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April 30, 2026

10 quantum research items collected on 2026-04-30; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.

64 tracked items · 3 desks

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Quantum

10 quantum research items collected on 2026-04-30; hardware, control, and industry signals routed.

All collected Quantum items (10)

Commercial and Industry Context

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Chips

43 chip stack items collected on 2026-04-30; memory, packaging, compute, and foundry signals routed.

All collected Chips items (37)

Compute Accelerators

Memory and Advanced Packaging

Foundry, Tools, and Capex

Unrouted Items

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Power

20 power layer items collected on 2026-04-30; data center load, grid, generation, and cooling signals routed.

All collected Power items (17)

Data Center Power Demand

  • Small modular reactors and microreactors under development in the United States

    Electric utilities in the United States currently operate about 98 gigawatts (GW) of nuclear generating capacity, but very little nuclear capacity has been built in the last few decades. High capital costs and lengthy licensing and approval processes have limited the expansion of nuclear power. However, several companies are developing new small modular reactor (SMR) designs...

  • U.S. coal-fired generating capacity retired in 2025 was the least in 15 years

    During 2025, the U.S. electric power sector retired 2.6 gigawatts (GW) of coal-fired generating capacity at four power plants, the least since 2010. At the beginning of 2025, coal plant operators had planned to retire 8.5 GW of capacity; however, 4.8 GW of planned retirements were delayed to a future year, and the operators of two coal plants (1.1 GW) cancelled plans to reti...

  • Rooftop solar photovoltaic systems account for 20% of Puerto Rico's capacity mix

    Rooftop solar generating capacity in Puerto Rico totaled 1,456 megawatts (MW) at the end of 2025, 20% of the overall capacity mix. Rooftop solar capacity has increased faster than other sources over the past decade. Between 2016 and 2025 rooftop solar installations accounted for 81% of the new generating capacity in Puerto Rico, according to data from our Electric Power Mont...

  • Wind and solar generated a record 17% of U.S. electricity in 2025

    Over the past 20 years, electricity from wind power and utility-scale solar power has increased to 17% of generation in the United States compared to less than 1% in 2005. In 2025, net generation of wind and solar together accounted for 760,000 gigawatthours (GWh) of electricity, 88,000 GWh more than in 2024, according to data from our Electric Power Monthly. We classify a p...

  • Fossil generation could rise with faster-than-expected growth in data center power demand

    Electricity demand has been rising steadily since 2020 after more than a decade of little change. Between 2020 and 2025, U.S. electricity demand, as measured by net energy for load, grew about 1.7% annually compared with 0.1% annual growth between 2005 and 2019. Electricity use by data centers is driving the electricity demand growth. Continued development of these large com...

Grid and Generation

Unrouted Items

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