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Denver Joins the Pause: The Great Data Center Moratorium
Denver Mayor Mike Johnston proposes a moratorium on new data centers, aiming for stricter land, energy, and water use regulations—mirroring recent actions in cities like Aurora, IL. ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,Data Centers &Policy and Legislation
February 24, 2026•5 min read
The Maryland Model: Fast-Tracking Gas to Save the Grid
Maryland regulators have approved fast-tracking 700 MW of new natural gas generation, diverging from decarbonization trends, to address PJM’s warnings of a reliability gap as load growth outpaces rene... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
February 24, 2026•6 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (02/25/26 Edition)
Discover how 720 kW charging ports signal a shift in Commercial Real Estate: buildings are evolving from passive grid users to autonomous Cellular Power nodes, driven by grid delays and the need for r... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
February 24, 2026•5 min read
DG Matrix Raises $60 Million to Scale Solid-State Power for the AI Era
DG Matrix raises $60M Series A to scale its Interport™ solid-state transformer platform for AI data centers, signaling a shift to industrial-scale deployment. ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,Data Centers
February 18, 2026•6 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (2/18/26 Edition)
This week’s stories are less about flashy launches and more about time-to-power: grid operators tightening rules for large loads, utilities and regulators fighting over who pays, and data center-drive... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
February 18, 2026•6 min read
PJM ‘Connect-and-Manage’ Model Redefines Grid Access Timelines
PJM is introducing a connect-and-manage framework that prioritizes speed of connection over unconditional reliability. This shift requires large-load users to accept curtailment risk or provide onsite... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
February 18, 2026•4 min read
PJM’s 60-GW Warning Puts EV Charging on the Same Collision Course as Data Centers
PJM Interconnection warns of a possible 60 GW power shortfall in the next decade, driven by rapid data center growth and electrification and posing major challenges for planning, siting, and grid econ... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
February 10, 2026•3 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (2/11/26 Edition)
ChargedUp! reports this week's actionable stories: who pays for grid upgrades, how storage and VPPs are scaling, and how charging products are being packaged to reduce deployment friction. ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
February 10, 2026•9 min read
Data Centers: Today's Space Race for Power Infrastructure
Data centers are outrunning the grid, sparking a new space race for power. To build on schedule, hyperscalers are turning to microgrids, storage, and solid-state tech, innovations now reshaping real e... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) Data Centers &Virtual Power Plant (VPP)
February 10, 2026•10 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (2/4/26 Edition)
Explore this week’s top energy trends: rapid EV charging infrastructure growth, battery project funding amid permitting hurdles, and how power constraints are driving “bring-your-own-power” strategies... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
February 04, 2026•5 min read
Scott Sklar On The Great Energy Convergence and Why Your Building Is a Power Plant Today
We recently caught up on a call with distributed energy legend Scott Sklar to discuss the ChargedUp!™ pavilion and why the traditional utility grid model is being disrupted by onsite, ‘behind the mete... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration ,Charging Tech & Innovation Policy &Data Centers
February 03, 2026•7 min read
For DG Matrix, “Power is Power”
The "Mainframe" grid is failing our competitive AI economy. "Cellular Power" is distributed energy used bypass delays and energize real estate assets - today. CEO Haroon Inam discusses DG Matrix's PC ... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Data Centers
February 02, 2026•6 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (1/28/26 Edition)
If you only skimmed headlines this week, you probably saw winter-storm grid anxiety, AI data centers blamed for demand spikes, and the usual EV-market narratives. The more useful signals for real esta... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
January 28, 2026•5 min read
New Jersey’s new executive orders push solar, storage & VPPs as a bill control strategy
Ne On her first day in office, NJ Governor Mikie Sherrill declared a state of emergency on utility costs and issued executive orders that push immediate bill relief and speed up in-state power and ... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 28, 2026•5 min read
“Power Is the New Permitting”: The Data Center Roadmaps That Are Rewriting Site Selection
For years, the development checklist for big commercial projects was familiar. The AI data center boom has pushed a new item to the top — power, and the ability to get it on a predictable timeline. Fo... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 28, 2026•5 min read
Winter Storm Fern and the new “who provides backup power?” playbook (ERCOT + data centers + emergency authority)
Winter storms used to be a utility problem that spilled into property operations. The federal government treated Winter Storm Fern more like a national reliability event, explicitly putting data cente... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 27, 2026•4 min read
Electrification economics at the property level: MBS Airport's playbook for cutting bills and adding EV charging
MBS International Airport in Freeland, MI, is close to finishing a $9.25 million solar panel and EV charging buildout. The airport expects the facilities to be running by May, with Phase 1 already pro... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 27, 2026•5 min read
U.S. Power Demand Is Rising, With Solar Covering Much of the Growth. That Changes the Math for Buildings.
Electricity demand is rising after years of relative flatness, with solar being the biggest winner in meeting that growth in 2025. That’s a national story, and for commercial real estate owners, devel... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 21, 2026•6 min read
GM Says EVs Are Still the End Game. For Buildings and Fleets, the Timeline Just Got More Interesting.
Mary Barra’s message is the stance most large owners should take: the mix and timing may wobble, but electrification still advances, and the built environment must plan for load growth, charging deman... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration Apps & Charging Networks &Charging Tech & Innovation
January 21, 2026•6 min read
PJM’s Capacity Auction Sends a Message: Big Load Demand is Repricing Power. Buildings Will Feel the Impact.
The hottest signal in the Mid-Atlantic power market right now is a number most real estate owners never see until it shows up in a utility bill: the price of “capacity,” the grid’s insurance policy ag... ...more
Energy & Solar Integration
January 21, 2026•7 min read
Stories You May Have Missed This Week: EV, Charging & Intelligent Electrification Roundup (1/21/26 Edition)
If you only skimmed headlines this week, you probably saw the usual mix of AI “grid stress” anxiety and EV-market hot takes. Underneath that noise, the signals for owners, developers and planners are ... ...more
EV News & Trends ,Energy & Solar Integration &Charging Tech & Innovation
January 20, 2026•4 min read
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