People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center

A new poll shows that the debate over data centers is far from settled.

Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota

Meta’s upcoming Hyperion AI data center will be powered by 10 new natural gas plants.

Mistral AI raises $830M in debt to set up a data center near Paris

Mistral aims to start operating the data center by the second quarter of 2026.

Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation

Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.

Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills

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.

Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction

Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress passes comprehensive AI regulation.

Kentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center

A “major artificial intelligence company” reportedly offered a Kentucky women $26 million to build a data center on their farm.

In Edison’s Revenge, Data Centers Are Transitioning From AC to DC
In Edison’s Revenge, Data Centers Are Transitioning From AC to DC

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…

What Will It Take to Build the World’s Largest Data Center?
What Will It Take to Build the World’s Largest Data Center?

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…

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game

“Project Sunrise” would include more than 50,000 satellites performing high-energy compute on orbit.