4 h. ago TikTok Data Center Outage Triggers Trust Crisis for New US Owners

The technical failure coincided with TikTok’s ownership transition, leading users to question whether videos criticizing ICE raids in Minnesota were being intentionally censored.

Events

8 h. ago TikTok attributes recent glitches to a power outage at a U.S. data center

The timing of these outages lines up with the long-awaited creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity last week.

Politics

15 h. ago People Are Protesting Data Centers—but Embracing the Factories That Supply Them

As the data center backlash grows, support is growing for server factories and the hundreds of jobs they’re expected to bring.

Politics

16 h. ago The rise of data centers is becoming a midterm issue for voters

Data centers used to fuel artificial intelligence are popping up all over the country, and they're becoming a midterm issue for voters that's now drawing White House attention.

Politics

33 h. ago Power prices surge as winter storm spikes demand in US data center alley

Power prices surge as winter storm spikes demand in US data center alley  Reuters

Events

37 h. ago Are data centers raising your energy bill? WA lawmakers want them to pay

Are data centers raising your energy bill? WA lawmakers want them to pay  theolympian.com

Economics

40 h. ago Trump Pushes A.I. Data Centers, but the G.O.P. Is Cool to One in Alabama

Residents also oppose a data center the size of 18 Walmarts that is set to be built in pristine woodland outside Bessemer, Ala. “All this will be gone,” one said.

Politics

3 d. ago Evaporative cooling systems could pave way toward more sustainable air conditioning

Rising global temperatures are driving the need for more efficient cooling systems, one of today's key sustainability challenges. According to a Eurostat report, the need for air conditioning in buildings has nearly quadrupled since 1979, with Spain ranking as the fourth European country with the greatest increase. This translates into a significant rise in the demand for energy, not only directly impacting household bills, but extending far beyond the residential sector. Cooling needs at industrial facilities and data centers lead to increases in energy demands, with the environmental damage that this entails.

Events

3 d. ago Disputes over data centers and NDA during Washington County Commission meeting

Disputes over data centers and NDA during Washington County Commission meeting  mariettatimes.com

Politics

4 d. ago This L.A. startup uses SpaceX tech to cool data centers with less power and no water

This L.A. startup uses SpaceX tech to cool data centers with less power and no water  latimes.com

Technology

4 d. ago Residents meet with PSCW representatives on Port Washington data center

Residents meet with PSCW representatives on Port Washington data center  Spectrum News

Politics

5 d. ago Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6Tbps

The network will be designed for enterprise, data center, and government customers and could offer an alternative to SpaceX's Starlink service.

Technology

5 d. ago Blue Origin’s satellite internet network TeraWave will move data at 6 Tbps

The network will be designed for enterprise, data center, and government customers and could offer an alternative to SpaceX's Starlink service.

Technology

5 d. ago Aerial images of the data center under construction in Port Washington

Aerial images of the data center under construction in Port Washington  jsonline.com

Politics

5 d. ago Q&A: Expert discusses data center growth compatibility with energy sustainability

Abe Silverman, an assistant research scholar with the Ralph O'Connor Sustainable Energy Institute and attorney, studies and advises academics, industry, and state and federal regulators on barriers to the clean energy transition, including the impacts of data centers on both power grids and on consumers, with a focus on the mid-Atlantic region. Silverman facilitates the Northeast States Collaborative on Interregional Transmission, made up of representatives from 10 states who are working collaboratively on their transmission grid expansion efforts, in coordination with the U.S. Department of Energy.

Politics

5 d. ago Microsoft CEO warns AI needs to spread beyond Big Tech to avoid bubble

As tech companies spend billions on artificial intelligence data centers and computer chips, fears of an AI bubble held privately by Wall Street traders and some Big Tech titans are beginning to pop into public view.

Events

5 d. ago The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To

A new analysis finds that data centers’ energy demands will drastically increase power plant emissions over the next decade. Renewables, though, could cut them while helping keep prices from rising.

Science

6 d. ago US Data Center Demand White House and Governors Issue Principles While PJM Issues Decisional Letter

US Data Center Demand White House and Governors Issue Principles While PJM Issues Decisional Letter  Latham & Watkins LLP

Politics

6 d. ago Drone view of the data center under construction in Port Washington

Drone view of the data center under construction in Port Washington  jsonline.com

Events

6 d. ago 2 bills addressing data center development introduced in Montgomery County

2 bills addressing data center development introduced in Montgomery County  NBC4 Washington

Politics