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AI's data centre boom is becoming a political problem across the globeAs governments race to attract AI investments, data centres are facing mounting opposition worldwide over their massive land, power and wat...
Global Market: AI chip rally faces valuation test as investors rotate towards hyperscalersAI chipmaker stock rallies are losing momentum as investors reassess valuations. Hyperscaler capital expenditure growth is projected to slo...
Among AI crowd, some investors position for slower hyperscaler spending growthFor most of the past two years, the opposite trade prevailed: investors piled into semiconductor and infrastructure companies on the assump...
Americans are angry about data centers. Politicians are feeling the pressureJust down the road, though, cranes reach above towering fences at the site of a $16 billion project - one that has turned this town of 2,40...
Where authorities are restricting data centres amid AI boomGovernments globally are restricting new data centre construction due to rising concerns. New York State enacted a one-year construction mo...
New York won't build big data centers for a year as it weighs energy and climate risksThe move pushes the state into a raging debate over how to regulate the AI industry, as concerns over rising electric bills and environment...
Data center firm Switch taps banks for IPO that could value it up to $80 billionData center operator Switch is preparing for a significant initial public offering. This offering could potentially raise up to ten billion...
New York becomes first US state to impose a data center moratoriumThe moratorium positions New York at the forefront of a growing national debate over how to manage the infrastructure needed to support art...
New York first US state to ban new data centres for a yearNew York has paused large data center construction for one year. This action addresses concerns about rising power costs and strained water...
HCLTech to invest Rs 3,500 crore in data centre businessThis came alongside the announcement of the IT company's June quarter result. HCLTech posted over 20% year-on-year rise in its consolidated...
White House to rally utilities, data centers over AI power costsThe White House plans a voluntary pledge for utility companies and data centers. This initiative aims to manage AI's growing electricity de...
Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5 gigawatts compute capacityMeta plans a significant expansion of its Louisiana data center to five gigawatts. This major investment will support the company's growing...
Meta to put AI chip into production in September as it looks to double computing capacityThe tech firm's data center chip, code-named "Iris," is part of a four-generation project for Meta Training and Inference Accelerators (MTI...
Data center pipeline faces construction delays, cancellations to mount through 2027: BernsteinGlobal data center capacity faces delays and cancellations until after 2026. Power and supply chain constraints are significantly impacting...
Meta announces $9.17 billion Canada AI data center that will consume electricity equal to 800,000 homesMeta will invest C$13 billion to build its first Canadian AI data center in Alberta. This massive facility will require electricity equival...
Microsoft emissions surge 27% as AI buildout crimps climate goalsMicrosoft's greenhouse gas emissions jumped 27 percent in its latest fiscal year, the tech giant disclosed Thursday, adding to a wave of wo...
Meta to build C$13 billion Alberta data center, its first in CanadaMeta has doubled down on AI, pledging hundreds of billions of dollars to build large AI data centers in the U.S. The Alberta announcement r...