Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require as much […]
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Meta’s AI spending spree is helping make its Quest headsets more expensive
The rising costs of RAM and other computing components are pushing up the price of Meta’s Quest VR headsets, which […]
Trump ignores biggest reasons his AI data center buildout is failing
Donald Trump is facing significant hurdles after declaring, in a series of executive orders last year, that rapid construction of […]
Senators want US energy information agency to monitor data center electricity usage
Utilities are privy to information about energy use from data centers in their region; they use that information to forecast […]
Trump gets data center companies to pledge to pay for power generation
On Wednesday, the Trump administration announced that a large collection of tech companies had signed on to what it’s calling […]
Are consumers doomed to pay more for electricity due to data center buildouts?
To avoid political backlash and waits of up to four years for grid connections, tech companies are already building their […]
Iowa county adopts strict zoning rules for data centers, but residents still worry
Though the rules are among the strictest in the US, locals say they aren’t enough. A rendering of the QTS […]
Judge: xAI can’t claim OpenAI stole trade secrets just by hiring ex-staffers
Hostility is not proof of theft Even twisting an ex-employee’s text to favor xAI’s reading fails to sway judge. Elon […]
Data center builders thought farmers would willingly sell land, learn otherwise
Notably, one resident in Huddleston’s county who received an offer, 75-year-old Timothy Grosser, even declined a proposal to “name your […]
Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans
Senators demand Big Tech pay upfront for data center spikes in electricity bills. Senators launched a probe Tuesday demanding that […]