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À quatre jours des élections de mi-mandat américaines, les data centers s'invitent dans la campagne. Ces infrastructures indispensables à l'entraînement de l'IA comme à la résolution de défis scientifiques sont accusées de faire grimper les factures d'électricité, de consommer trop d'eau et de transformer les paysages.

Η ΔΕΗ θα παραμείνει στη Δυτική Μακεδονία και τα έργα που σχεδιάζει θα έχουν βάθος για τα επόμενα 40-50 χρόνια, ανέφεραν χαρακτηριστικά υψηλόβαθμα στελέχη της Επιχείρησης, τα οποία παρουσίασαν χθες (29/10/2026) το επενδυτικό πλάνο, που αφορά την περιοχή. Σύμφωνα με τον αναπληρωτή Διευθύνοντα Σύμβουλο Συμβατικής Παραγωγής Ομίλου ΔΕΗ, Αλέξη Παΐζη, «η Δυτική Μακ

Ils sont le symbole de la révolution de l’intelligence artificielle, mais leur implantation suscite une colère grandissante aux États-Unis. En Géorgie, près d’Atlanta, des habitants se mobilisent contre un gigantesque projet de data center, inquiets pour leur cadre de vie, les ressources en eau et le coût de l’électricité. À l’approche des élections de mi-ma

Runware is building a factory to turn out prefabricated AI data centers on an assembly line. The real test will be whether it can deliver at that scale.

Les pratiques dangereuses se multiplient sur ces chantiers dans plusieurs pays européens, comme le révèle une enquête de cinq mois menée par Investigate Europe avec des partenaires dans huit pays, dont « Le Monde ».

The US power sector could release 42 percent more planet-heating carbon dioxide pollution by 2030 than it did in 2025 as it builds out more fossil fuel infrastructure to meet data center electricity demand, according to a new analysis by the Sierra Club. That would essentially wipe out 15 years of greenhouse gas reductions. CO2 […]

The battle over data centers is hitting the ballot box. Brookings scholar Darrell West talks about how the backlash against the AI boom, flock cameras and tech companies is crossing party lines.

SEOUL, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- Cheong Wa Dae said Thursday it will consider revising...

President Trump returned to Ohio on Wednesday to campaign for the Republican candidates in the state's heavily watched governor and Senate races. Danny Eldredge, the Columbus bureau chief for the Toledo Blade, joins CBS News to discuss the issues driving Ohio voters to the polls.

Constellation Energy will get $5 billion in government loans to modernize nuclear reactors. Most of the new capacity is already committed to Google, Amazon, and Meta.

Humanoid robots will still consume only a sliver of the RAM AI does.

Ask Texas NAACP president Gary Bledsoe what it's been like to see data center developers descend upon Austin and its surrounding suburbs and he can rattle off project after project facing opposition from locals. There's the fight in Taylor over plans to build a data center at a site that's supposed to be a park. […]

<p>Ocean water could help dissipate the heat from data centers, but the infrastructure could threaten endangered whales</p>

In Ohio, many people are displeased with the state's rapid buildout of data centers. It's a hot-button issue in the midterms, as political candidates from both parties try to ease voter concerns.

Au Texas, les projets de gigantesques centres de données dédiés à l’intelligence artificielle poussent comme des champignons, suscitant la colère des riverains inquiets de leurs répercussions. Ces frondes locales s’invitent dans la campagne électorale de mi-mandat et pourraient mettre en difficulté les républicains dans des zones où le vote « rouge » semblai

Paris Marx, author of Hyperscale, has been tracking global data center development for years. The US has a lot to learn from what’s happened everywhere from Ireland to New Zealand.

Data centers are a big issue across the country. As midterms approach, many look to the swing state of Wisconsin for lessons for how that issue could play out nationally.

In Finland is veel verontwaardiging over de illegale kap van honderdduizenden bomen. Google kapte de bomen voor de aanleg van datacenters, maar moest het werk deze maand neerleggen van de Finse toezichthouder. Het bedrijf had de noodzakelijke milieueffectrapportages niet afgerond voor de start van de kap. De bomen werden weggehaald op twee plekken in het mid

Według prognoz moc centrów danych w Polsce może wzrosnąć z ok. 200 MW obecnie do 500 MW w 2030 r., a coraz większe znaczenie mają zyskiwać lokalizacje poza Warszawą. Samorząd Województwa Zachodniopomorskiego podejmuje aktywne działania mające na celu przyciągnięcie części tych projektów, co poparte zostało opracowaniem szczegółowego raportu.

Data center do Google em New Albany, na região central de Ohio (EUA) Divulgação/Google O Google anunciou nesta quarta (22) que vai pagar a moradores e empresas nos Estados Unidos que reduzirem o consumo de energia elétrica. O objetivo é destinar a energia economizada a seus data centers de inteligência artificial. A iniciativa será realizada em parceria com

<p>Attacks against data centers in Europe and the Middle East are raising questions as to how we protect the infrastructure on which our digital lives depend</p>

The tech giant is funding one of the nation’s largest “virtual power plants,” which would pay homes and businesses to adjust their energy use when grids are strained.

A rush of new data centers could bring air pollution roaring back to levels not seen since the 2000s in Texas, which has become ground zero for the physical infrastructure behind generative AI. New and proposed data centers are demanding a tremendous amount of electricity. How developers and utilities meet that demand - with gas […]

At Nvidia’s GTC in Berlin, Huang unveiled the company’s new plug-in data center—the DSX Pod—as the key to unlocking Europe’s AI infrastructure lag. Oh, and autonomous humanoid robotics.

Majorities see risks in AI and fewer see benefits.

A plan to funnel the heat given off by data centers into nearby homes has run aground in Germany. Across Europe, policymakers are weighing AI ambitions against climate objectives.

Trump says data centers should consider community "dividends" as AI financing worries grow.

<p>Solid-state transformer designs have been around for decades. Now data centers may finally give the chip-filled devices their killer application</p>

The strikes that took place over several days earlier this month were the first publicized attacks on Russian data centers.