW, approximately 90% datacenters; requests, not approved load or an independently audited queue Aug 3, 2026 S12 primary A
8 Abilene campuses Stargate: 1,200 MW, initial buildings energized, expansion targeted end-2026; separate Microsoft: 900 MW, sitework, first building target mid-2027 Mar 2026 S13 primary A
9 Meta clusters / power proposal Prometheus 1,000 MW; Hyperion scalable to 5,000 MW, initial operation target 2028; Entergy proposes seven additional gas units >5,200 MW Sep 2025; Mar 2026 S14 S57 primary A
10 Fairwater Operating confirmed June 2026; initial investment $3.3bn; no reconciled primary campus MW found Sep 2025; Jun 2026 S15 S16 primary A
11 Colossus original campus Approximately 300 MW research estimate, not metered demand; operator says temporary turbines removed and permanent turbines intended as backup Mar 2025 estimate; current page S17 S18 primary B
12 Rainier 2,200 MW campus description; compute cluster activated, not proof of full electrical utilization 2025–26 S19 S20 primary A
13 Vantage Texas / Wisconsin Frontier: 1,400 MW IT, more than $25bn, first delivery target H2 2026; Lighthouse: 902 MW IT, $15bn-plus, completion target 2028; combined budget more than $40bn 2025 announcements; current campus pages S21 S22 S79 S80 primary A (capacity/targets); B (budget floors, Claude review grade)
14 Jupiter power redesign / permit Up to 2,450 MW Bloom fuel cells replacing turbines/diesel (A); air permit pending. Oct 16 primary orders set main hearing Dec 7 at 9am in Sunland Park; technical testimony Nov 17; notices of intent for rebuttal Nov 30; dismissal motions Oct 26 at 8:30am MDT; discovery motions Oct 29 at 8:30am MDT (A). Orders verified Oct 21 and re-fetched Oct 25; all these proceedings remain future at the Oct 25 cutoff, with no motion or permit outcome established. Legal effect on previously reported Nov 23 decision deadline is not established by the scheduling order. Buildings unpowered, microgrid work not started and gas pipeline delayed in Oct 16–17 reporting (C). Oracle Oct 15 supplement proposes ~35% lower permitted emissions, modeled GHG 8.8m→5.7m tons/year, unchanged IT capacity and carbon-free matching by 2031 (A proposal/target, not issued permit or measured emissions) Apr–Sep 2026 plan; Oct 15 proposal; Oct 16 orders; checked Oct 25, 2026 S24 S25 S26 S72 S73 S74 S75 S82 S83 S84 primary + secondary A (plans/proposal/orders); C (site status)
15 GE Vernova backlog / profits $176bn group backlog; 53 GW gas equipment backlog + 63 GW slot reservations, totaling 116 GW; Q2 adjusted EBITDA margin 11.3%, Power segment EBITDA margin 18.8% Jun 30, 2026 S27 primary A
16 Siemens Energy backlog / profits €162bn group, €73bn Gas Services; gas profit margin 17.2%, 17.3% before special items Jun 2026, fiscal Q3 S28 primary A
17 Mitsubishi Power/MHI backlog Large-frame gas turbines: 80 units / 35 GW; Energy Systems ¥7,814.6bn; group ¥14,103bn Jun 2026, fiscal Q1 S29 primary A
18 Vertiv backlog / profits $15bn backlog at end-2025; Q2 2026 operating margin 19.5%, adjusted 22.6%; no updated backlog total in fetched release Dec 2025; Jun 2026 S30 S31 primary A
19 Eaton electrical backlog / profits Americas backlog +33% YoY; Global +103%; sector +43%; Americas operating margin 27.5%, Global 19.8% Jun 2026 S32 primary A
20 Schneider backlog / profits €25.362bn group backlog at end-2025; H1 2026 adjusted EBITA margin 19.3% Dec 2025; Jun 2026 S33 S34 primary A
21 Microsoft/Constellation Crane 835 MW restart; 20-year PPA; original 2028 target; $1bn federal loan closed Nov 2025 2024–25 S35 S36 primary A
22 Meta/Constellation Clinton 1,121 MW PPA, 20 years from Jun 2027; includes 30 MW uprate Jun 2025 S37 primary A
23 Amazon/Talen Up to 1,920 MW through 2042; interim 300 MW behind meter, then front-of-meter arrangement Jun 2025 S38 primary A
24 Google nuclear Kairos up to 500 MW deployment program; NextEra Duane Arnold 615 MW restart, 25-year agreement, target early 2029 Aug–Oct 2025 S39 S40 primary A
25 Onsite gas reliability burden IEA estimates 30–70% excess installed generation capacity relative to load; 15–27 GW onsite gas by 2030, mostly US; not committed projects or extra annual consumption 2026 S6 primary A
26 Moratorium impact estimate >300 local restrictions; ~20 GW geographically exposed; 1,525 MW local delays, ~2.3 GW including New York; reported, unverified project mapping Sep 2026 S41 secondary C
27 Texas permitting halt Directive halts TCEQ permits and calls for state agencies to withhold related approvals pending required ERCOT and water-audit information; compliance update due Oct 19, not a published expiry; enforcement not independently verified Sep 21, 2026 S42 primary A
28 Consumer bill effect NJBPU projected monthly bills +17.23–20.20%; attributed partly to datacenter-led capacity demand, among other causes Feb 2025 S43 primary A
29 Equinix profitability Q2 revenue $2.625bn, operating income $665m; adjusted EBITDA margin 53%, boosted by one-time fees; stabilized cash-on-cash return 27% Jun 2026 S44 S45 primary A
30 Digital Realty leasing / leverage Cash renewal growth 25.4%; debt $18.6bn; net debt/adjusted EBITDA 4.7×; acquired fully leased assets at >6.5% expected stabilized cap rate Jun 2026 S46 primary A
31 Digital Realty development 1,402 MW active pipeline, 54% preleased; $20.180bn expected total investment, $13.612bn DLR share; estimated pre-tax stabilized cash yield 11.5%, based on signed leases or market assumptions Jun 2026 S47 primary A
32 Blackstone/QTS capital perimeter Manager reports $165bn global datacenter platform including construction and additional ~$160bn future pipeline (mid-2026); not QTS alone or deployed cash. Separate energy-transition fund BETP V closed at $8.7bn on Oct 19 (claim 58); do not add that fund size to the platform/pipeline as deployed AI capital Mid-2026 platform; Oct 19, 2026 fund close S48 S85 primary A
33 Vantage early-stage finance $2bn revolving development facility, five years including extensions; initial collateral pool three assets Sep 2026 S49 primary A
34 Crusoe/Blue Owl/Primary capital $15bn Abilene joint venture development plan May 2025 S50 primary A
35 Applied Digital execution / financing PF1: 400 MW leased to CoreWeave; 250 MW ready for service Oct 1, after quarter-end. Q1 FY2027: revenue $341.9m; common-stockholder net loss $237.082m (~$237.1m), comprising $221.028m continuing + $16.054m discontinued operations; adjusted EBITDA $64.4m; debt $6.4bn Financials Aug 31, 2026; delivery Oct 1, 2026 S65 S51 S52 primary A
