Higher‑education facilities teams face new pressure to secure resilient power as computing demand and data‑center expansion grow. A practical guide for campus power modernization outlines strategies to modernize legacy distribution, reduce outage risk, and support research operations that depend on continuous uptime. Separately, Google announced a major renewable energy and storage commitment for a data‑center complex in Minnesota that contracts the world’s largest announced long‑duration battery (up to 100 hours) from Form Energy. For campuses that host research computing, partnerships with hyperscalers and utilities could alter local grid dynamics and rate structures. Facilities, CIOs, and research‑computing directors should plan for integrated energy strategies that include demand management, on‑site storage, and negotiated utility agreements. Investments in long‑duration storage and microgrids may become essential to protect labs, HPC clusters, and clinical research infrastructure from growing grid stress and higher electricity costs.