New York City’s data center opportunity may lie on the ‘edge’: panel

New York City faces a constraint between growing demand for data centers and its aging power infrastructure. Edge data centers—smaller facilities distributed throughout the city rather than centralized in one location—may offer a solution to this capacity challenge.

Demand for data center construction is colliding with the city’s aging power grid, according to a New York Build 2026 panel session.

This story was originally published by Construction Dive.