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Survey shows that nearly half of Americans don't want new data centers built near their homes — 47% oppose the construction of new AI data centers in their neighborhood
Premium According to a new survey conducted by Ipsos at the end of last year, almost half of all queried Americans said they would oppose an AI data center being built near their community.
SpaceX files for $55 billion semiconductor fab in rural Texas for Musk's Terafab
The capital figures in this filing far exceed what was disclosed when Elon Musk announced Terafab in March, where the project carried a $20 billion price tag.
Global semiconductor sales hit nearly $300 billion in Q1 2026 — chips are on track to top $1 trillion for this year, says report
Sales of chips in Q1 2026 hit $298.5 billion and are on track to exceed $1 trillion this year, according to the Semiconductor Industry Association.
Google Chrome 'silently' downloads 4GB AI model to your device without permission, report claims
Security researcher says that Google is likely in violation of EU law and wasting thousands upon thousands of kilowatts.
Denmark presses pause on new data center grid connections as total requests hit 60 GW
Denmark's Energinet grid operator has pressed pause on new connection requests in the country as potential new data centers and other installations put total demands of up to 60 GW on its docket.
Microsoft says 'Transformation Paradox' holding back AI adoption in the workplace
“Employees are ready to reinvent how they work, but the system around them continues to reinforce the old way.”
AMD expects 20% decline in gaming revenue from 'higher component costs' in the second half of 2026
AMD is expecting the memory crunch to hit its gaming business in the second half of the year, with revenue expected to decline by "more than 20%."
Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel backs $140M wave-powered AI data center startup Panthalassa,
Panthalassa raises $140M to build wave-powered offshore nodes that generate electricity and run AI workloads at sea, tackling data center energy and cooling challenges.
Google, Microsoft, and xAI agree to let US government test AI models before public release
OpenAI and Anthropic, which had existing evaluation partnerships with the center dating to 2024, renegotiated their deals to align with priorities in Trump's AI Action Plan.
Huawei braces for $12 billion in AI chip revenue driven by homegrown AI model demand — Chinese fabs can barely keep up as Nvidia's market share craters within the region
Premium The projection, based on orders already received from major Chinese technology firms including Alibaba, ByteDance, and Tencent, would represent growth of at least 60% year-over-year.