NextEra Energy is acquiring Dominion Energy in an all-stock deal, creating the world's largest regulated electric utility. The combined company will focus on meeting electricity demand from AI data centers, with NextEra shareholders owning 74.5% of the new entity.
NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy are merging in a significant deal aimed at meeting the escalating electricity demand from AI-driven data centers. Dominion powers Northern Virginia's data center market, while NextEra is the largest US renewable energy developer.
The cloud platform says it is currently working to resolve the outage, caused by overheating at a data center in Northern Virginia.
The cloud platform says it is currently working to resolve the outage, caused by overheating at a data center in Northern Virginia.
A cooling issue at an Amazon Web Services data center in Northern Virginia caused widespread service disruptions. Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase and derivatives giant CME Group were among the affected. AWS confirmed increased temperatures in a single data center impacted services. Efforts to restore cooling capacity led to extended outages for some customers. The primary issue is now resolved.
Coinbase said on Friday its markets are being placed in “cancel only” mode but will begin to re-enable trading “shortly.”
