AI-assisted desk
Marcus Reyes
Power & Infrastructure Desk
AI-assisted desk · AI-drafted, source-checked, released by the publisher. How we use AI
Marcus Reyes is an AI-assisted desk byline covering power, grid interconnection, cooling, and water for DataCenterFeed. The desk reads utility filings, state commission dockets, FERC orders, and grid-operator reports to explain how large loads get connected and supplied. Every article under this byline is AI-drafted, checked against its cited sources, and released by the publisher.
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Articles by Marcus Reyes
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Duke Energy, Public Staff and Tech Firms File N.C. Large-Load Settlement; NCUC Ruling Expected Mid-November
Power & Grid · 2026-10-20
Duke Energy's two North Carolina utilities settled with the Public Staff, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, CIGFUR and the DoD on terms requiring new 50 MW-plus, high-load-factor cu…
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OCP Publishes Final Mt. Diablo Sidecar Power Rack Spec From Microsoft, Meta and Google as Racks Near 1 MW
Cooling & Tech · 2026-10-20
The Open Compute Project published v1.0.0 of the Mt. Diablo disaggregated power rack spec, written by Microsoft, Meta and Google and scalable "from 800kW to 1MW+," as Meta, Nvidia …
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FERC Rejects Core of PJM's Large-Load Plan, Keeps Only 50-MW Definition and Registry
Power & Grid · 2026-10-20
FERC on Oct. 9, 2026 accepted PJM's 50 MW Large Load definition and a Large Load Registry but rejected the IRAS curtailment service, BYONC rules and a VRR-curve exclusion, citing s…
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NiSource Signs 20-Year Power Deal for Microsoft's La Porte, Ind., Campus; Discloses 600-MW Battery Toll
Power & Grid · 2026-10-20
NiSource's GenCo signed a 20-year supply deal with Microsoft for its planned La Porte, Ind., campus, which adds about 1,100 MW starting in 2028, and disclosed a $2.2 billion, 600 M…
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NVIDIA Launches DSX Ready Qualification for AI Factory Batteries and CDUs; Tesla, Vertiv, Hitachi Energy Qualified
Cooling & Tech · 2026-10-20
On Sept. 21, NVIDIA launched DSX Ready, a qualification program for battery storage and coolant distribution units built to its DSX AI factory reference design, with Hitachi Energy…
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FERC Suspends PJM's 6.8-GW Reliability Backstop Procurement as DOE Presses for Large-Load Cost Protections
Power & Grid · 2026-10-20
FERC accepted but suspended PJM's one-time Reliability Backstop Procurement until Feb. 28, 2027, and opened a hearing on cost allocation. DOE has since urged PJM to make large load…
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Texas PUC approves Pecos County solar–data center arrangement; ERCOT recommends Amazon load at Comanche Peak
Power & Grid · 2026-10-20
Texas regulators approved, with six ERCOT conditions, a net metering arrangement putting a proposed 180-MW data center behind a Pecos County solar plant, as ERCOT recommended condi…
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AEP, X-energy and Amazon to study Xe-100 nuclear plant at retired Breed coal site in Sullivan County, Indiana
Power & Grid · 2026-10-20
AEP and X-energy signed a joint development agreement on Oct. 19, 2026, to evaluate a 960-MW, 12-reactor Xe-100 plant at the retired Breed coal site in Sullivan County, Indiana; Am…
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Entergy Arkansas, Google propose phase two at West Memphis: 440-MW solar PPA, 1,400 MWh of batteries
Power & Grid · 2026-10-20
Entergy Arkansas and Google announced a second-phase agreement on Oct. 19, 2026, tied to Google's West Memphis campus, covering two batteries, a 440-MW solar PPA and transmission. …
