Weekly Change Digest

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What is the Weekly Change Digest for AI infrastructure?

The Weekly Change Digest shows what moved this week across power, water, and readiness signals so buyers can decide where deeper diligence should start, what to compare next, and when recurring monitoring matters more than a static snapshot.

Key Data Points

  • Covers power, water, and readiness movement that can change shortlist timing
  • Supports compare-first and monitor-changes decisions before paid diligence begins
  • Bridges into GLRI for recurring market monitoring and alerts
  • Updates weekly to reflect the latest visible public signal movement
Week of: Feb 24, 2026·Last updated: May 17, 2026

This digest is the public weekly layer for what moved, where trust still needs help, and which launch markets deserve compare-first review versus recurring monitoring.

Launch-market objects

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Texas

Texas is the most execution-relevant launch market right now, so week-over-week movement in ERCOT power, DFW water stress, and Austin regulatory posture changes shortlist timing and monitoring priority fastest.

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Ohio / PJM

Ohio / PJM is the direct-fact queue market anchor outside ERCOT, so weekly PJM process and power signals can quickly change whether shortlist routes should advance or stay on monitoring hold.

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Timing confidence by market

Which markets have strong timing basis this week

Pack-level timing confidence before you drill into weekly changes.

Medium confidenceProxy basis

Ratio: 8 proxy

Freshest as-of: Unavailable

Timing is usable for pack framing, but proxy rows need visible separation.

Medium confidenceProxy basis

Ratio: 26 proxy

Freshest as-of: Unavailable

Timing is usable for pack framing, but proxy rows need visible separation.

Medium confidenceProxy basis

Ratio: 49 proxy

Freshest as-of: Unavailable

Timing is usable for pack framing, but proxy rows need visible separation.

Medium confidenceProxy basis

Ratio: 80 proxy

Freshest as-of: Unavailable

Timing is usable for pack framing, but proxy rows need visible separation.

How timing basis is derived

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Power Signals

(Top 5 by magnitude · 4 total)

ERCOT Spot Price

ERCOT Houston

ERCOT Houston hub spot prices increased 16.8% week-over-week due to higher demand and lower wind output.

Previous

$45.20

Current

$52.80

Change

+16.8%

Time-to-Power Score

ERCOT

ERCOT TTPS improved 12.5% as more projects received interconnection approval.

Previous

3.2

Current

2.8

Change

-12.5%

MISO Queue Additions

MISO Central

MISO interconnection queue grew by 9% with 22 new AI datacenter project requests.

Previous

245

Current

267

Change

+9.0%

PJM Capacity Price

PJM Western

PJM Western hub capacity prices declined 5.7% as new generation came online.

Previous

$125.40

Current

$118.20

Change

-5.7%

Water Signals

(Top 5 by magnitude · 4 total)

Regulatory Risk

Austin, TX

Austin water regulatory risk increased 15.6% pending new cooling water restrictions.

Previous

0.45

Current

0.52

Change

+15.6%

Baseline Stress

Ashburn, VA

Northern Virginia baseline water stress decreased 9.5%, improving datacenter cooling reliability.

Previous

2.1

Current

1.9

Change

-9.5%

Water Stress Score

Phoenix, AZ

Phoenix water stress score increased to 78.4, indicating higher drought risk for datacenter cooling.

Previous

72.3

Current

78.4

Change

+8.4%

Water Stress Score

Dallas-Fort Worth, TX

Dallas-Fort Worth water stress score rose 7.4% as drought conditions intensified.

Previous

48.5

Current

52.1

Change

+7.4%

Edge Readiness Signals

(Top 5 by magnitude · 4 total)

Permit Score

San Jose, CA

San Jose permit score improved 7.8% with streamlined approval processes.

Previous

42.5

Current

45.8

Change

+7.8%

Edge Readiness Score

Atlanta, GA

Atlanta edge readiness improved 6.3% with new fiber backbone deployment.

Previous

68.2

Current

72.5

Change

+6.3%

Latency Score

Denver, CO

Denver latency score improved 6.0% due to new edge compute nodes.

Previous

55.4

Current

58.7

Change

+6.0%

IXP Score

Chicago, IL

Chicago IXP score declined 3.4% as some peering partnerships other hubs.

Previous

82.1

Current

79.3

Change

-3.4%

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