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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

With a number of anti-data-center candidates poised to win on Tuesday, New York provides a glimpse at the tensions around actually having to do something about the digital infrastructure.

Keskuksen johdon epäillään käyttävän peruskorjausta tekosyynä keskuksen sulkemiselle.

Dans cet Etat américain, le gigantesque projet Matador s’annonce comme le plus gros centre de données du pays. A l’approche des midterms, les controverses autour du chantier pourraient détourner des électeurs conservateurs de leur soutien au président. « Le Monde » est allé filmer les lieux et a recueilli la parole de riverains.

The Archdiocese of Denver wants to be able to turn away LGBTQ families from Catholic preschools that receive state funding.

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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.

An NAACP lawsuit accuses the SpaceX-owned AI company of violating the Clean Air Act.

The Colossus data centers and a power plant that SpaceXAI is also building in Southaven, Mississippi, have faced community backlash for years.

Five-star center Xavier Young has committed to LSU and plans to reclassify into the 2027 class. The 16-year-old will need to spend at least two years in college before he's eligible for the NBA draft.

Alex Edelman, the comedian and actor who won an Emmy for his 2024 HBO/Max special Just For Us and a special Tony for the original Broadway staging, laments what is effectively the loss to comics of a newly politicized Kennedy Center. “For me and the performers I know, it doesn’t make sense to play the […]

Conoce por qué las encuestas de las midterms 2026 enfrentan riesgos por la IA y los participantes falsos, según una advertencia de Pew.

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

Επανήλθε στο Δημοτικό Συμβούλιο Χανίων, από τη δημοτική σύμβουλο Ζωής Γεωργούλα της παράταξης «Όνειρο είναι τα Χανιά», το θέμα της κατασκευής και λειτουργίας data center εντός των ορίων του Δήμου Χανίων και συγκεκριμένα στην περιοχή της Όασης Βαρυπέτρου, εντός του οικισμού. Η δυναμική που του αποδίδεται είναι 20 MW και η ιδιοκτησία σε συνέργια βρετανικής ...

Residents are fighting back against plans for a project that would span thousands of acres near the Monongahela National Forest and popular outdoor recreation, ski areas and dark sky sites.

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

When investors get nervous about AI spending, it helps to have the chipmaker that sells the chips offer to cosign the loan.

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

Asked about supply chain shortages, like the ongoing RAM shortage, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said in an interview that it's "terrible" to have RAM in personal PCs instead of data centers. During his appearance on the Cheeky Pint podcast, where he also commented on AI's impact on math, Altman said: "A lot of people want […]

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

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The first TPU in space is running a Google DeepMind Gemma 4 model and writing cheesy poetry.

Once again, we're all fuming about big tech and AI.

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

Support for Édouard Philippe, the leading candidate from the centrist bloc, has eroded, while his far-right and far-left rivals benefit.

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.

"The next few quarters will be challenging for the PC market," says CEO Tan.

A joke by former President Obama has gone viral and received backlash from the Trump administration as the issue of affordability looms large over next week's midterm elections.

Maine Sen. Susan Collins, a Republican, was midway through defending her record during the final debate of the midterms when an audience member cut her short. "I'm terrified," a man shouted. "AI data centers are destroying our climate. They are poisoning our water." Collins brushed off the outburst, tying the man to her Democratic challenger, […]

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 ».

Europe’s tech capital is the ’canary in the coalmine’ for the world’s data center dilemma.

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SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- Hyundai Motor Group said Friday it plans to establish...

SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea was set to open its first Korean Cultural...

Amazon became the latest tech company to announce swelling investments in A.I. amid stumbling share prices.

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman has named Troy Asher director of the agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Asher, a veteran test pilot and aerospace engineer with decades of experience in flight research and operations, has served as the center’s acting director since March. “Troy has spent his career pushing the boundaries of f

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 […]

Aon CEO Greg Case said concentration risk at AI data centers could constrain insurance capacity and alter financing for new projects.

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.

De Finse politie is een strafrechtelijk onderzoek gestart naar mogelijke milieuovertredingen op de bouwlocatie van een nieuw Google-datacenter. Google-dochterbedrijf Tuike Finland zou al bomen hebben gekapt voordat de verplichte milieueffectrapportages waren afgerond.

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'It’s like stealing pure gold bars.'

Som en del av satsningen på datacenter i Finland har Google avverkat och dränerat stora markområden. Nu har polisen inlett en förundersökning om potentiellt olaglig miljöpåverkan.

Opposition to the rapid emergence of data centers in states such as Ohio and Arizona has ginned up activism and unified voters. A range of public health issues have played into the resistance.

Il progetto dell’azienda statunitense Cowboy space, i primi lanci previsti a fine 2028

Menteri Perindustrian (Menperin) Muhammad Sarmuji membidik pengembangan klaster khusus untuk pusat data atau data ...

CHEONAN, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- All principal figures caught in the co...

CHEONAN, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Yonhap) -- All principal figures caught in the co...

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

According to Fuji Chimera Research Institute, Kansai data centers occupy a total site area of about 1.16 million square meters — 25% of Japan's total.

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.