Today in News History
On July 13, several notable moments in the history of News stand out. In 1787, The Congress of the Confederation enacts the Northwest Ordinance establishing governing rules for the Northwest Territory. It also establishes procedures for the admission of new states and limits the expansion of slavery. In 1830, The General Assembly's Institution, now the Scottish Church College, one of the pioneering institutions that ushered the Bengali Renaissance, is founded by Alexander Duff and Raja Ram Mohan Roy, in Calcutta, India. In 1927, Mimar Kemaleddin Bey, Turkish architect and academic, designed the Tayyare Apartments (born 1870) passed away. In 1956, The Dartmouth workshop is the first conference on artificial intelligence. In 1965, Akina Nakamori, Japanese singer and actress was born. In 1973, Watergate scandal: Alexander Butterfield reveals the existence of a secret Oval Office taping system to investigators for the Senate Watergate Committee. In 1995, Space Shuttle Discovery is launched on STS-70 to deploy the TDRS-7 satellite. In 2011, United Nations Security Council Resolution 1999 is adopted, which admits South Sudan to member status of United Nations. In 2020, Grant Imahara, American electrical engineer, roboticist, and television host (born 1970) passed away. In 2020, Zindzi Mandela, South African politician, diplomat, and third daughter of Nelson Mandela (born 1960) passed away. Together, these milestones provide historical context for today's news news and ongoing narratives.
Assembly To Data Centers: “Here’s Your Hat, There’s the Door”
By Steve Haner, The energy regulatory provisions buried in the final conference report on Virginia’s 2026-2028 budget, approved by the General Assembly Monday, are as complex and detailed as any of the energy bills reviewed earlier during the regular session. They are also just as damaging. The data center industry was a particular target. The political []
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The Register
· Jun 25, 2026
AI giants back non-profit to retrain workers left behind by AI
Sorry we spent your wages on data centers, but call us when you're AI-ready
National Taxpayers Union
· Jun 24, 2026
15 Myths about Data Centers—and the Taxpayer Perspective
By Jess Ward, Leah Vukmir.
Investing.com
· Jul 10, 2026
BTIG starts DLR, EQIX at Buy, calls data center demand a multi-decade supercycle
BTIG starts DLR, EQIX at Buy, calls data center demand a multi-decade supercycle
Middle East News 247
· Jun 24, 2026
Infobip and Digitas Middle East signs expansion of their strategic partnership to Power AI-Driven Customer Engagement for Global Brands
The global AI-first cloud communications platform Infobip, today announced a partnership with Digitas, the Marketing Transformation arm of the Publicis Groupe, the world’s foremost communications agency holding group. Under the partnership, Infobip and Digitas ME will build a joint service practice around the Infobip AgentOS platform, bringing together Infobip’s enterprise communications infrastructure and Publicis [] The post Infobip and Digitas Middle East signs expansion of their strategic partnership to Power AI-Driven Customer Engagement for Global Brands appeared first on Middle East News 247.
The Hindu BusinessLine
· Jul 1, 2026
Roche adds second digital tech hub in Hyderabad, India
New facility to boost data-driven innovations and IT solutions for patient care
Bacon’s Rebellion
· Jul 9, 2026
Pittsylvania County Breathes Sigh of Relief
by Dick Hall-Sizemore The Colorado-based company, Stack Infrastructure (Stack), has announced that it will move forward with its plans to build a giant data center complex in Pittsylvania County. As was reported earlier in Bacon’s Rebellion, the company had made its decision to locate in Virginia contingent on the state continuing its exemption of computer []
Seeking Alpha
· Jul 13, 2026
Applied Digital: Riding The Data Center Wave Before It Gets Crowded
Applied Digital: Riding The Data Center Wave Before It Gets Crowded
WDBQ – 1490 AM – Dubuque
· Jun 22, 2026
Clinton, IA Could Be Home to the Largest Data Center in Iowa
Clinton, IA Could Be Home to the Largest Data Center in Iowa
ANTARA News
· Jun 22, 2026
MAXHUB Showcases AI-Powered Collaboration and Display Solutions at InfoComm 2026
As MAXHUB takes part in InfoComm 2026, the trusted solution provider in integrated commercial display and unified ...