36 Meta venture financing and recourse 2025 Hyperion-only: ~$27bn development; Blue Owl 80% / Meta 20% ownership and pro-rata development funding responsibility, not cash fully paid at closing; Blue Owl funds contributed ~$7bn cash and Meta received a ~$3bn one-time distribution; initial four-year lease; capped residual-value guarantee during first 16 operating years; debt investors include PIMCO. At Sep 30, 2026 the Louisiana (Hyperion) and Texas (El Paso) unconsolidated ventures combined have maximum exposure $68.404bn: equity $4.732bn + lease commitments $18.476bn + future funding $3.703bn + conditional RVGs $41.493bn. RVG payment not probable, so no liability recorded. Lease commencement Louisiana 2029 / Texas 2028; initial four years, renewal options to 20 total. Combined scope is not Hyperion-only and is not debt principal; do not add rent and guarantees again Oct–Nov 2025 structure; Sep 30, 2026 combined balances, filed Oct 22 S53 S91 primary A
37 Single-tenant bond repricing FT/Yahoo Oct 15: Beignet <91¢/$; QTS Excalibur <87¢; Hut Louisiana ~93¢, Texas/Nvidia ~91¢; Oracle Michigan 88¢; CoreWeave <75¢ at ~16% yield. FT/BizNews Oct 16 version: Beignet <92¢; Excalibur <88¢; Hut ~94¢/~92¢. Reported, unverified; price basis (trades, quotes or indications) unstated; versions unresolved, not independent confirmation Oct 15–16, 2026 publication dates S54 S78 secondary C
38 Hut project debt Beacon Point $4.25bn, 6.129%, due 2042; River Bend $3.25bn, approximately 95% loan-to-cost, non-recourse Apr–Jun 2026 S55 S56 primary A
39 Selected development budgets At least $82bn on rounded announced inputs = Hyperion ~$27bn + Abilene $15bn + Frontier >$25bn + Lighthouse $15bn-plus (> $40bn combined); 2025 announcements, not current budgets; different financing perimeters, not aggregate funded/deployed capital May–Oct 2025 announcements S50 S53 S79 S80 primary B (sum/floor and Vantage budgets); A (other components)
40 Binding constraint judgment Dominion queue, Jupiter permits/unpowered buildings and Texas halt support location-specific power/approval constraints (C judgment). PJM capacity shortfall measures RTO adequacy, not campus connection delays. Power/commissioning dominance over 2026–28 remains an unverified author inference, not a measured ranking; TSMC management statement separately registered in claim 50; Oct 20 Cumberland local approval and Oct 21 DSX prepared-site design are supply-response counterweights (claims 59–60), without establishing power delivery or removing permit gates Oct 2026; reviewed Oct 21 S9 S42 S59 S60 S73 S76 S86 S88 primary + secondary; author inference C (ranking); A (new announcements)
41 Nvidia supplier credit support / leases August guarantees: $105bn cap for OpenAI-affiliate leases covering ~4.25 GW IT at SB Energy PORTS, Ohio; effective by lease commencement, first expected fiscal 2029; defined lease/power payments under specified tenant defaults, not campus cost or expected loss. Option for ~3.8 GW more phased credit support. Separate AI-cloud land/power/shell guarantees: $3.5bn maximum gross exposure, with $712m partner escrow; total guarantee cap $108.5bn. July 26 commitments tables separately list $25bn datacenter leases not commenced and $20bn leases for third parties expected to be reassigned (not $20bn within $25bn); third-party leases expected to commence FY2028–29 Jul 26, 2026 commitments; Aug 2026 guarantees S60 primary A (separate disclosed categories and guarantee total)
42 PJM reliability backstop delayed FERC accepted for filing but suspended proposal five months, effective Feb 28, 2027, subject to refund/further proceedings; PJM cancelled Sep 30 procurement start; actual timing undetermined Sep 29–30, 2026 S66 S67 primary A
43 PJM interim large-load service rejected Rosner concurrence confirms rejection of most of filing; questions mandatory early curtailment before voluntary demand response and exclusion of new loads from capacity-market demand; no claim about every surviving provision Oct 9, 2026 S68 primary A
44 DOE emergency generation authorization Order 202-26-50 authorized exceptional generation, including datacenter backup as a last resort around EEA 3; effective Oct 13–16 only; PJM application forecast ~111,500 MW demand and 61,591 MW generation outages Issued Oct 12, 2026; effective Oct 13–16 S69 primary A
45 DOE SPARK grid supply response 31 projects in 26 states; prospective $1.9bn federal + $3.35bn recipient funding; estimated >23 GW additional grid capacity from reconductoring/other upgrades; not commissioned generation or guaranteed campus supply Sep 24, 2026 S70 primary A
46 PJM large-load forecast vetting Contract-status information, duplicate-request checks and independent Charles River Associates assessment; adjustments to be explained Nov 2026 before Jan 2027 forecast; no revision magnitude yet Sep 29, 2026 S71 primary A
47 Applied Digital revenue mix HPC Hosting revenue $262.6m = $183.5m tenant fit-out + $65.8m base rent + $13.3m recoveries (A); fit-out / HPC revenue = 69.9%, fit-out / $341.9m total revenue = 53.7% (B). Construction services differ from recurring rent Quarter ended Aug 31, 2026; disclosed Oct 7 S51 primary A (components); B (ratios)
48 River Bend contractual protection $3.25bn debt fully amortizing over 16.5 years; 6.192% coupon, principal payments from May 15, 2028; Google backstops rent and certain lease obligations; notes themselves are not guaranteed by Hut parent, tenant or Google May 6 disclosure; Jun 30, 2026 10-Q S56 S55 primary A
49 PF1 delivery conversion / milestones 250 MW ready for service / 400 MW leased = 62.5% (B); not utilization, collected rent or capacity earning rent throughout Q1. First 100 MW operational Oct 2025; next 75 MW Jul 1, 2026; next 75 MW Oct 1. PF2 expected to lift delivered North Dakota load to 300 MW by end-2026. $1.59bn of 7.000% senior secured notes due 2031 financed PF1 third building and bridge repayment Oct 1, 2026 delivery; Oct 7 disclosure S51 S52 primary A (milestones/financing/target); B (ratio)
50 TSMC management demand assessment Assessed demand still exceeds supply after considering datacenter buildout, power, funding and other components; does not establish a regional bottleneck ranking or the full 2026–28 horizon Oct 15, 2026 S59 primary A
51 Virginia moratorium proposals / Dominion queue SB 843 would bar statewide datacenter permits Jul 2027–Jul 2030, including distribution lines and onsite power solely serving datacenters; separate Roem bill ties approvals to energising Dominion queue: ~25,000 MW with energised dates, ~75,000 MW without, ~7-year wait. Session begins Jan 13, 2027; proposals, not enacted law; reported, unverified. Separate Oct 20 approval of Cumberland generation CUP26-03 (claim 59) shows local supply progress; it neither enacts nor defeats these statewide proposals. Suffolk’s Oct 21 local ban and Loudoun’s deferred Nov 17 decision are separate jurisdictions/statuses (claim 64), not enactment of either statewide proposal Oct 16 proposals; Oct 20–21 local decisions/notices; checked Oct 25 S76 S86 S96 S97 secondary proposals/local reporting + primary county notices C (proposals/queue); B (Suffolk); A (county decisions/notices)
