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INDEPENDENT RESEARCH · LAW / ENERGY / INFRASTRUCTUREUS × CHINA / FIELDNOTES No. 01

SHARED TOPICS / RESEARCH ATLAS

Finance & ownership

One question, across law, projects, contracts and research.

New evidence · 19 October 2026

Grid access Cost & risk Power supply Flexibility & reliability Land & permits Environment & efficiency Finance & ownership Research methods

LAW

4 documents

United States · 1.1.9

Executive Order 14318

United States · 1.4.1

Texas S.B. 6 large-load statute

China · 2.2.18

Measures for Energy Conservation Review and Carbon-Emissions Evaluation of Fixed-Asset Investment Projects

Beijing Provisions on Strengthening Energy Review of Data-Center Projects

PROJECT

5 documents

United States · 1.3.1

Google The Dalles Data Center

Alibaba Zhangbei Miaotan Data Center

GDS Kunshan Guojin Data Center REIT

Chindata Huailai / Taihang Campus

Tencent Qingyuan Qingxin Cloud Data Center

CONTRACT

6 documents

United States · 1.1.1

Digi Power X–Cerebras 40 MW colocation MSA

United States · 1.2.1

TeraWulf–Kentucky Power 500 MW ESA and 1 GW LOA

Southern GDS Data Center REIT initial offering

GDS private REIT/ABS capital recycling

VNET–Dajia pre-REIT fund cooperation

VNET 100 MW customer cooperation framework

ACADEMIC

3 documents

United States · 1.3.4

Flexible data centers reduce power system costs but can increase emissions

United States · 1.8.1

Financing the AI Buildout

Decarbonizing Data Centers Through Regional Bits Migration: A Comprehensive Assessment of China's ‘Eastern Data, Western Computing’ Initiative and Its Global Implications

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