Global hyperscalers Meta, Amazon, Microsoft, and Alphabet are significantly expanding data center footprints globally, focusing on AI infrastructure. Meta plans a 5 gigawatt (GW) AI supercluster in Louisiana and a 1 GW AI campus in Sturgeon County, Alberta, representing a C$9 billion investment, expected to create 3,000 construction jobs and over 300 permanent roles. Amazon plans to increase AI infrastructure spending this year despite anticipated capacity shortages and is building a four-building data center campus, 'Project Eagle', in Wharton County, Texas. OpenAI announced 'Project Camellia' in Effingham County, Georgia, with Georgia Power documenting a 3,200 megawatt (MW) customer commitment. Iron Mountain commenced construction on RCH-1, a 48 MW facility in Virginia. Brookfield and NextEra Energy are collaborating to transform a former US Department of Energy plant in Kentucky into a 1.2 GW AI data center campus. Galaxy Digital acquired 500 acres in McGregor, Texas, for 'Project Merlin', targeting 74 MW initially. CyrusOne is pursuing a $500 million, 460,000-square-foot data center in Medina County, Texas. Policy responses include New York pausing permits for data centers exceeding 50 MW, Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordering an audit of data center projects in the ERCOT interconnection queue, North Carolina repealing the sales tax exemption on data center electricity, and Nebraska Governor Jim Pillen blocking new data center projects from