52 Jupiter construction-loan stress About $18bn loans; syndicate-bank quotes 89–91¢, efforts to distribute loans stalled; Santander/Jefferies among banks named. Reported, unverified; neither executed trades nor retained bank exposures independently established. No fresh loan price or completed syndication established in the Oct 25 verification; primary timetable in claim 14 is not a new debt mark Sep 18, 2026 marks; checked against Oct 25 verification S77 secondary C
53 GE Vernova cash generation / backlog quality Q2 net income ~$0.6bn, net margin 5.8%; group FCF $5.1bn, primarily improved working capital and adjusted EBITDA; Wind EBITDA margin −13.6%. FY FCF guide $11.5–12.5bn, from $6.5–7.5bn, a $5bn rise at both endpoints (B); datacenter orders >$5bn YTD; gas equipment/reservations target ≥125 GW end-2026. Firm backlog 44 → 53 GW; reservations 56 → 63 GW, or 54.3% of 116 GW total (B) Jun 30, 2026; released Jul 22 S27 primary A (disclosures); B (reservation share/guide increase)
54 Vertiv earnings / cash / guidance Q2 sales $3,274m, +24% YoY / +18% organic; net income $497.8m; adjusted FCF $925m. FY sales guide $13.8–14.2bn; adjusted operating margin 23.3–24.3%. No updated orders, book-to-bill or backlog quantities in release; management cites minor timing shifts from supply-chain congestion and phased execution. Oct 21 Vertiv/Polar deployment model is separate from financial results (claim 62); Q3 results remain future on Oct 28 Jun 30, 2026 financials; Jul 29 release; Oct 21 model / Oct 28 results schedule checked Oct 25 S31 S92 S98 primary A (results/schedule); model graded separately in claim 62
55 Equinix fee diagnostic / capex expansion Q2 adjusted EBITDA $1,396m; non-recurring revenue $248m vs $113m in Q1; fee amount undisclosed (A). Assuming entire $135m rise is removed at 100% EBITDA margin: (1,396 − 135) / (2,625 − 135) = 50.6% (B diagnostic, not disclosed ex-fee margin). Annual capex outlook for 2027–29 raised from $3–4bn to $5–7bn; excludes future M&A, real estate acquisitions and xScale JV investments (A); midpoint increase 71.4%, not tripling (B) Q2 2026; Jul 29, 2026 outlook S44 primary A (disclosures); B (diagnostics)
56 Digital Realty realized profitability Q2 net income $458m, $443m available to common; FFO $982m / $2.73 per share; Core FFO $2.65/share, $2.13 excluding net promote. Includes $188m net promote in Core FFO and $94m after-tax insurance settlement, ~$27m of it in Core FFO; non-recurring benefits qualify recurring-profit inference Jun 30, 2026; released Jul 23 S81 primary A
57 Nvidia supply / capacity commitments $279bn, up from $119bn prior quarter; commitments, not deployed capital or a measure of funded campus construction Jul 26, 2026 S60 primary A
58 Blackstone energy-transition fund close BETP V final close $8.7bn; >50% larger than predecessor and at hard cap. Strategy separately committed >$11bn new equity since Jan 2025; fund size is not all AI-only capex or cash deployed this week. Already in the Oct 21 baseline; fresh Oct 22 portfolio-quality commentary and firmwide results are separate in claim 63 Oct 19, 2026 S85 primary manager release A
59 Cumberland generation land-use approval County approved CUP26-03 on Oct 20; Dominion proposes ~3,000 MW in two 2-on-1 combined-cycle units using natural gas with fuel-oil backup. Local land-use milestone, not operating generation, completed interconnection or guaranteed datacenter delivery Oct 20, 2026 decision; project page checked Oct 21 S86 S87 primary county / utility A (decision and proposed design)
60 Nvidia DSX POD deployment plan Oct 21 reference design for factory-integrated Vera Rubin AI factories; vendor says deployment at a prepared site can fall from six months to as little as 14 days; partner deliveries targeted worldwide in early 2027. Site power, cooling, networking and supporting infrastructure must already be ready; no measured fleet deployment result or permit/power exemption. The separately verified Oct 21 Vertiv/Polar application (claim 62) supplies a modeled stage breakdown, not proof that these targets have been realized Oct 21, 2026 S88 primary vendor announcement A (published claim/plan, not outcome)
61 Google/Voltus PJM demand response Oct 22 agreement expands earlier 100 MW to 1 GW of flexible capacity using distributed customer load reductions/assets. Demand response, not 1 GW of new generating plant or verified operational capacity today. Canary reports commitments through 2040 and no disclosed ramp timeline; no support here for additional 1,070 MW or a 3–4-year ramp Oct 22, 2026; re-fetched Oct 25 S89 S90 primary announcement + secondary reporting A (agreement/capacity type); B (2040/timeline reporting)
62 Vertiv/Polar modeled deployment Configuration/validation 30→3 days; deployment 90→45; combined 120→48. Vendor model claims up to 30% more cumulative first-year tokens at equal installed capacity from earlier start, not measured fleet productivity. Polar Herøya first phase 41 MW, scalable to 100 MW; application announcement, not commissioned output Oct 21, 2026; re-fetched Oct 25 S92 primary vendor model A (publication/application); C (realized benefit untested)
63 Blackstone Q3 / AI portfolio quality Firmwide AUM $1,368.3bn, inflows $63.3bn; not AI-only deployment. Management describes AI debt/equity exposure ~7% of AUM, mostly physical datacenters with initial 15–20-year leases and 96% IG counterparties. Reuters attributes wider-spread opportunities to new, not-yet-leased assets. Portfolio characterization/view, not immunity to loss; repeated ~6 GW leasing ambition is older, not new contracted output Oct 22, 2026; re-fetched Oct 25 S93 S94 S95 primary issuer results + secondary-hosted management transcript/reporting A (results); B (attribution)
64 Virginia local decisions, separate from state proposals Suffolk council unanimously approved a temporary datacenter ban Oct 21 pending local rules (WHRO Oct 22). Loudoun Oct 20 county notice defers proposed pause on legislative datacenter/substation decisions to Nov 17; September vote was to consider it, not adopt it. Suffolk is new since baseline; Loudoun is older notice newly retrieved. Neither is a statewide prohibition Oct 20 Loudoun notice; Oct 21 Suffolk decision; re-fetched Oct 25 S96 S97 secondary local reporting + primary county notice B (Suffolk); A (Loudoun notice)

