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Data Center Bust & Boom
We have followed development of the stack that governs these "installations" since 1993; nudging technical committees -- NFPA, IEEE, ASHRAE, BICSI, Uptime Institute, TIOA, UL among others. The topic improvises daily. Today we review public consultations even though we know, at this pace, whatever standard stabilizes will soon be unstable. We can also poke at the Draft 2028 National Electrical Safety Code.
2029 National Electrical Code Panel 5
Today at the usual hour we sort through specifics in Article 200 Use and Identification of Grounded Conductors, Article 250 Grounding and Bonding, Article 270 Higher voltage grounding and bonding, Article 750 Lower voltage grounding and bonding and Annex D Example D14. Public Input on the 2029 Edition will be received until April 9, 2026.
RELLIS Data and Research Center
Case Study: The RELLIS Campus Data Center will service all major Texas markets: Dallas | Houston | San Antonio | Austin. The claim of a sticker cost of $10 million seems low. The project faces financial challenges; not the least of which is the bankruptcy of the developer. Links to more timely information herein.
Quadrivium: Winter
Educational settlements should be magical places. The stack informing the beauty of these "cities-within-cities" changes 100 to 1000 times per day globally. Titles are time-sensitive, copyright protected and land in public law. We monitor the action continuously to formulate response to public consultations. Topics appear on our CALENDAR and explored every day at 16:00 UTC. Recommend refresh of this web page once or twice to see timeliest information.
Gallery: Supercomputers & Data Centers
A collection of education community data center and supercomputer design, construction and operation videos over the past 24 months. As a general rule, it costs between $600 to $1,200 per gross square foot or $8 million to $16 million per megawatt of commissioned information technology load to build a data center. Links to PyTorch, TensorFlow and JAX backgrounders for training Large Language Models.
2028 National Electrical Safety Code
Today we review the proposed changes for the 2028 Edition that sets the standard of care for construction, operation and maintenance of power and telecommunication infrastructure on the supply side of the point of common coupling. The pre-print should be availably today but. alas, we're not seeing the package made available yet. Still, there is plenty to pick through ahead of its release. We have until 24 March 2026 to submit comments on proposed changes.
Current Issues & Recent Research
We examine the proposals for the 2028 National Electrical Safety Code; including our own. Public comment on proposed changes will be received until March 24th. The 2026 National Electrical Code which has recently been released for public use (public input on the 2029 revision will be received until April 9, 2026).
Application of Big Data in Power System Reform
You cannot simultaneously have Net Zero, the Green New Deal and a Blockchain-Based De-Centralized Education System. Periodt.