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Texas county passes data center ban for rural areas for a year, move comes in wake of AI data centers moving to remote areas to skirt regulations — state senator says counties cannot legally impose these bans (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-16 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Data Center Security Kit → | tags: data centers, providence data centers, hill county

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AI data centers trigger massive 'irreversible' 76% electricity price spike in largest US region — federal watchdog demands tech giants pay for their own power infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-16 | by Jowi Morales | get AI Data Center Power Supply → | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, electricity prices

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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

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Power Prices in Eastern U.S. Spike 76% Thanks to AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-15 | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: power prices, eastern u.s., ai data centers

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Silicon Valley’s vacationland needs a new energy provider just as AI is driving prices up (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-15 | by Tim De Chant | get Tesla Powerwall Battery → | tags: ai data centers, nv energy, liberty utilities

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Pennsylvania residents complain they are being 'bulldozed' over AI data center concerns — lambast Gov. Shapiro in two-hour town hall, say he is losing support base (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-15 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Home Security Camera → | tags: ai data centers, pennsylvania, josh shapiro

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The Download: China’s AI drama factory and the WHO’s missing health targets (technologyreview.com)

2026-05-15 | by Thomas Macaulay | get AI Art Generator Tool → | tags: openai, chatgpt, ai data centers

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Americans really don't want AI data centers close to their homes (engadget.com)

2026-05-14 | by Kris Holt | get AI Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: ai data centers, gallup survey, spacex xai

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70% of Americans don't want AI data centers near their home, that's more opposition than nuclear plants get (techspot.com)

2026-05-14 | get AI Data Center Noise Insulation → | tags: ai data centers, americans, nuclear plants

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Americans do not want AI data centers in their backyards (theverge.com)

2026-05-14 | by Stevie Bonifield | get AI Data Center Soundproofing Kit → | tags: ai data centers, gallup survey, laptop mag

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49,000 Lake Tahoe residents could be left powerless as AI data centers inhale electricity supply — power company looking to redirect power to 12 data centers, high demand plus a regulatory limbo equals a dim situation (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-14 | by Bruno Ferreira | get Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) → | tags: google, microsoft, apple

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SoftBank to manufacture its own batteries with water-based tech to power AI data centers — targets gigawatt-hour-scale production by 2028 (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Luke James | get Water-Based Battery Kit → | tags: battery, halogen, hardware

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AI data centers face increasing complaints about inaudible but 'felt' infrasound — citizens complain high- and low-frequency sounds do not register on decibel meters but cause adverse health effects (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-10 | by Jowi Morales | get Soundproofing Acoustic Panels → | tags: ai data centers, infrasound, decibel meters

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Maryland citizens slapped with $2 billion power grid upgrade bill for out-of-state AI data centers — state complains to federal energy regulators, says additional cost breaks ‘ratepayer protection pledge’ promises (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-09 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: pjm interconnection, maryland, data centers

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All the latest updates on AI data centers (theverge.com)

2026-05-08 | by Verge Staff | get AI Data Center Cooling System → | tags: data centers, energy, power grids

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Motherboard sales are collapsing because AI data centers made RAM too expensive to buy (techspot.com)

2026-05-08 | get Corsair Vengeance RAM → | tags: motherboard, ram, ai data centers

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You’ll Never Guess Trade Unions’ Position on AI Data Centers (futurism.com)

2026-05-07 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: trade unions, ai data centers, big tech

198.

The American tech manufacturing success story hiding in plain sight (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-07 | get Intel Core i7 Processor → | tags: corning, pyrex, gorilla glass

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Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-06 | by Tim De Chant | get Azure Solar Power Bank → | tags: microsoft, ai data centers, clean energy

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Nvidia invests $300 million in Corning to build three new US-based optical fiber plants — AI infrastructure deal would boost fiber production capacity by over 50% (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-06 | by Anton Shilov | get Corning Optical Fiber Kit → | tags: corning, nvidia, optical fiber

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Survey shows that nearly half of Americans don't want new data centers built near their homes — 47% oppose the construction of new AI data centers in their neighborhood (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-06 | by Jon Martindale | get Smart Home Noise Insulation → | tags: ai data centers, hyperscalers, ipsos

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Nvidia partners with Corning to build the fiber optic backbone for next-gen AI data centers (techspot.com)

2026-05-06 | get Corning Optical Fiber Kit → | tags: nvidia, corning, fiber optic

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Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-05 | get Floating Data Center Kit → | tags: palantir, ai data centers, ocean floating nodes

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This startup just raised $140 million to build wave-powered AI data centers at sea (techspot.com)

2026-05-05 | get Wave-Powered Data Center Kit → | tags: panthalassa, ai data centers, wave power

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Apple Expects 'Significantly Higher Memory Costs' to Affect iPhone, MacBook Neo (cnet.com)

2026-05-01 | by See Full Bio | get Apple Memory Upgrade Kit → | tags: apple, memory costs, iphone

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Ambitious Experiment Aims to Test Tiny Nuclear Reactors for AI Data Centers (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get Mini Nuclear Reactor Kit → | tags: microreactors, nuclear reactors, ai data centers

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Samsung says the RAM shortage could get even worse next year (theverge.com)

2026-04-30 | by Stevie Bonifield | get Corsair Vengeance DDR5 RAM → | tags: samsung, ram shortage, ai data centers

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AI data centers are delaying Texas housing projects by hiring away electricians (techspot.com)

2026-04-30 | get Smart Electrician Tool Kit → | tags: texas, stargate ai, abilene

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SoftBank is creating a robotics company that builds data centers — and already eyeing a $100B IPO (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-30 | by Lucas Ropek | get Robotics Data Center Kit → | tags: softbank, roze ai, data centers

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Fusion power startup Zap Energy pulls a partial pivot, adding nuclear fission to the mix (techcrunch.com)

2026-04-29 | by Tim De Chant | get Fusion and Fission Kit → | tags: zap energy, nuclear fission, fusion power