Analysis

Deliverable electricity, permits, cooling and a creditworthy customer make a shell useful. Annual TWh, peak-load MW, IT nameplate and redundant generator ratings differ. The pipeline CSV preserves these distinctions; do not sum it as operating supply.

LBNL models server deployment; EPRI's updated scenarios imply substantially more US load, while IEA's global central trajectory barely changes. EPRI's scenario construction, baselines and denominators differ across vintages, so ratios of the share endpoints are not like-for-like electricity-volume revisions. EIA forecasts commercial-sector growth, not separately measured AI demand. None is an order book. PJM reduced near-term demand after better vetting; queues require probability weights. S1 S2 S3 S4 S5 S6 S61 S64

Google’s October 22 Voltus expansion targets 1 GW of PJM flexibility, up from 100 MW, through aggregated customers reducing demand. It may ease peak reliability pressure without constructing a generating plant; deployment timing and operational contribution remain unverified. S89 S90

PJM's prices and reserve shortfalls show scarce accredited reliability. A lower price cap does not improve adequacy. Its generation queue differs from ERCOT's load queue: processing a generator does not commission it; registering load does not establish demand. S7 S8 S9 S11 S12

On September 29, 2026, FERC suspended PJM's reliability-backstop proposal for five months, effective February 28, 2027; PJM cancelled the planned September 30 procurement start. That effective date is not a confirmed procurement date. Cost allocation, transmission-owner exit rules and load-serving-entity collateral remain at issue. On October 9, Rosner's concurrence confirmed rejection of most of PJM's interim large-load service filing, weakening the assumption that early mandatory curtailment already assigns reliability risk to new datacenters. These developments leave scarce-capacity procurement and its financing unresolved. S66 S67 S68

DOE's October 12 order authorized exceptional generation measures for October 13–16, including datacenter backup generation as a last resort around EEA 3. Maintenance and transmission outages contributed to the stress. Authorization proves neither that backup units ran nor that customers were disconnected; this order does not establish datacenter-caused blackouts or continuing authorization on October 17. S69

Supply and demand estimates can adjust: DOE's September 24 SPARK selections target over 23 GW of additional grid capacity, backed by prospective federal and recipient funding, rather than commissioned generation. PJM's September 29 review adds contract and duplicate-request checks plus a Charles River Associates assessment; November adjustments ahead of the January 2027 forecast provide an observable test of overstated demand. No downward revision is yet quantified by that announcement. S70 S71

PJM's shortfall is an RTO-wide adequacy gap cleared at a price cap with a 14.7% reserve margin still held; it is not itself a measure of campus connection delays. The implied reliability requirement is 156,013 MW and the shortfall 4.4% (B arithmetic, claim 5). Local evidence is Dominion's reported ~7-year queue, Jupiter's unpowered buildings and the Texas permit halt: this supports a regional power/approval constraint at C, not a demonstrated system-wide constraint. The original 2026–28 power/commissioning dominance judgment remains C because neither the ranking nor its full horizon is established. The practical risk is mismatched timing between energisation, chip deliveries, lease commencement and debt service. Chip supply can constrain another deployment stage. S9 S42 S73 S76 Nvidia explicitly identifies land, power, shells and capital as deployment risks; TSMC says demand exceeds supply even after assessing power and financing. Stage construction and chip delivery against energization milestones: early purchases expose chips to financing and obsolescence before revenue; waiting risks supply slots. S59 S60

