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Wisconsin residents file class-action lawsuit against Microsoft's 'world's most powerful AI data center' due to data center noise
By Bruno Ferreira Published
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
By Luke James Published
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.

Startup activates nuclear microreactor live on stage to power an Nvidia RTX Spark desktop PC
By Jowi Morales Published
Will this solve the AI boom’s power and water bottlenecks?

Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to save power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes
By Bruno Ferreira Published
Virginia county asks all employees including schools to save power, due to AI-driven power requirements— state's 400-plus datacenters steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing

Cargo thieves target AI data center supplies in $1.3 million heists
By Jowi Morales Published
Dominic Toretto would be stealing servers, not TVs and VCRs, if The Fast and the Furious was set today.

AI data center boom hits a human bottleneck
By Zak Killian Published
Data center construction is facing many challenges, and among them is a shortage of skilled hands to assemble the things.

Nvidia announces liquid cooling system that runs ‘hotter than a hot tub’
By Jowi Morales Published
This system raises the base coolant temperature to 113 degrees F (45 degrees C) to save on electricity costs and reduce water consumption to basically zero.

China unifies tech sector to build grid-free orbiting satellite AI data centers, challenging Elon Musk's SpaceX
By Jowi Morales Published
Beijing says the Space Computing Industry Innovation Center will bring together rocket and satellite manufacturers, chip manufacturers, and AI labs to develop a space-based data center system.

Amazon workers who testified against AI data centers say they were intimidated by the company, monitored at work
By Jowi Morales Published
The three Amazon workers claim that they've been intimidated during the Zoom meetings and were being monitored while at work.

US energy regulator to order grid operators to expedite AI data center applications — says projects should bring their own power or cut usage during high demand
By Jowi Morales Published
The federal government wants more data centers to come online — as long as they do not impact the electricity supply.
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