Blackstone, OpenAI, QTS, and SoftBank partner with key US unions to launch the American Infrastructure Alliance, aiming to create data center standards in 2027
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AI players, private equity, and unions co-designing data center standards by 2027 means siting, labor, and community benefits are about to be partially pre-negotiated at the industry level. If you’re planning large-scale compute, assume future projects will be judged against these standards on jobs, power, and local impact.
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