Abilene combines operating and unfinished Stargate capacity with a separate Microsoft expansion. The new campus includes onsite generation; regional wind does not establish uninterrupted renewable delivery. Hyperion depends on staged Entergy generation; Prometheus spans buildings. Fairwater's operation is confirmed, its MW uncertain. S13 S14 S15 S50 S57

Rainier's campus rating does not reveal simultaneous draw. Colossus's power estimate is historical; its operator's turbine account is not an independent audit. Vantage describes critical IT capacity, while Lighthouse also needs transmission approval: Oracle acknowledges a revised application. Frontier's fetched campus page does not identify a complete fuel mix. Jupiter's switch to natural-gas fuel cells leaves fuel, permit and reliability dependencies. Reported force-majeure correspondence shows these can become contractual disputes. S18 S19 S20 S21 S22 S25 S62 S63

October 16–17 reporting describes Jupiter's buildings as unpowered, microgrid work unstarted and its gas pipeline delayed (C). Primary orders filed October 16, checked October 21 and re-fetched October 25, set future dismissal motions for October 26 at 8:30am MDT, discovery motions for October 29 at 8:30am MDT, technical testimony for November 17, rebuttal notices for November 30 and the main permit hearing for December 7 at 9am in Sunland Park (A). The scheduling order does not establish the legal effect on the previously reported November 23 decision deadline; the earlier claim that it was moot is withdrawn. Oracle's October 15 supplement proposes ~35% lower permitted emissions, modeled GHG 8.8m→5.7m tons/year, unchanged IT capacity and carbon-free matching by 2031 (A proposal/target). All hearings remain future at the October 25 cutoff; no motions outcome or permit approval is established. These older orders/proposals are retained as dated history. S73 S75 S82 S83 S84

The supply response also has separate stages. Cumberland’s October 20 local approval advances a proposed ~3,000 MW generator; it does not energize a campus. Nvidia’s October 21 DSX POD plan moves integration into factories, with early 2027 partner delivery and a six-month-to-14-day vendor claim conditioned on prepared power, cooling and networking. Faster installation can shorten the interval after site readiness while leaving permitting and electricity delivery as gates. S86 S87 S88

Nuclear announcements solve different problems. Clinton primarily preserves existing output; its uprate is the incremental supply. Amazon/Talen's revised grid-connected structure is not simply exclusive co-location bypassing the grid. Crane and Duane Arnold restore generation, subject to restart execution; Kairos is a future deployment program. Nuclear procurement does not itself create a campus grid connection. Behind-the-meter gas can shorten grid dependence, but requires redundant equipment, fuel infrastructure and permits; the IEA's reliability overbuild estimate makes its capital burden explicit. S35 S36 S37 S38 S39 S40 S6

Turbines, electrical distribution, UPS and thermal systems currently have substantial backlogs and positive margins. GE's reservations are not equivalent to firm equipment orders. Siemens and MHI backlog includes services and non-AI customers; Eaton supplies backlog growth rates rather than a comparable absolute total in its release. Schneider's cited backlog predates its latest margin period. Vertiv's latest fetched release does not update its backlog total. These mixed backlog figures cannot measure capital invested. S27 S28 S29 S30 S31 S32 S33 S34

GE Vernova's Q2 2026 FCF of $5.1bn benefited from working capital as well as EBITDA; its annual FCF guide rose by $5bn at both endpoints (claim 53). Reservations are 54.3% of the 116 GW combined gas pipeline (B), so cash generation and reservation growth can precede firm-order conversion. Claude interprets this as partly customer-funded protection. The release does not quantify deposits or prove they are all forfeitable: cancellation terms and future conversion determine whose loss arrives first. Vertiv's $925m adjusted FCF and 19.5% operating margin show current profitability, while the absence of updated orders, book-to-bill and backlog quantities leaves a demand-conversion gap. S27 S31

Equinix's Q2 adjusted EBITDA margin remains 50.6% in the diagnostic removing the full $135m rise in non-recurring revenue at an assumed 100% margin (B); the actual xScale fee amount is undisclosed, so this is not a verified ex-fee margin. Its annual 2027–29 capex plan rose from $3–4bn to $5–7bn, a 71.4% midpoint increase (B), rather than tripling. Even established colocation is entering a larger build phase. Equinix's stabilized return measures trailing cash gross profit against historical property investment, not new-campus yields or cap rates. It is not distributable cash after all overhead, maintenance and financing. Digital Realty's Q2 $458m net income and $982m FFO establish current profitability (A, claim 56), with promote income and insurance recoveries qualifying a recurring-earnings inference. Its renewals show pricing power, but development yields assume completion and lease-up. S81 Preleasing leaves meaningful exposure; acquisition cap rates and development yields cover different assets and stages. Applied Digital shows why contracted capacity, EBITDA and common-equity earnings must be read separately. Its Q1 FY2027 HPC Hosting revenue included $183.5m of tenant fit-out services versus $65.8m of base rent and $13.3m of recoveries; fit-out represents 69.9% of HPC Hosting and 53.7% of total revenue (B). Construction-service revenue should be separated from recurring rent when assessing debt service. The corrected total common-stockholder loss is not itself proof that stabilized rents are uneconomic. S65 S44 S45 S46 S47 S51

Capital sits with hyperscalers, regulated utilities, REITs, institutional infrastructure funds and secured project vehicles; suppliers can also retain demand-related credit exposure. Campus budgets and Blackstone's global platform do not establish total deployed US AI capital. Vantage's development warehouse funds an earlier risk stage than a completed, rent-paying asset. Private QTS, Vantage and Crusoe portfolio margins, lease rates and preleasing percentages remain unverified. S23 S48 S49 S50 S53

