Japan's long-awaited return to normalcy brings uncertainty, volatility

Japan's economy is returning to something resembling normality for the first time in decades. That's likely to mean more ...
The New York Times

Google Buys Data Center Company for $4.75 Billion

The deal for Intersect, a data center and energy developer, is set to help Google build out its infrastructure for artificial intelligence. By Eli Tan Reporting from Seattle Google has agreed to buy ...
Wired

Opposed to Data Centers? The Working Families Party Wants You to Run for Office

The influential progressive third party announced Thursday that it was putting out a recruitment call for candidates specifically opposed to data centers. The Working Families Party said Thursday that ...
CNET

Thinking About Subscribing to a Data Removal Service? Read This First

Zach began writing for CNET in November, 2021 after writing for a broadcast news station in his hometown, Cincinnati, for five years. You can usually find him reading and drinking coffee or watching a ...
The Hill

Democrats press tech giants on data center energy use, rising electricity bills

Three Senate Democrats said Tuesday that they are investigating the impact of data centers on consumer electricity bills amid concerns that the expansion of energy-hungry artificial intelligence (AI) ...
The Verge

Racks of AI chips are too damn heavy

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Old data centers physically cannot support rows and rows of GPUs, which is one reason for the massive AI data ...
The Michigan Daily

UMich wants to build a data center in Ypsilanti Township. Local officials say they’ve been left out of the loop

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Photo courtesy of Elena Nicholson. The University Insider is The Daily’s first faculty and ...
The Washington Post

Maryland county in search of revenue lays out strategy for data centers

A Prince George’s County task force laid out a road map for data center development in Maryland’s second-largest county after months of fierce public backlash over a proposed site that critics argue ...
Austin American-Statesman

Texas grid operators and regulators iron out new rules for data centers

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June that empowers the state’s grid operator to remotely disconnect data centers and other large energy users if the grid is under extreme stress. The so-called ...
The Hill

Trump’s data center embrace spurs energy and environment concerns

The Trump administration’s data center push is spurring concerns about energy prices and environmental impacts. The administration has embraced data centers, which house the computers and ...
Slate

Inside Big Tech’s Awful Plan to Fill Space With A.I. Garbage

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Earlier this month, Google researchers ...
WTOP News

Digital Gateway data center builders barred from beginning construction until Virginia legal challenge plays out

This article was republished with permission from WTOP’s news partner InsideNoVa.com. Sign up for InsideNoVa.com’s free email subscription today. Construction on the PW Digital Gateway is prohibited ...