# Data Center daily digest — 30 Oct 2026

Workforce training and energy flexibility featured in the latest data center releases. QTS Data Centers committed $150,000 over three years to support a data center operations certificate at Maricopa Community Colleges in Arizona. DayOne signed a memorandum of understanding with Blue Whale Energy to study a distributed virtual power plant linked to battery storage at its upcoming SG1 site in Singapore.

Source-local date: Friday 30 October 2026 (America/Los_Angeles). 2 release(s). Canonical: https://mediarelease.co/digests/data-center/2026-10-30/

## Releases

### [QTS and Maricopa Community Colleges expand partnership to prepare students for data center careers](https://mediarelease.co/us/mr02511-qts-and-maricopa-community-colleges-expand-30102026.html)

Issued by: QTS Data Centers · Original source: https://q.com/news/qts-and-maricopa-community-colleges-expand-partnership-to-prepare-students-for-data-center-careers/

QTS Data Centers has committed $150,000 over three years, at $50,000 a year, to the Maricopa Community Colleges Foundation to support the Data Center Operations certificate in Arizona. The certificate, developed with QTS and other data center partners, trains students for entry-level data center jobs; its first cohort finished in fall 2025. QTS operates data centers in the Phoenix area and is developing three local campuses.

### [DayOne and Blue Whale Energy to explore distributed virtual power plant in Singapore](https://mediarelease.co/us/mr02475-dayone-and-blue-whale-energy-to-explore-30102026.html)

Issued by: DayOne · Original source: https://dayonedc.com/partnerships/dayone-and-blue-whale-energy-to-explore-distributed-virtual-power-plant-in-singapore

DayOne Data Centers and Singapore battery storage firm Blue Whale Energy have signed a memorandum of understanding to study a distributed virtual power plant in Singapore. The concept would link battery storage at DayOne's upcoming SG1 data center with commercial and industrial sites to act as a single flexible grid resource. Initial work includes a front-end engineering design study and assessing participation in Singapore's Demand Response and Interruptible Load programs.

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