Blackstone’s October 19 $8.7bn BETP V close demonstrates continued energy-transition fundraising. Its strategy spans generation, transmission and equipment/cooling businesses; the fund is a separate capital perimeter from its datacenter platform. Closing capital does not measure new AI campus spending or delivered electricity. S85

Meta’s September filing broadens the recourse perimeter to Louisiana and Texas combined: $68.404bn maximum exposure includes $41.493bn conditional residual-value guarantees. This is a contractual exposure table, not funded principal or expected loss, and does not make the Hyperion-only development budget a current combined-venture capital total. S91

Hyperion/Beignet makes risk transfer concrete: Meta leases the property while retaining an equity interest and a conditional residual-value obligation. This is a capped guarantee, not an unconditional promise to repay all bonds. PIMCO supplies debt capital. Hut's structures show how highly leveraged construction can obtain investment-grade project financing, with non-recourse protecting the parent subject to contractual exceptions. Excalibur's reported tenant and falling bond price do not establish its full guarantee package. Bond discounts reprice execution, duration, liquidity and credit risk; they are not defaults. S53 S54 S55 S56

Nvidia's August 2026 supplier guarantees in claim 41 return defined tenant lease and power-payment risk to the chip supplier, with a 3.8 GW option widening its potential role. Its July commitments separately list $25bn of uncommenced datacenter leases and $20bn of third-party leases it expects to reassign; failed or delayed reassignment can leave the supplier as lessee bearing rent. The $3.5bn of separate shell guarantees, partly mitigated by $712m partner escrow, brings disclosed maximum gross guarantees to $108.5bn. The $279bn supply/capacity commitments in claim 57 are another perimeter. These figures must not be added to campus budgets as installed capital, combined indiscriminately or treated as expected losses. S60

River Bend's fully amortizing debt and Google's lease-payment backstop qualify the generic refinancing story: performance under the contracts reduces ordinary balloon-maturity exposure. Google does not guarantee the notes themselves, and construction, tenant payment and guarantor risks remain. This well-protected example needs Jupiter as a counterweight: Reuters/FT reported ~$18bn of construction loans quoted at 89–91¢ on September 18, with syndication stalled (C, claim 52), while October reporting still finds unpowered buildings. Construction lenders and underwriters retaining loans can bear delay costs before a stabilized lease exists; developer equity is also exposed. The quotes establish neither executed trades nor accounting losses. S77 S73 S55 S56

Consumer politics can change project economics. NJBPU identifies datacenter demand among the causes of higher bills; EIA's national price forecast cannot isolate its causal contribution. Conversely, Entergy says Meta covers incremental infrastructure and contributes savings, and Oracle says Lighthouse costs are ring-fenced. Verify these protections against billing and collateral requirements. Texas's later environmental-permit pause weakens the assumption that onsite gas universally escapes political constraints. S2 S43 S58 S62 S42

Suffolk’s October 21 temporary ban is an enacted local restriction pending rules. Loudoun’s proposed pause remains deferred to November 17, and its September vote only authorized consideration. These separate local outcomes qualify the earlier proposals-only account without creating a statewide ban. S96 S97

Virginia's proposed SB 843 would pause statewide permits from July 2027 to July 2030, including dedicated distribution lines and onsite generation; a separate proposal would wait for Dominion's queue to be energised. The October 16 report describes ~25,000 MW with energised dates and ~75,000 MW without, with a ~7-year wait (C). These are requests and proposals, not operating consumption or enacted restrictions. The session beginning January 13, 2027 tests whether local opposition becomes a statewide constraint. S76

A demand shortfall can appear in financing prices, land values, cancelled starts or tenant concessions; the order depends on each project's funding and lease terms. Empty shells still incur interest, taxes and maintenance; specialized cooling may need costly adaptation. Enforceable leases initially shift underutilization losses to tenants, but defaults, negotiated concessions and renewal decisions transmit them back to owners and lenders. Guarantees delay transmission without creating demand. Site-specific turbines and gas connections can strand capital, although resalable turbines or grid-connected generation retain alternative uses. Suppliers face weaker orders and factory utilization after cancellation protection runs out. Utility losses depend on prudence findings, customer security and rate allocation. These mechanisms do not establish existing impairments.

The power-layer forecast credit branch overlaps the Oracle row through Oracle-tenanted project loans such as Jupiter, and the neocloud row through CoreWeave-tenanted landlords such as Applied Digital. The layer forecasts are not independent loss events; holding the existing probabilities does not justify adding them.

Conflicts and open questions

  • October 25 update versus a static bottleneck/blanket-risk reading: Google/Voltus adds prospective flexible demand response, while Vertiv/Polar models faster deployment rather than demonstrating delivered output. Blackstone describes long leases and predominantly IG counterparties, qualifying generic project-finance fragility; this is management’s portfolio account, not proof against loss or evidence that unleased projects share those protections. S89 S92 S94

  • Virginia proposals versus enacted local restriction: the earlier note describes state proposals. Suffolk has now approved a temporary local ban; Loudoun has deferred consideration to November 17. Conflating either with an enacted statewide moratorium would overstate the evidence. S96 S97

  • Meta perimeter: the new $68.404bn exposure and $41.493bn RVG cover Louisiana and Texas combined, while claim 36’s 2025 budget/ownership terms concern Hyperion. The differing scopes prevent a like-for-like Hyperion growth comparison or adding all commitments to debt principal. S91

  • October 21 primary check versus prior Jupiter wording: the October 16 scheduling order confirms the December 7 hearing and intervening filing dates, but does not say that the previously reported November 23 decision deadline is legally moot. Claim 14, Analysis and the watch row withdraw that inference; the dates move from secondary C to primary A, while site status stays C. These older orders are newly checked evidence, not fresh post-October 17 events. S82 S83 S84

  • Supply-response counterweight to constraint emphasis: Cumberland’s October 20 local approval, Blackstone’s October 19 fund close and Nvidia’s October 21 prepared-site deployment plan show progress in supply, funding and installation. They qualify a static bottleneck narrative, while leaving generation commissioning, permit outcomes and site electricity unverified; DSX’s 14-day claim begins after preparation. S85 S86 S87 S88

