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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.

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Google signs $920M monthly compute deal with SpaceX

By Jowi Morales Published

SpaceX is set to make big money from its data centers.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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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Bernie Sanders pushes for 50% public ownership of American AI companies

By Jowi Morales Published

“The time has come to reclaim what was stolen from us,” says U.S. senator

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SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers

By Luke James Published

SoftBank carries over $130 billion in debt and took a $40 billion bridge loan in March to fund its latest OpenAI investment.

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Amazon unveils 'Resilient Network Graphs' data center network that cuts hardware by 69% and boosts throughput by 33%

By Etiido Uko Published

The company had been secretly deploying the design in its data centers since last year

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Italian council sets 200% tax on data center development in agricultural zones

By Jowi Morales Published

This 200% tax will make it more expensive to build in rural areas and is aimed at spurring data center development in disused industrial zones instead.

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