Editor profile

Catherine Dubois

Editora Sênior, Estratégia Urbana e Regional

Catherine Dubois examines regional urban planning and large-scale development schemes. She analyzes how infrastructure investment shapes the competitive landscape of regional economic zones.

catherine.dubois@globalinfrareview.com

Bylined articles

Energy & Utilities

Google becomes core investor and off-taker of the largest solar project in the US: A new paradigm of AI-driven energy infrastructure

Google has signed an investment and power purchase agreement with Cypress Creek to participate in the construction of the Steel River Energy Center, the largest solar-plus-storage project in the United States, marking a rapid acceleration by tech giants to address the surge in electricity demand driven by the AI era through infrastructure investments.

Catherine Dubois3 min read
Energy & Utilities

Alberta Natural Gas Power Plant: The Wave of AI Data Center-Driven Power Infrastructure Investment in North America

Alberta, Canada, plans to build a $3.2 billion natural gas combined-cycle power plant specifically to power data centers, with an initial capacity of 932 megawatts that can be expanded to 1,864 megawatts. The project is jointly promoted by Aecon, Técnicas Reunidas, Pembina, Morgan Stanley, and others, using Siemens Energy equipment and equipped with carbon capture technology, with operations scheduled to begin in 2030. This article provides an in-depth analysis from the perspectives of global infrastructure investment, energy transition, data center electricity demand, and project financing structure.

Catherine Dubois4 min read
Urban Development

Urban population divergence is reshaping the logic of global infrastructure investment

Based on a study of the population structure and migration patterns of more than 10,000 cities worldwide, this article analyzes how urban divergence changes the long-term allocation logic of transportation, energy, housing, and public infrastructure from the perspectives of infrastructure investment, urban service provision, and regional development.

Catherine Dubois7 min read
Energy & Utilities

Portland’s “Climate Capital Pool”: How a U.S. City Uses a Local Tax to Leverage Billion-Dollar-Scale Resilience Investment

Portland established a city fund focused on climate adaptation, energy efficiency, and community resilience by imposing a 1% retail surtax on large businesses within the city. It is not only an innovation in local public finance, but also a model for cities around the world to rebuild the logic of infrastructure financing against the backdrop of declining federal funding.

Catherine Dubois7 min read