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Highway thieves are spoofing GPS to steal millions in data center-bound cargo
Highway thieves are using sophisticated digital tactics that investigators worry make it easy to rob trucks carrying millions in expensive […]
Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
On Friday, Amazon committed to donating more than $1 billion over the next five years to communities neighboring data centers. […]
Microsoft goes quiet after church groups ask for 1% of data center costs
“Microsoft claims to want to be a good neighbor, but the jury is still out.” Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty […]
SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste
Skip to content The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse. Credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images Credit: Aurich Lawson […]
New York bans data center construction for a year, rattling AI industry
In the meantime, Hochul said it was her “responsibility to take action and lead,” as “data center development threatens to […]
$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year
Playbook to oppose data centers Winning fight against AI data centers gives people a “taste of political power.” It’s clear […]
“We pissed off a lot of people”: Giant data center plan cut 50% amid protests
Genuine compromise or performance art? Developer felt “beaten up,” with “no choice” but to shrink data center. One of the […]
Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months
Can AI save us from the AI industry’s endless thirst for water? Outlook not so good. A curious case in […]
xAI spent $7M building wall that barely muffles annoying power plant noise
“Temu sound wall” not enough to quell fury over xAI’s power plant. For miles around xAI’s makeshift power plant in […]