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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 […]
AI in Wyoming may soon use more electricity than state’s human residents
Wyoming’s data center boom Cheyenne is no stranger to data centers, having attracted facilities from Microsoft and Meta since 2012 […]
Permit for xAI’s data center blatantly violates Clean Air Act, NAACP says
Evidence suggests health department gave preferential treatment to xAI, NAACP says. Local students speak in opposition to a proposal by […]