ComputerWeekly
· Jul 6, 2026
Datacentre dive: Inside nLighten’s Bristol edge datacentre
We visit nLighten’s BRS1 datacentre, and travel from gritty city centre fringe to a high-tech overhaul that makes the case for reusing legacy infrastructure over new construction
The Week
· Jun 27, 2026
5 data-driven cartoons about data centre takeovers
5 data-driven cartoons about data centre takeovers
Mindanao Times
· Jun 23, 2026
Synology unveils next-generation DiskStation Manager, new AI-powered data management solutions at COMPUTEX 2026
MANILA, Philippines – As AI becomes part of everyday business operations, organizations are paying closer attention to how their data is stored, managed and protected. At COMPUTEX 2026, Synology unveiled innovative
The korea Herald News
· Jun 22, 2026
[Uzbekistan Forum] Uzbekistan looks to Korea for airport city, data center development
TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Uzbekistan's Deputy Prime Minister Jamshid Khodjaev and Jung Won-ju, chairman of Herald Media Group, Jungheung Group and Daewoo Engineering Construction, discussed potential cooperation on data centers near the planned Tashkent Airport and set up a possible project agenda ahead of the Korea-Central Asia summit in Seoul in September. During a meeting in Tashkent on June 17, Khodjaev proposed that Daewoo EC review ways to develop data centers within the airport-linked urb
The Motley Fool
· Jul 12, 2026
Amazon Just Announced Shocking $25 Billion News. Should Investors Worry?
The e-commerce leader has to fund its data center construction somehow.
Townhall
· Jul 8, 2026
Here's the Truth About AI Data Centers—and Why the Wealthiest County in America Is Full of Them
Here's the Truth About AI Data Centers—and Why the Wealthiest County in America Is Full of Them
Utusan Malaysia
· Jun 26, 2026
Kastam rampas cip AI, cecair vape methamphetamine bernilai RM54.11 juta
SEPANG: Jabatan Kastam Diraja Malaysia (JKDM) berjaya mematahkan cubaan aktiviti transit 72 unit server yang mengandungi Advanced Ai Chip yang bernilai RM52.92 juta di Zon Perdagangan Bebas, Lapangan Terbang Antarabangsa Kuala Lumpur (KLIA), awal bulan ini. Pengarah Kastam KLIA, Zulkifli Muhammad berkata, rampasan itu dilakukan hasil pemeriksaan sepasukan anggota Bahagian Penguatkuasaan JKDM KLIA di sebuah ... Read more The post Kastam rampas cip AI, cecair vape methamphetamine bernilai RM54.11 juta appeared first on Utusan Malaysia.
AllSides
· Jun 29, 2026
We Mapped Rural Data Center Development – and Opposition. Here's What We Found.
Washington, D.C.'s metropolitan area has long hummed with data centers. The region, which encompasses much of Northern Virginia, has become known as Data Center Alley, home to more data centers than anywhere else in the world. But the data center boom, driven by the rise of AI and the race to build the infrastructure powering it, is changing the geography of these energy-intensive, warehouse-like facilities. Data centers have arrived in rural America...
Financial Times
· Jun 29, 2026
AI fuels record $200bn M&A boom in US power sector
Companies in dealmaking blitz as they seek to build the energy infrastructure for data centres
Al Bawaba
· Jul 8, 2026
Thieves are targeting AI data center construction sites for copper
ALBAWABA - Thieves in the U.S. are now targeting AI data center construction sites for copper and other expensive equipment as authorities found 1...
AMBCrypto
· Jun 26, 2026
The DATA Foundation Launches to Tackle AI’s Multi-Billion Dollar Training Data Bottleneck
Story rebrands as The DATA Foundation, launches DATA Network with flagship Kled AI integration, registering 1.5 billion user-contributed records on the platform. The Foundation also introduces Trace, the first public audit layer for consent, licensing, and data provenance at scale. Today, Story announces a strategic transition to become The DATA Foundation (“DATA”) and launches Trace,Continue reading The DATA Foundation Launches to Tackle AI’s Multi-Billion Dollar Training Data Bottleneck
Engineering News-Record
· Jul 2, 2026
Construction CIOs Must Modernize the Field and the Office to Compete
Opportunities abound for construction chief information officers to modernize in today's market, but a data-first approach must be taken for both the office ... and the jobsite!.
BERNAMA
· Jul 8, 2026
Business : Infomina Secures RM21.12 Million JPJ Contract For ICT Infrastructure Support Services
KUALA LUMPUR, July 8 (Bernama) -- Infomina Bhd secured a RM21.12 million information and communications technology (ICT) maintenance and technical support services contract from the Road Transport Department (JPJ).
