Tag: Data Centers
Abbott slams brakes on Texas data centers ahead of grid audit
Governor Greg Abbott orders Texas regulators to audit every new data center before it can draw power from…
Nuclear startup Valar banks $1B to feed AI data centers
Nuclear startup Valar Atomics banks $1B from Sequoia to mass-produce reactors that power AI data centers.
EU commits $11.4B to build seven AI gigafactories across Europe
The European Commission opens bidding for seven massive AI computing centers in a bid to catch up with…
Meta lifts AI spending past $130B as Zuckerberg predicts personal agents for billions
Meta's Q2 revenue tops $60B as the company raises its AI spending floor and discloses $279B in future…
AMD launches Helios rack system as credible Nvidia rival
AMD unveiled its first rack-scale AI system, Helios, to challenge Nvidia's data center dominance with backing from OpenAI,…
Meta starts production of in-house Iris AI chip in September
Meta plans to manufacture its first custom AI chip codenamed Iris starting September as part of a massive…
South Korea Unveils $1 Trillion Plan to Dominate AI and Semiconductor Markets
The initiative includes over $500 billion from Samsung and SK Hynix for new chip fabrication sites, plus $356…
The AI industry is building a secret fossil fuel empire. It will be catastrophic.
Behind the meter gas projects powering just 11 AI data center campuses could emit more greenhouse gases than…
War Risk Kills the Cloud: Drone Strikes Expose the Delusion of AI Data Center Imperialism
A data center developer halted Middle East investments after shrapnel damage, revealing that AI infrastructure is now a…
AI’s Dirty Secret: Behind the Meter Gas Plants Are Torching Climate Goals
Behind the meter natural gas plants, built specifically to power AI data centers, are on track to emit…