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China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX
Beijing says the Space Computing Industry Innovation Center will bring together rocket and satellite manufacturers, chip manufacturers, and AI labs to develop a space-based data center system.
Amazon workers who testified against AI data centers say they were intimidated by the company, monitored at work
The three Amazon workers claim that they've been intimidated during the Zoom meetings and were being monitored while at work.
US energy regulator to order grid operators to expedite AI data center applications — says projects should bring their own power or cut usage during high demand
The federal government wants more data centers to come online — as long as they do not impact the electricity supply.
Multiple small Tennessee counties pass temporary data center bans
Local governments demand more time to study how they can manage the impacts of huge data center projects.
Amazon says its data centers consume only 0.075% of the water Americans use for watering their lawns and gardens
Amazon says that it uses 2.5 billion gallons of water annually for data center cooling but compares it to the 3.3 trillion gallons of water used for watering lawns and gardens in the U.S. every year.
More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026
This could put a dent towards the availability of compute in the future.
AI is set to consume up to 600 billion gallons of water by 2030
Premium As GPU power demands almost double with every generation, most water usage will come where the power is generated.
Brad Paisley joins fight as zoo's dispute with AI data center escalates, petition tops 330,000 signatures
The zoo has filed a zoning appeal to overturn DC BLOX's approved permits.
