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Amazon is investigating three employees who spoke out against building more AI data centers (engadget.com)

2026-06-19 | by Mariella Moon | tags: amazon, ai data centers, seattle city council

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A Federal Regulator Wants to Fast-Track AI Data Centers Onto the Power Grid (gizmodo.com)

2026-06-18 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: federal energy regulatory commission, ai data centers, power grid

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Amazon investigating engineers who criticized AI data center expansion (cnbc.com)

2026-06-18 | by Annie Palmer | get AI Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: amazon, ai data centers, seattle

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Regulators back Trump’s plan to power AI data centers faster with grid connections (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-06-18 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: ferc, ai data centers, grid connections

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SMI's PCIe 6.0 SSD controller for consumer SSDs coming next year, but severe NAND shortages will get even worse in 2027 as AI data centers swallow supply — An interview with Silicon Motion's SVP Nelson Duann (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-16 | by Anton Shilov | get Silicon Motion PCIe 6.0 SSD → | tags: pcie 6.0, silicon motion, nand shortages

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Project Jupiter AI data center build raises concerns about water usage in rural New Mexico desert — Oracle calls water usage 'negligible' for 11 million gallon one-time fill (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-16 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Water Usage Monitoring System → | tags: oracle, project jupiter, dona ana county

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Schneider Electric, Foxconn to Partner on AI Data Centers (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-06-15 | get Smart Data Center Kit → | tags: schneider electric, foxconn, ai data centers

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Prime Minister of the UK Vows to Unleash AI Tutors on 450,000 Poor Children (futurism.com)

2026-06-12 | by Frank Landymore | get AI Learning Tablet → | tags: ai tutors, london tech week, keir starmer

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SpaceX’s massive IPO: all the latest news (theverge.com)

2026-06-12 | by Stevie Bonifield | get SpaceX Falcon 9 Model → | tags: africa, africa cnn, ai datacenters

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Raspberry Pi raises profit forecast as AI demand grows (feeds.bbci.co.uk)

2026-06-05 | get Raspberry Pi 4 Model B → | tags: ai data, centres, centres pushed

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The New Razr Ultra Is the Best Flip Phone I've Tested, but You Shouldn't Buy It (cnet.com)

2026-06-04 | by See Full Bio | get Motorola Razr Ultra Flip Phone → | tags: motorola, razr ultra, foldable phone

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PC shipments could drop 20% by year's end as AI datacenters consume 70% of high-end DRAM (techspot.com)

2026-06-04 | get High-Performance DDR4 RAM → | tags: ai data, centers, centers read

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Amazon engineers in Seattle slam employer for building AI data centers while laying off 30,000 staffers (cnbc.com)

2026-06-04 | by Annie Palmer | get Amazon Web Services T-Shirt → | tags: amazon, aws, ai data centers

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As Microsoft Takes the Stage, Protestors Take to the Street (cnet.com)

2026-06-03 | by See Full Bio | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft, ai data centers, satya nadella

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As Microsoft Takes the Stage, Protesters Take to the Street (cnet.com)

2026-06-03 | by See Full Bio | get Microsoft Surface Laptop → | tags: microsoft, ai data centers, satya nadella

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If AI Data Centers Are So Great, Why Are They Being Built in Secret? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-03 | by Erin Brockovich | get AI Data Center Security Kit → | tags: ai data centers, brockovichdatacenter, community concerns

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GoPro warned it may not survive (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-06-02 | by Ana Maria Constantin | get GoPro HERO11 Black → | tags: gopro, memory prices, dram

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SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers — country offers ample nuclear grid that US sites lack (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-31 | by Luke James | get Nuclear Power Plant Model → | tags: softbank, ai data centers, edf

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Leaks reveal US authorities concerned about the rise of ‘anti-tech extremists’ as AI data center issues become increasingly contentious — critics say this could lead to surveillance, criminalization of peaceful opposition (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-28 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Privacy & Security Kit → | tags: anti-tech extremists, ai data centers, homeland security

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The Download: climate tech goes public and the AI Hype Index returns (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-28 | by Thomas Macaulay | get AI Hype Index Book → | tags: ai safety law, google insider trading, tiktok custom cpus

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This map tracks 4,000 AI data centers being built—and reveals where the biggest boom is (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-28 | get AI Data Center Map Poster → | tags: erin brockovich, ai data centers, texas

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Elizabeth Warren wants to tax AI data centers as power bills climb (techspot.com)

2026-05-28 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: elizabeth warren, ai data centers, time magazine

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Erin Brockovich starts tracking AI data centers, calls on affected communities to submit issues — website shows more than 2,700 reports from across the US raising various concerns (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-27 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Data Center Monitoring Kit → | tags: pge, ai data centers, erin brockovich

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Erin Brockovich launches a crowdsourced AI data center map (engadget.com)

2026-05-27 | by Mariella Moon | get AI Data Center Map Guide → | tags: erin brockovich, ai data centers, msb global

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AI Datacenters Were Built for GPUs. What Happens When You Remove the GPUs? (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | by Published By | get GPU Cooling Fan → | tags: ai datacenters, nvidia, gpu removal

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Nuclear startup Deep Fission says it’s going public, again, and I have questions (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-23 | by Tim De Chant | get Deep Fission Reactor Kit → | tags: deep fission, nasdaq, nuclear reactors

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SpaceX IPO Filing Reveals Nearly $3 Billion Investment in Gas Turbines for AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-21 | get AI Data Center Gas Turbines → | tags: spacex, ipo, gas turbines

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SpaceX Is Spending $2.8 Billion to Buy Gas Turbines for Its AI Data Centers (wired.com)

2026-05-20 | by Paresh Dave | get Industrial Gas Turbine Model → | tags: spacex, gas turbines, ai data centers

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Meta Employees Are Scrambling to Use Up Benefits Ahead of Layoffs (wired.com)

2026-05-19 | by Paresh Dave | get Meta Employee Wellness Kit → | tags: meta, mark zuckerberg, ai data centers

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AI data centers require 36 times more fiber than designs with standard servers — severe glass shortages push cable lead times out to a full year (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-16 | by Luke James | get Fiber Optic Cable Kit → | tags: fiber optic cables, ai data centers, hengtong