Texas Is Fast Tracking AI Data Center Construction Using a Permitting Loophole

Hundreds of data centers are coming to Texas. Here’s what you need to know.

In the span of a couple years, hundreds of massive electricity- and water-hungry data centers have proposed construction in Texas — a veritable gold rush for those capitalizing on the sudden demand for artificial intelligence infrastructure. There are at least 248 data center projects planned across the state, according to a Texas Tribune recent analysis. [] The post Hundreds of data centers are coming to Texas. Here’s what you need to know. appeared first on San Antonio Current.

Amazon Just Announced Shocking $25 Billion News. Should Investors Worry?

The e-commerce leader has to fund its data center construction somehow.

They May Prefer Texas, But Data Center Developers Aren't Giving Up On California

Texas has surpassed California as the top data center market in the western half of the U.S., and the gap between the two states is only getting wider. But while California may be a more challenging place to develop digital infrastructure, there is...

Texas Gov. Abbott says data centers should be barred from 'rural neighborhoods'

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said AI data centers must be prohibited from being built in rural neighborhoods. Speaking Tuesday at a campaign event in Bullard, Texas, Abbott said he has already made it clear that data centers wanting to build in Texas ...

Microsoft turns to Chevron’s gas to power a Texas data centre

The Chevron Microsoft gas deal hands the oil major a 20-year contract to power a giant West Texas data centre. For a company that built its AI plans on renewables and nuclear, that is a sharp turn. Chevron will power one of the largest data centres in the United States by burning natural gas. The [] This story continues at The Next Web

New Report Says States Should Let Tech Companies Build Their Own Power for Data Centers

New Report Says States Should Let Tech Companies Build Their Own Power for Data Centers

Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas with natural gas

Chevron will fuel a massive Microsoft data center in West Texas with natural gas under a 20-year agreement, the oil major announced Monday. The data center, called Project Kilby, is expected to consume nearly 2.7 gigawatts of electricity, which is equivalent to about 2 million homes. A majority of the electricity will come from large []...Click to read more

Suit Alleges That Gas Stations Use AI to Hike Gas Prices

There's a law against that... in California at least.

The future of mining has no drivers

In one of China's largest coalfields, autonomous haul trucks transport up to 150 tons without drivers. Using AI, sensors, and real-time navigation, they are transforming mining with greater efficiency, precision, and safety. #XinjiangUnveiled

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

Abbott endorses ban on data centers in rural Texas communities amid rising debate in state

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Tuesday said he backed a ban on building data centers in rural Texas neighborhoods, as debate grows about their place in the state. Abbott has long toed the line between supporting data center expansion, calling Texas the “epicenter” of artificial intelligence, and pressing for regulation that requires developers to assume []

AI Data Center Expansion Faces Grid Constraints as Power Demand Surges

(NaturalNews) The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence data centers is encountering a significant obstacle: insufficient capacity on electrical grids to suppo...

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 []

The century-old device choking the world’s AI push

Surging data centre power demands are intensifying pressure on transformer supply chains

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...

Stop the Data Center Proposed at Big Darby Creek

Reprinted from Marcia Miller's Substac

Navigating the AI access control minefield

Rather like the early days of e-commerce, everyone seems to be ‘doing artificial intelligence’. IT leaders must now ensure these systems have secure access to enterprise data

Chevron and Microsoft Partner on 2.7-Gigawatt West Texas AI Infrastructure Project

Chevron and Microsoft are reportedly partnering on a major AI infrastructure project in West Texas that could become one of the largest privately powered data center developments in the country.

Congress is moving to make Big Tech pay for what AI data centers are doing to the grid

The bipartisan Ratepayer Protection Act would require state regulators to make data center builders cover the cost of grid upgrades

Datagrid’s $5 billion Southland ‘AI factory’ still faces three huge hurdles

Datagrid’s $5 billion Southland ‘AI factory’ still faces three huge hurdles

Planned Texas data centers could emit more greenhouse gases than many countries

Texas regulators are allowing AI data centers across the state to start up hundreds of new pollution sources with no public notice or environmental reviews.

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.

Alberta’s AI data centre dreams run into global shortage of gas turbines

Alberta is betting its AI future on natural gas-powered data centres. But a global shortage of gas turbines could delay projects, drive up costs and complicate the province’s 100-billion ambitions

AI Data Centers Face a Networking Bottleneck as GPU Clusters Grow

AI data centers are running into a network bottleneck as GPU clusters expand. For infrastructure teams, fabric design, congestion control, and interoperability now matter as much as power, cooling, and accelerator supply. The post AI Data Centers Face a Networking Bottleneck as GPU Clusters Grow appeared first on TechRepublic.

Coherent: Architect Of Post-Electrical AI Datacenters Against Compute Deflation Trap

Coherent: Architect Of Post-Electrical AI Datacenters Against Compute Deflation Trap

Brooks Sherman on How the AI Data Center Boom Is Accelerating Demand for Diversified Battery Storage

AI data centers drive the most significant surge in electricity demand in modern US history. Infrastructure designed to deliver power struggles.

Central Ohio Data Center Will Have Its Own Power Plant

THE CENTER SQUARE—An Ohio state board has approved a natural gas-powered electric generation plant in Licking County to serve a data center, saying taxpayers and ratepayers won’t pay for power at the center. The power will be consumed by Sidecat, LLC, an affiliate of Meta Platforms, Inc., according to a news release by the Ohio...

Some Electricians Think Building Data Centers Is for Sellouts

Big Tech is throwing big money into data center buildouts. As national opposition to the facilities grows, some workers are beginning to question whether it’s worth it.

The Small-Town Revolt Against Big Tech

Erica Etelson Rural communities are leading the charge against AI data centers. The post The Small-Town Revolt Against Big Tech appeared first on The Nation.

Big Tech data centers are driving up power bills at America’s Rust Belt factories

Belden Brick is among many manufacturers across America’s heartland where costs are rising as power-hungry data centers serving the artificial intelligence industry proliferate

Greptile, Cursor, and Devin agree that agents should run their code. What they run it against matters.

The industry has recognized that shipping agent code at scale requires runtime verification, and it is moving that way fast. The post Greptile, Cursor, and Devin agree that agents should run their code. What they run it against matters. appeared first on The New Stack.

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

Big Tech Now Targeting Native American Land for Massive Data Centers...

Big Tech Now Targeting Native American Land for Massive Data Centers... (First column, 1st story, link) Related stories:The great hub cover-up...ZITRON UNLOADS: INVESTORS BEING CONNED BY AI HYPE!ANTHOPIC, OPENAI SHOULD NOT BE ALLOWED TO IPO...Public Offerings Spark FOMO Among San Fran Home Buyers...Doom Loop Replaced by Land Grab...

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

[LZ Granderson] How fearmongering sets policy

In the race to build — or stop the construction of — data centers across the country, it's important to remember no government is spending more on artificial intelligence than America. In fact, according to the Brookings Institute, the number of AI contracts within the federal government has risen from 472 in 2022 to more than 1,700 in 2026. Most of the spending — 90 billion — is by the Department of Defense. However, other departments — Commerce, Health and Human Services, NASA — are spending

Why the Global AI Data Center Race Is Heading to Brazil

ByteDance is pouring 39 billion into a single Brazilian data center. The AI infrastructure race is moving south, and founders should be watching.

Clinton, IA Could Be Home to the Largest Data Center in Iowa

Clinton, IA Could Be Home to the Largest Data Center in Iowa