Palo Alto Online
· Jun 23, 2026
This million-square-foot data center would be the biggest in the state. How local leaders are challenging it.
This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. In April, developers of the massive Imperial Data Center cleared a major hurdle after Imperial County Supervisors approved a plan to combine several tracts of land for the nearly one-million-square-foot facility in rural Southern California. It would be the largest data center in []
NaturalNews.com
· Jul 13, 2026
The Silicon Plague: The quiet industrialization of the American heartland
(NaturalNews) According to The Silicon Plague: How Big Tech's Data Centers Are Devouring America's Future, satellite images show data centers multiplying acro...
TechCrunch
· Jun 28, 2026
TechCrunch Mobility: All eyes on Tesla FSD
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your hub for the future of transportation and now, more than ever, how AI is playing a part.
CBC News
· Jun 23, 2026
Drive-thru chatbots are clocking in at fast-food chains
Drive-thru chatbots are clocking in at fast-food chains
MIT Technology Review
· Jun 30, 2026
Building tech in the world’s secret R&D hub
Apple. Anthropic. Disney Research. Google. Meta. Microsoft. NVIDIA. OpenAI. Few places outside Silicon Valley can claim RD hubs from all of these companies. Fewer still are concentrated in a city of just over 400,000 people—roughly half the size of San Francisco. Over the past two decades, however, many of the world’s most influential technology companies
Wirepoints
· Jul 10, 2026
Data centers have moved into rural America. So have the concerns. – Capitol News IL
Data centers have moved into rural America. So have the concerns. – Capitol News IL
Foreign Policy Journal
· Jun 25, 2026
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Launches AI Data Center Chips And Systems To Challenge Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA)
Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) is making an aggressive push into the AI data center market, unveiling a broad range of new products including AI accelerators, CPUs, memory technology, and software. The company has already secured deals with major customers, including Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) and Meta (NASDAQ: META), with Meta signing a multigeneration agreement to deploy Qualcomm’s [] The post Qualcomm (NASDAQ: QCOM) Launches AI Data Center Chips And Systems To Challenge Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.
Commercial Observer
· Jun 22, 2026
Nashville Zoo Proving a Beast of an Opponent for Data Center
Data centers sometimes want the lion’s share of available resources. In what might be a first for a U.S. teeming with data center opposition, it’s a zoo that’s fighting back. On May 20, it was reported that DC Blox, an Atlanta-based digital infrastructure provider, intends to build a 69,000-square-foot data center at 648 Grassmere Park []
The Next Web
· Jul 10, 2026
Big Tech’s AI debt just hit $350bn, and Europe is about to feel it
Big Tech built its reputation on mountains of cash. It is building its AI empire on debt, and the bill is starting to land in Europe. The five biggest builders of AI data centres in the US have doubled their debt over five years. Together, Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft and Oracle have piled on about [] This story continues at The Next Web
CityNews Montreal
· Jun 21, 2026
AI safety advocates say bill a good ‘first step’ on regulation, but more needed
A pair of artificial intelligence safety advocates say the federal government’s new chatbot legislation is a good first step. But Wyatt Tessari L’Allié — of Artificial Intelligence Governance and Safety Canada — says the digital safety bill’s effectiveness depends heavily on how the details are worked out. And B.C. computer science professor Kevin Leyton-Brown says [] The post AI safety advocates say bill a good ‘first step’ on regulation, but more needed appeared first on CityNews Montreal.
Americans for Prosperity
· Jun 30, 2026
ICYMI: AFP-NH Hosts Panel to Separate Fact from Fear on Data Centers
Rochester, NH — In case you missed it, Americans for Prosperity-New Hampshire (AFP-NH) hosted a discussion on data centers and the role they play in the Granite State. Data centers are quickly becoming essential infrastructure for a modern economy, but public conversation about them hasn’t always kept pace with the facts. State Rep. Tanya Donnelly and President of [] The post ICYMI: AFP-NH Hosts Panel to Separate Fact from Fear on Data Centers appeared first on Americans for Prosperity.
The Hill
· Jul 11, 2026
America’s AI revolution could end in disaster
Big Tech companies are spending billions to build AI data centers across the country, creating temporary jobs for blue-collar workers while draining local resources and potentially replacing them with automation, all to benefit a handful of tech lords.
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