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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...
- SpaceX's near-term AI payoff seen tethered to Earth, not outer spaceSpaceX's current value stems from building essential AI infrastructure on Earth. The company is generating significant revenue from terrest...
- SpaceX's near-term AI payoff seen tethered to Earth, not outer spaceInfrastructure providers, particularly data centers, are poised to be among the biggest beneficiaries of the AI boom as businesses and cons...
- Are data centres uncool? Questions over AI's ecological trade-off are growing louder but solutions may be emergingAI's environmental strain from data centers and resource exploitation is causing growing public concern. Communities face water shortages a...
- 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...
- Suspend Wayanad tunnel work pending fresh study: Congress leader; CPI(M) says it shouldn't be derailedA senior Congress leader demanded a halt to the tunnel project pending a new environmental study. Recent Wayanad landslides claimed six liv...
- 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...
- Delhi's ₹8,300 crore clean air project to include AI monitoring, EV roadmap under World Bank frameworkDelhi's ₹8,300-crore clean air program will launch in September 2026. This initiative will use AI for construction site monitoring and deve...
- Big Tech joins Calgary Stampede oil bash, as Canada courts data centersBig Tech companies are increasing their presence at the Calgary Stampede. Alberta is actively seeking data center investment, offering affo...
- TeraWulf jumps on $19 billion data center lease deal with AnthropicTeraWulf signed a 20-year lease with Anthropic for AI data center infrastructure, securing about $19 billion in contracted revenue. The dea...
- Blackstone's QTS terminates Digital Gateway data center project in VirginiaThe data center operator has faced years of local opposition and litigation over the project, despite it being approved by the Prince Wil...
- AI race weakens climate pledges at Google, AmazonGoogle and Amazon this week reported sharp increases in greenhouse gas emissions, driven by the frantic construction of artificial intellig...
- Gas plants for US data centers to be major source of climate change-linked emissions, report saysThe Environmental Integrity Project reviewed 74 gas-fired US power plant projects proposed or planned to provide electricity directly to ...
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