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Elon Musk's first-gen orbital data center craft spans wider than a Boeing 747 and runs an interchangeable chip payload
By Luke James published
Elon Musk laid out the first detailed design of SpaceX's AI1 satellite in a 30-minute video posted to the company's X account.

SpaceX unveils 11-million-square-foot Gigasat factory, a new manufacturing facility for space-based data centers
By Etiido Uko published
SpaceX's new Gigasat factory will mass-produce AI satellites for orbital data centers. Musk says the company is targeting 1 GW of space AI compute by 2027 and 100 GW per year by 2030.

Most new U.S. AI data centers are being built in drought zones
By Luke James published
About two-thirds of the 809 data centers planned across the U.S. are slated for land that has been in drought over the past year.

Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for data center development
By Mark Tyson published
Texas farmland originally donated in 1999 to be used only as a public park has been sold to a data center developer for $10 million.

Google signs $920M monthly compute deal with SpaceX
By Jowi Morales published
SpaceX is set to make big money from its data centers.

Seattle to pass one-year AI data center moratorium next week
By Jowi Morales published
Some of the biggest spenders on AI data centers can't put one up in their own backyard.

Meta putting up tents across the US to house AI servers, like ‘a scene out of the movie Mad Max’
By Jowi Morales published
These "makeshift" structures are housing hardware that costs millions of dollars in total.

Indiana mayor secretly recorded saying AI data center protestors have 'sh***y ,' unkempt houses
By Jowi Morales published
Shelbyville mayor Scott Ferguson (R) made these remarks likelly without knowing that he was being recorded, and it has ignited a political firestorm in the small town.

Elon Musk's SpaceX secures 100% property tax exemption for planned $55 billion Terafab semiconductor factory in Texas
By Etiido Uko published
The majority of residents oppose the agreement

Microsoft CEO says new AI data centers use as little water as a restaurant
By Etiido Uko published
Microsoft CEO claims the company's new AI data centers use only as much water as a single restaurant annually, thanks to a closed-loop cooling system designed to dramatically reduce consumption.
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