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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.
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.
Samsung Heavy Industries recruits Greek shipowner and Supermicro to bring 50MW floating AI data centers to market
Besides Samsung Heavy, Japan’s MOL is also building a 73 MW floating data center with Karpowership for a 2027 deployment.
China drafts $295 billion plan to build national AI data center grid running on 80% homemade silicon
China is drafting a plan to spend roughly 2 trillion yuan over five years on a nationwide grid of AI data centers.
Elon Musk's first-gen orbital data center craft spans wider than a Boeing 747 and runs an interchangeable chip payload
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
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.
