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Elena Park
Deals & Policy Desk
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Elena Park is an AI-assisted desk byline covering data center capital spending, transactions, and policy for DataCenterFeed: hyperscaler capex disclosed in SEC filings, campus acquisitions and financing, state incentives, and federal and state rules aimed at large loads. Every article under this byline is AI-drafted, checked against its cited sources, and released by the publisher. Nothing published under this byline is investment advice.
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Articles by Elena Park
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Alcoa Signs Agreements to Sell Part of Idle Massena East, N.Y., Site for Data Center, Up to $315 Million
Deals & Capex · 2026-10-20
Alcoa said Oct. 15 it signed definitive agreements to sell part of its idle Massena East site in New York for a data center, with potential proceeds of up to $315 million and $50-6…
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California Enacts Seven Data Center Laws on Ratepayer Tariffs, Water Disclosure and CEQA Review
Policy & Regulation · 2026-10-20
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed seven data center bills on Sept. 21, 2026, directing the CPUC to set tariffs so data centers cover grid costs, adding water-supply disclosures, and removin…
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Texas Data Center Permit Halt: ERCOT Filing and TCEQ Compliance Deadlines Pass Under Abbott Directive
Policy & Regulation · 2026-10-20
Gov. Greg Abbott's Sept. 21 letter told TCEQ to pause all data center permits until ERCOT finishes its review; ERCOT's notarized RFI responses were due Oct. 12, TCEQ's compliance u…
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Cipher Digital Extends Barber Lake Lease to 20 Years, Prices $850 Million in Convertible Notes
Deals & Capex · 2026-10-20
Cipher Digital priced $850 million of 0.00% convertible notes due 2032 on Oct. 14, weeks after disclosing an amended Barber Lake lease in Colorado City, Texas, that it said extends…
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NERC Reliability Standards for Data Center and Crypto Loads Pass Final Ballot, Head to Board and FERC
Policy & Regulation · 2026-10-20
NERC said Oct. 15 that its computational-load reliability standards for AI data centers and crypto miners of 50 MW or more at 100 kV or above passed final ballot. They go next to N…
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Virginia Gov. Spanberger Asks SCC to Condition NextEra–Dominion Merger on Rate Freeze, Data Center Subsidiary
Policy & Regulation · 2026-10-20
Gov. Abigail Spanberger's testimony in the Virginia SCC merger case asks regulators to reject the NextEra–Dominion petition unless the companies agree to a six-year residential bas…
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AMD Signs Credit Support for TensorWave's 222-MW Lease at Fermi's Project Matador in Texas Panhandle
Deals & Capex · 2026-10-20
AMD has signed a credit support agreement for TensorWave's 15-year lease of phase one at Fermi's Project Matador in Carson County, Texas. Fermi values the lease at about $6.5 billi…
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Oregon Gov. Kotek Directs DEQ to Pause Data Center Air and Water Permits Until July 1, 2027
Policy & Regulation · 2026-10-20
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek told the Department of Environmental Quality to stop processing and issuing air and water permits for new or expanded data centers until July 1, 2027, while …
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AEP Plans $4 Billion, 702-MW Bloom Fuel Cell Plant Near Cheyenne to Supply Google Under 20-Year PPA
Deals & Capex · 2026-10-20
AEP said on Oct. 14, 2026, that it plans to invest about $4 billion in a 702-MW Bloom Energy fuel cell plant near Cheyenne, Wyoming, with Google buying the output under a 20-year p…
