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Arthur Hayes Thinks the AI Data Centre Boom Ends in a Bailout. He's Built a Crypto Project for That Moment.
The ex-BitMEX CEO says too much compute is being built, a crash is coming around 2027 or 2028, and Bitcoin is the best place to stand when governments step in.
Anthropic and OpenAI Are Quietly Shopping for Small Data Centers in Europe and the US
Both labs are hunting for 20-to-30 megawatt sites in the UK, the Nordics, and the US, a sharp turn from the gigawatt-scale megaprojects they announced just months ago.
Google, Nvidia and Anthropic Back a Startup That Wants to Squeeze 100 More Gigawatts From the Power Grid
A new coalition says smarter software can let data centers pause and shift their electricity use, unlocking grid space that new power plants alone cannot provide fast enough.
Trump Called Jensen Huang Onstage and Told a Crowd That AI Risk Is a 'Hoax'
Nvidia's Jensen Huang took a live speakerphone call from President Trump at the All-In Summit, where Trump dismissed AI safety fears and Huang stayed quiet.
Philadelphia Residents Push Back Against AI Data Centers
People who lived through the refinery era don't want a replay. Now they're fighting plans that haven't even been filed yet.
Your AI Data Center Has a Heat Problem. Here Is What the Industry Is Doing About It.
Modern AI chips now burn more than 1,000 watts each. Air conditioning can't keep up. A new white paper explains why liquid cooling is becoming the only practical answer.
Al Gore Says Stop Worrying About the Data Center and Start Reading the Safety Reports
The former vice president thinks emissions fears are overblown. What keeps him up at night is what AI companies are quietly disclosing about their own models.
Massachusetts tells data centers: bring your own clean power or pay up
Governor Maura Healey has signed an order forcing large data centers to supply their own clean electricity, making Massachusetts the third state in three months to crack down on the industry's appetite for power.
China Is the Data Center Villain That Techies Love to Blame. The Evidence Disagrees.
Polling shows three-quarters of Americans now oppose local data centers. Politicians and tech figures point at China. But social media researchers say the anger is entirely homegrown.
America's AI Data Centers Run on Chinese Parts. Washington Wants to Change That.
From the boxes that regulate electricity to the cables that carry data, a surprising share of the hardware keeping US AI facilities running comes from China. Costs and delays loom if that changes fast.
Americans are souring on AI faster than the industry can spin it
From data centers in backyards to a landmark social media settlement, public anger at big tech is showing up in election campaigns, boardrooms, and IPO filings.
Nvidia Invests $3.5 Billion in MediaTek to Expand AI Chip Collaboration
Nvidia backs MediaTek to keep its infrastructure at the center of custom AI chip development, even as Big Tech builds its own silicon.
The EPA wants to let data centers get air permits without telling you they exist
A proposed rule change would strip away the federal requirement for public notice before industrial sites, including AI data centers, receive pollution permits. Residents may not find out until construction has already started.
Meta Is Quietly Testing Robots Inside Its Data Centers, and Workers Are Worried
Robotic arms, cable-swappers, and a finger-shaped button-presser are already running trials at Meta's biggest data center campus. The humans who work there are paying close attention.
Anthropic Signs $45 Billion Computing Deal with British Startup Nscale
The AI company behind Claude is locking up computing power at a pace that suggests it expects AI demand to keep climbing hard through the rest of the decade.