The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud services and AI throughout the economy is driving data center demand at a breakneck pace that businesses, utilities, regulators, and communities in the U.S. are struggling to match.
Because they require inordinate amounts of electricity, water, capital, and regulatory coordination simultaneously, data centers have emerged as a contentious, high-profile issue encompassing an array of industries. Organizations that have traditionally operated with limited public scrutiny may now be reputationally and operationally vulnerable, including electric utilities, economic development agencies, construction and engineering firms, real estate developers and infrastructure investors, water utilities and resource managers, and universities.
KRG Advisors has published a comprehensive analysis of the data center ecosystem in the U.S. Entitled The Buildout of the Century: Risks, Issues and Communications Imperatives In the Data Center Ecosystem, it maps the key participants and issues for each phase of the full project lifecycle, while outlining the communications imperatives required for businesses, trade associations and economic development organizations to operate successfully in it.
