People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center
A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled.
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Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota
Meta’s upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.
Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris
Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.
Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation
Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.
Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills
Sens. Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid.
Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction
Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress passes comprehensive AI regulation.
Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center
A “major artificial intelligence company” reportedly offered a Kentucky women $26 million to build a data center on their farm.
Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
“Project Sunrise” would include more than 50,000 satellites performing high-energy compute on orbit.
Anori, Alphabet’s new X spinout, is tackling one of the world’s most expensive bureaucratic nightmares
Anori aims to shrink down the pre-development process by getting all parties, including the city, on to a unified platform from the start so that compliance conflicts are surfaced in weeks instead of months or years.
K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute
K2’s Gravitas is an ambitious project that aims to demonstrate the tech needed to build data centers in space.