The Port of Corpus Christi signed a cooperation agreement with MARAD to study small modular reactors for maritime use.

Microsoft and PowerHouse Hillwood are contesting utility transmission agreements for data centers at FERC.

Floyd County, Georgia commissioners approved a data center ordinance setting noise, setback, and utility conditions.

A GAO report examines federal uranium supply costs, enrichment programs, and Tennessee fuel facilities.

Georgia senators are forming a task force on automated license plate reader misuse involving Atlanta-based Flock Safety

ERCOT and Texas industry groups warn that pauses on AI data center interconnection could strain grid reliability.

Mammoth Freighters handed over its first converted Boeing 777-200LRMF to Texas-based lessor Jetran on August 24.

A proposed Atlanta freight rail bypass has resurfaced as regulators review the Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern merger

Dolly Parton died in Nashville at 80, two months after opening a Tennessee travel stop built for professional drivers.

The AI Incident Database logged 148 new incident IDs from May through July 2026, led by scams and fraud.

IBM reports AI enabled breaches averaged $6 million and shadow AI appeared at 43 percent of breached firms.

IEA projects global data center electricity use doubling to about 945 terawatt hours by 2030.

Goldman Sachs projects US data center power demand rising from 31 GW in 2025 to 66 GW in 2027.

Data center growth ended two decades of flat US power demand, with EPRI projecting 9 to 17 percent share by 2030.

Metro Atlanta held 1,459.2 MW of data center inventory at the end of 2025, second only to Northern Virginia.

Silver rose about 20 percent in August to $70 an ounce, with Hecla Mining up 47 percent for the month.