  • Codex versus Claude — evidence of a constraint: Codex's October 17 review treated PJM/Texas as support for a narrower location-specific judgment while downgrading the original dominance ranking to C. Claude's October 18 review argues that the PJM shortfall cannot establish campus-energisation delays at all: use Dominion queues, Jupiter permits/site status and Texas approvals instead, and frame risk as a timing mismatch. Both reject a verified national ranking; claim 40 retains C for the inference. Codex review; Claude review. S9 S42 S73 S76

  • Codex versus Claude — financing emphasis: Codex emphasized River Bend's full amortization and Google rent backstop as a counterexample to generic refinancing risk. Claude agrees on the facts but finds this one-sided without Jupiter's reported stalled ~$18bn syndication and unpowered buildings. Both structures remain in the Analysis: contract protection and construction-stage timing risk coexist, with no universal order of losses. Codex review; Claude review. S56 S77 S73

  • Codex versus Claude — Vantage budget scope/grade: Codex verified the rounded $40bn component at A and $82bn sum at B; Claude could not refetch the DigitalBridge presentation and assigns B to budget floors, finding that Vantage says more than $25bn and $15bn-plus. Freshly fetched issuer announcements corroborate those floors. Claims 13/39 retain Claude's conservative B for the Vantage budgets and the subtotal is at least $82bn on rounded inputs, not an exact current capital stock. S23 S79 S80

  • Claude review versus Nvidia filing: the review describes $25bn of uncommenced leases with $20bn of them for third parties. Note 10 instead has a $25bn row in Commitments and a separate $20bn row in Additional Commitments for third parties. Claim 41 preserves the two directly disclosed categories (A); only the latter is explicitly intended for reassignment. Neither is a guarantee or expected loss. S60

  • Claude capex wording and fee diagnostic: the review calls Equinix's plan tripled, but $3–4bn to $5–7bn is a 71.4% midpoint increase (B). Its 50.6% margin calculation is valid only under the stated assumption of removing all incremental non-recurring revenue at 100% margin, not as a disclosed ex-fee result. Claim 55 keeps the figures and qualifies both interpretations. S44

  • Constraint ranking — original note versus Codex cross-check: the note judged power/commissioning dominant in congested regions throughout 2026–28. The reviewer finds the horizon and ranking unverified: PJM/Texas support local constraints, while TSMC reports continued chip scarcity. Claim 40 retains the original inference at C; the direct management statement is A in claim 50. S9 S42 S59

  • Loss timing and financing map — original note versus Codex cross-check: the note put new-start/land losses first and emphasized later refinancing risk and tenant guarantees. The reviewer argues financing prices can move earlier, supplier support broadens recourse, and amortizing, lease-backed debt reduces ordinary refinancing exposure. The revised Analysis makes timing contract-dependent; neither view establishes current impairment. S60 S55 S56

  • Budget and uncertainty judgments — original note versus Codex cross-check: the Summary called the selected budgets commitments and ranked conversion to paying demand the biggest uncertainty. The reviewer finds common enforceability/funding and that uncertainty ranking unproven. The subtotal is retained as announced development budgets, and the Summary uses PF1's measurable delivery ratio without equating it to utilization or rent collection. S23 S50 S53 S51 S52

  • Scarcity counterweight — original emphasis versus Codex cross-check: the note emphasized physical bottlenecks; the reviewer adds SPARK's prospective grid upgrades and PJM's enhanced demand vetting as ways future scarcity can ease. Neither announced upgrades nor request screening proves that a specific campus will receive power or that a national glut exists. S70 S71

  • Accounting correction: the original claim 35 graded the release's $221m headline as total common-stockholder loss at A. The reviewer grades that interpretation D; the more specific 10-Q reports $237.082m = $221.028m continuing + $16.054m discontinued loss. Corrected claim 35 is A; the reconciliation is B arithmetic. S65

  • Strongest counterargument: scarcity supports rents and discourages speculative completions. TSMC's current assessment still sees excess chip demand, and SemiAnalysis argues most restrictions do not delay real near-term projects. Power scarcity can protect incumbents while marginal developers lose money. S59 S41

  • PJM's December 2025 release itself gives 134,479 MW on p. 1 and 134,747 MW cleared on p. 2; its 6,623 MW shortfall differs from the annual report's 6,517 MW. The July 2026 release supplies a third 2027/28 cleared figure, 134,585 MW. No reconciliation is established; claim 5 attributes each figure rather than choosing one. Clearing prices agree. S9 S8 S10

  • The requested “about 2 GW” moratorium claim resolves to SemiAnalysis's September study, not a verified independent October Economist estimate. Its underlying parcel database was unavailable. Counts of proposals, enacted restrictions and delayed MW are not interchangeable. S41

  • Primary Fairwater MW, current metered Colossus draw, Rainier utilization and current commissioning certificates for each announced tranche remain unverified. The CSV leaves missing capacity blank rather than adopting tracker estimates.

  • FT/Yahoo's October 15 version reports Beignet <91¢, Excalibur <87¢ and Hut ~93¢/~91¢; the October 16 FT/BizNews version gives <92¢/<88¢/~94¢/~92¢. Both are the same reporting, not independent confirmation; basis is unstated, so neither dealer indications nor executed trades is established. Bond identifiers, timestamps and trade tapes remain missing. Private-company figures are reported, unverified. S78 S54

  • Still missing across much of the portfolio: cancellation penalties, commencement conditions, complete guarantee coverage, utility collateral and private-campus costs. The specific supplier and lease protections above do not close these gaps. No matched project cash-flow model or project-specific discount rate establishes adequate returns; DLR's prospective pre-tax yield and Equinix's historical cash-gross-profit return are not comparable investment spreads.

