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SYDNEY, Nov 5 (Reuters) - Australia's 188-year-old department store chain, David Jones, was placed into voluntary administration on Thursday, as rising costs, sluggish retail sales and supply chain pressures weighed on its business.

The accused killer is in the witness box after the Crown closed its case in his NSW Supreme Court trial in Sydney.

Data center opposition crossed party lines in Tuesday’s midterms.

After Democrats won big in Texas and other AI infrastructure hot spots on Tuesday, data center enthusiasts looked for comfort in low Earth orbit.

<p>Across 10 states this Election Day, voters overwhelmingly backed restrictions on data center development or rejected measures that would have eased their construction</p>

Customers are left wondering as the retailer calls in administrators while it struggles to pay its rent.

With smartphone sales tanking by around 20 percent compared to 2025, Qualcomm is looking to data centers to help boost its bottom line. During its Q4 2026 earnings call, the company laid out its plans to make a splash in the AI data center business, through partnerships with companies like Amazon and Meta announced earlier […]

Voters across the country opted for nearly every local ballot measure that would curb the rate of data center expansion.

Voters in the states at the heart of the AI data center boom pushed back on the buildout on Election Night.

From high-profile Senate races to local rezoning initiatives, data centers and their supporters did miserably on the ballot in the 2026 midterms.

Data center developers are poised to face a more restrictive building environment after voters across the country voted in candidates who favor moratoriums and ballot measures that put more obstacles on their expansion, delivering a stinging blow to a central pillar of the AI industry. Of voters polled by NBC News on Election Day, 76 […]

Nowhere was the rebuke stronger than the now-blue Ohio.

One report estimated the new measures could bring 5,500 to 9,500 properties back to long-term residential use

Les data-centers, sujet crucial pour les électeurs américains, a poussé une partie des républicains à s'abstenir ou à voter le pour le parti opposé lors de ces midterms du mardi 3 novembre. Plusieurs candidats comme Greg Abbott et Ken Paxton ont eux, opéré des volte-face stupéfiantes concernant leur positionnement, affirmant ainsi vouloir un moratoire dans l

Η σαρωτική νίκη των Δημοκρατικών στις ενδιάμεσες εκλογές των ΗΠΑ ανέδειξε έναν απροσδόκητο παράγοντα που επηρέασε την εκλογική αναμέτρηση: την αυξανόμενη αντίδραση των πολιτών στην κατασκευή τεράστιων κέντρων δεδομένων για την τεχνητή νοημοσύνη. Οι Δημοκρατικοί που υποσχέθηκαν να «παγώσουν» την ανάπτυξη νέων εγκαταστάσεων επικράτησαν ακόμη και σε παραδοσιακά

La démocrate Gina Hinojosa a été élue gouverneure du Texas mardi 3 novembre. Le gouverneur républicain sortant Greg Abbott, qui briguait un 4e mandat, a été battu par cette avocate de 52 ans. Et alors que le Texas, puissance énergétique de premier plan, accueille nombre de projets de centres de données, l'élue a promis durant sa campagne d'imposer un moratoi

The years-long wait for access to the grid and new turbines is causing data center builders to turn to an unusual, less-efficient and less environmentally friendly solution: once-discarded jet engines.

Russia tries to fix exposed digital infrastructure as data center war backfires.

People hate data centers. They're loud, resource-hungry eyesores that are so profoundly unpopular they have managed to achieve the near-impossible in today's polarized political landscape: genuine bipartisan opposition. But what about "compute campuses"? Those sound lovely, right? OpenAI seems to be gambling that a quiet rebrand could be all it takes to defu

Ahead of the midterms, WIRED talked to New York City’s mayor about data centers, AI in schools, and the future of the Democratic party.

For private equity firms, "not all transition strategies are sustainable."

Baked by Melissa is launching bite-size cupcake kits at Target as the retailer heads into the critical holiday shopping season.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s fourth-term victory last month was a change in the global political weather that has lifted the hopes of centrists following a series of setbacks this year. The Halloween trail of riots and destruction across Europe last weekend was just the latest in a succession of generational clashes that shows how high pol

Aux États-Unis, l'IA s'est imposée comme un enjeu majeur des élections de mi-mandat du 3 novembre. Alors que les data centers indispensables à son fonctionnement se multiplient, ils suscitent de plus en plus de défiance, ralliant des opposants de tous bords unis par les mêmes inquiétudes écologiques et économiques. La Géorgie, premier marché américain pour l

«Har det bare i kjeften», sier Rødts Marie Sneve Martinussen om at ingen av de store partiene på Stortinget vil stemme for deres forslag.

Data centers are deeply unpopular. But what if we called them something else?

A high-stakes California ballot measure pitched as a fast track for "essential" infrastructure could wind up giving data center developers a loophole to evade public scrutiny, environmental advocates warn. Proposition 45 would shorten timelines for state-mandated environmental assessments for eligible projects and make it more difficult for residents to chal

At a Brooklyn midterm party five days before Election Day, every conversation, from a council member’s fireside chat to a debate about the Democratic Party, kept circling back to AI and data centers.

More than 51 million Americans have already cast ballots in person or by mail, up from nearly 46 million in 2022.

The 24-hour PSI is forecast to be in the moderate range on Sunday, between 51 and 70.

Premier Ben Carroll and Opposition Leader Jess Wilson start their final month of campaigning with duelling pledges as Victoria counts down to polling day.

78 families demand immediate rehabilitation, citing dilapidated condition of the flats at Mundamveli; protest committee says there has been no progress, apart from the announcement of VACB probe into alleged corruption in construction

Political parties are on the streets of Auckland as the campaign enters its final week.

Rural Texas voters have overwhelmingly backed Republicans for decades, but Democrats hope voter opposition to data centers could help unseat the Republican governor.

Raids against online scam centers in Madagascar have exposed ties with a criminal group that ran similar operations in Cambodia.

Boom’s airliner may be delayed, and its data center power business lost a customer.

Satlyt ran a successful test this month bringing it closer to turning spacecraft, starting with satellites, into virtual data centers.

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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.

Moscow and Kyiv have so far observed the six-day truce as evacuations from Oleshky get under way.

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.

China, the global auto industry's leading market, has proven difficult for the world's biggest carmaker.

A junior lineman dies after falling from an electric pole during repairs in Vizianagaram district

The hourly PM2.5 entered the range at 11am with a reading of 57.

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.

NBC News’ Stephanie Gosk investigates how 11 data centers ended up being within half a mile of an elementary school in northern Virginia and what the backup generators with those centers could be doing to the air quality.