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New York enacts one-year data center ban on projects larger than 50 megawatts
Will other U.S. states follow suit?
Meta expands colossal Hyperion AI supercluster plans to 5GW, pushes Louisiana investment past $50 billion as AI race accelerates
Meta is expanding Hyperion from 2 GW to 5 GW, lifting its Louisiana investment above $50 billion as it races to secure more AI computing capacity.
Ireland’s data centers consumed nearly as much electricity as every home in the country combined in 2025
Ireland’s data centers consumed 23% of the country’s electricity in 2025, rising 10% in one year despite restrictions on new grid connections.
Time is running out for Microsoft to fulfill its 2030 sustainability promise, even as emissions are going in the opposite direction
Microsoft's carbon emissions jumped 25% in FY2025 as AI data center expansion outpaced sustainability gains, despite progress in water conservation and waste reduction.
Elon Musk receives FTC greenlight to buy Mesh Optical as interconnects emerge as AI's tightest bottleneck
Premium FTC clearance to acquire Mesh Optical hands Musk the missing layer between Terafab's chips and Gigasat's satellites, amid tightening interconnect AI bottleneck
AI servers will consume more power than all conventional data center hardware combined by 2027
Global data center electricity consumption will grow 26% in 2026 to reach 565 TWh, up from 447 TWh in 2025.
Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft's 'world's most powerful AI data center' due to data center noise
Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft due to data center noise — plaintiffs also mention construction noise and extreme light pollution
Meta data center water discharges suspended after contaminating the city's reclamation water supply with bacterium
Fill-and-flush is a commissioning step whereby crews fill a cooling loop's piping with water and flush it to clear debris before the system is run.
