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Supermicro fires several employees following investigation into $2.5 billion China AI chip smuggling

By Jowi Morales Published

The company's senior management was apparently unaware that billions of dollars' worth of hardware was being sent to questionable clients.

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Virginia county with 250 data centers begins to rein in building

By Jowi Morales Published

This county is hitting the brakes on data center development after more than a quarter of a century of making the most out of them.

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China shifting massive AI data center complexes to rural provinces to tap surplus energy

By Jowi Morales Published

These data centers are popping up left and right in rural China.

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Taylor Swift's Brother-in-Law, Jason Kelce, is promoting peeing on computers to save humanity
Jason Kelce-led marketing campaign asks beer drinkers to send their pee to AI data centers

By Jowi Morales Published

“The suits want us to tell you to please don’t actually send your pee.”

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Judge clears Nine PBS to retrieve 70 years of archival TV data

By Mark Tyson Published

There’s light at the end of the tunnel for Nine PBS after a judge has cleared the way for it to retrieve archival data and programming from Iron Mountain.

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America's largest grid wants to cut power to new data centers first during shortages

By Luke James Published

PJM Interconnection has asked federal regulators to approve rules that would cut power to new data centers ahead of households during supply shortages.

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Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation

By Luke James Published

Cherokee Nation, with more than 475,000 citizens, has banned hyperscale data center development on its tribally owned and trust lands.

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AI data center optical interconnect market to hit $144 billion by 2030

By Etiido Uko Published

Premium A new CIC forecast projects that the data center optical interconnect market will grow from $13.7 billion in 2024 to $144.4 billion by 2030, with silicon photonics accounting for 63.7% of revenue.

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Quantum-X InfiniBand Photonics Switch
How optical interconnects and silicon photonics emerged as AI's next hot commodity

By Etiido Uko Published

Premium The U.S. wants Chinese optical transceivers out of future AI data centers, but China’s current dominance of the rapidly evolving photonics supply chain could make a ban complicated

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AI data center bans surge past 500 nationwide as local US politicians begin quickly blocking new developments

By Ben Stockton Published

New AI data center development bans jumped to over 500 in July, according to recent analysis, with political and public pressure growing.

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