Signals to watch

Signal Current value As of Source Why it matters
PJM price / adequacy $325/MW-day cap; 6,831 MW short; 14.7% reserve margin; 525 MW new generation/uprates Jul 2026 S9 Track reserves alongside capped prices.
Turbine backlog GE 53 GW equipment backlog + 63 GW reservations = 116 GW; MHI 35 GW firm Jun 2026 S27 S29 Cancellations distinguish genuine buildout from reserved options.
Electrical equipment Eaton sector backlog +43% YoY Jun 2026 S32 Watch conversion into deliveries and cash.
Preleasing DLR active development 54% Jun 2026 S47 Falling coverage exposes construction capital.
Project bonds Oct 15: Beignet <91¢/Excalibur <87¢/Hut ~93¢/~91¢; Oct 16: <92¢/<88¢/~94¢/~92¢; basis unstated, versions unresolved (C) Oct 15–16, 2026 S54 S78 Financing stress can precede operating weakness; verify identifiers and timestamps.
Moratorium counts / MW >300 local restrictions; ~2.3 GW estimated delayed Sep 2026 S41 Match restrictions to specific unissued approvals.
Texas permits / compliance update TCEQ halt pending audit; compliance update due Oct 19, 2026, not an automatic expiry Sep 21, 2026 directive S42 No automatic reopening date verified.
Delivered versus contracted Applied Digital PF1 250/400 MW = 62.5% (B); ready for service, not utilization or collected rent Oct 1, 2026 S51 S52 Delivery and rent commencement test the pipeline.
PJM procurement / service rules Backstop suspended five months, effective Feb 28, 2027; procurement start undetermined; most interim-service filing rejected Sep 29–Oct 9, 2026 S66 S67 S68 Track procurement, cost allocation and any revised curtailment rules.
PJM emergency measures DOE 202-26-50 generation authorization applied Oct 13–16; no continued authority established here Oct 12–16, 2026 S69 Track actual activation separately from authorization and maintenance-driven stress.
Grid upgrades / demand vetting SPARK >23 GW prospective grid capacity; PJM load adjustments expected Nov 2026 before Jan 2027 forecast Sep 24–29, 2026 S70 S71 Test supply response and whether submitted demand becomes firm.
PJM 2029/30 BRA Scheduled December 2026 Jul 14, 2026 S9 Next test of new supply, reserves and the price cap.
Jupiter permit / construction finance Pending permit; all hearings still future at Oct 25 cutoff, no motion/permit outcome established. Oct 26 dismissal and Oct 29 discovery at 8:30am MDT; Nov 17 technical testimony; Nov 30 rebuttal notices; Dec 7 main hearing at 9am. Nov 23 deadline legal effect unestablished. Buildings unpowered in Oct 16–17 reports (C); ~$18bn at 89–91¢ remains a Sep 18 mark, with no fresh price established Oct 16, 2026 primary orders; Sep 18 debt marks; checked Oct 25 S82 S83 S84 S73 S77 Next: Oct 26 motions, then Oct 29 discovery; track rulings, permit/pipeline delivery, syndication and rent commencement.
Virginia state proposals / local decisions SB 843: proposed Jul 2027–Jul 2030 halt; separate queue-linked bill; session from Jan 13, 2027 (C). Suffolk temporary ban approved Oct 21 (B); Loudoun proposed legislative-decision pause deferred to Nov 17 (A notice) Oct 16 proposals; Oct 20–21 local statuses; checked Oct 25 S76 S96 S97 Next: Loudoun Nov 17; Suffolk rule/adoption date not established. State proposals become binding only if enacted; check amendments and actual energisation.
Nvidia lease reassignment / support $25bn uncommenced datacenter leases plus separate $20bn third-party leases to reassign; $108.5bn gross guarantees and 3.8 GW option Jul–Aug 2026 S60 Failed reassignment or tenant defaults return costs to the supplier.
Incumbent cash / backlog conversion GEV $5.1bn Q2 FCF; reservations 54.3% of combined gas pipeline (B); Vertiv $925m adjusted FCF, no updated order/backlog quantities Q2 2026 S27 S31 S98 Next: Vertiv Q3 Oct 28 (not yet released). Track firm orders, working-capital reversal and cancellation protection.
Equinix capex expansion Annual 2027–29 plan $5–7bn, previously $3–4bn; exclusions in claim 55 Jul 29, 2026 S44 Profitability of the stabilized pool does not validate new spending.
Cumberland power delivery CUP26-03 locally approved Oct 20; ~3,000 MW proposed generation, not energized or committed campus delivery Oct 20, 2026; checked Oct 21 S86 S87 Next approval/commissioning date not established; track remaining permits, construction and interconnection.
Blackstone energy-transition capital BETP V $8.7bn final close; separate from global datacenter platform and >$11bn strategy equity commitments since Jan 2025 Oct 19, 2026 S85 Next dated deployment report not established; follow generation/transmission/cooling investment conversion.
DSX prepared-site deployment Vendor claims six months→as little as 14 days after site readiness; reference design/partner plan, not observed production deployment. Separate Vertiv/Polar model: 120→48 days, up to 30% first-year tokens at equal capacity; Herøya phase 41 MW, scalable to 100 MW Oct 21, 2026; checked Oct 25 S88 S92 Early 2027 delivery target; verify actual time to production alongside power/permit readiness.
Google/Voltus flexible capacity Agreement 100 MW→1 GW PJM demand response; not new plant or verified operational capacity; commitments through 2040 reported Oct 22, 2026 S89 S90 Deployment timeline undisclosed; verify contracted participation, delivery and peak reduction.
Meta venture recourse Louisiana + Texas maximum exposure $68.404bn, including $41.493bn conditional RVGs; no RVG liability booked Sep 30, 2026; filed Oct 22 S91 Louisiana lease start 2029 / Texas 2028; track commencement, funding and guarantee conditions without counting rent/guarantees as principal.
Blackstone AI counterparty / financing quality Management: ~7% of AUM AI debt/equity, mostly datacenters; initial 15–20-year leases, 96% IG counterparties Oct 22, 2026 S94 S95 No next dated portfolio update established; test lease quality and separate new unleased assets from contracted portfolio.

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