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Category: data centers
The newest AI boom pitch: Host a mini data center at your home
Honey, I shrunk the hyperscaler The plan aims to speed up AI compute deployment while compensating residents. SPAN’s XFRA node […]
Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean
Skip to content Panthalassa aims to test floating AI computing nodes in the Pacific in 2026. Pathalassa’s floating AI “node” […]
Amazon stuck with months of repairs after drone strikes on data centers
Amazon’s cloud customers will need to wait several more months before the US tech company can repair war-damaged data centers […]
Drone strikes on data centers spook Big Tech, halting Middle East projects
Skip to content Uninsurable war damage is forcing tech companies to rethink Middle East plans. Guests look at a model […]
The great American data center divide
The great American data center divide Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure. Main Street (Route 38) in […]
Satellite and drone images reveal big delays in US data center construction
Silicon Valley has been pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into building ever-larger AI data centers that require as much […]
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 […]