Pennsylvania Puts Unpowered Data Centers First in the Curtailment Line; Banks and Blackstone Assemble $60B for Broadcom's Anthropic Build — October 03, 2026
The Data Center DailyShow Notes
Pennsylvania regulators propose interrupting new large loads that haven't brought their own capacity before anyone else during PJM grid events, while a $60 billion debt package forms behind Broadcom's compute for Anthropic. Plus Colossus's 90-day leases, a Microsoft-linked New Jersey site's year of unpermitted NOx, and Amazon's $1 billion community pledge.
In this episode: 1. Pennsylvania PUC votes 4 to 0 to curtail new large loads first — Energy News https://energynews.biz/pennsylvania-puc-large-load-curtailment-tentative-order/ 2. Broadcom’s Syndicate Starts Raising $60 Billion for Anthropic’s AI Compute Buildout | AI Industry Today — AI Industry Today Desk https://aiindustrytoday.com/news/broadcoms-syndicate-starts-raising-60-billion-for-anthropics-ai-compute-buildout/ 3. xAI turns surplus GPUs into a leasing business as it chases more capacity — Diego Almada Lopez https://cryptobriefing.com/xai-leases-compute-anthropic-google/ 4. NJ data center polluted for a year before regulators stepped in — Latitude Media https://www.latitudemedia.com/news/nj-data-center-polluted-for-a-year-before-regulators-stepped-in/ 5. Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash - Ars Technica — Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/10/amazons-1b-plan-to-combat-data-center-backlash-draws-more-backlash/
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