#Data Centers

Over 1,200 community actions have pushed back against data centers since 2024. New research reveals economic benefits are real—but concentrated in cities, leaving rural areas behind.

As AI reshapes warfare, nations outpaced by the US and China are betting on quantum, photonic, and neuromorphic computing to close the gap. Here's what's at stake.

Palantir co-founder Peter Thiel and other Silicon Valley investors have poured $140 million into Panthalassa, a startup building wave-powered floating AI data centers in the open ocean. Here's what that actually means.

Iran's drone strikes on AWS data centers and its naming of 18 tech firms as military targets expose a structural flaw in AI infrastructure: civilian and military data sit on the same physical servers.

With mining costs hitting $80K per coin and bitcoin trading at $70K, public miners are signing $70B in AI contracts and liquidating BTC treasuries to fund the pivot.

Meta has increased its El Paso AI data center investment more than sixfold, from $1.5B to $10B, targeting 1GW capacity by 2028. What this means for investors, competitors, and the AI infrastructure race.

Gimlet Labs just raised $80M to build software that splits AI workloads across every chip type simultaneously. The pitch: 10x efficiency without buying new hardware.

A South Korean startup called Absolics is betting that glass substrates can cut AI chip energy consumption. Here's why that matters beyond the data center.

A material humans have shaped for thousands of years is about to become the backbone of next-gen AI chips. Here's why the semiconductor industry is betting on glass—and what's at stake.

US data centers could consume 12% of national electricity by 2028. A new MIT Tech Review survey of 300 executives reveals energy costs are now the top threat to AI innovation.

KKR is reportedly seeking a multibillion-dollar sale of a data center cooling company. What this deal reveals about where the real money in the AI boom is flowing.

Trump secured pledges from Google, Meta, Microsoft, and other tech giants to cover electricity costs for AI data centers. But can they actually deliver on this promise?