A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled.
Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.
Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.
Senators 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.
Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress passes comprehensive AI regulation.
A “major artificial intelligence company” reportedly offered a Kentucky women $26 million to build a data center on their farm.

Last week’s Nvidia GTC conference highlighted new chip architectures to power AI. But as the chips become faster and more powerful, the remainder of data center infrastructure is playing catchup. The power delivery community is responding: Announceme…

The undying thirst for smarter (historically, that means larger) AI models and greater adoption of the ones we already have has led to an explosion in data-center construction projects, unparalleled both in number and scale. Chief among them is Meta’s…
“Project Sunrise” would include more than 50,000 satellites performing high-energy compute on orbit.