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New Amazon Data Center Is Set to Have the Most Polluting Power Plant in the U.S. (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-08 | tags: amazon, amazon data, center

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Weird Town Begs for AI Data Center (futurism.com)

2026-08-08 | by Frank Landymore | tags: center, data center, mcdonald

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Data Center Reps Face the Guillotine, Flee Public Hearing (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: center, center reps, data center

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Protesters haul a guillotine to city council meeting about a potential AI data center, company rep cornered by protestors — ‘ it no longer felt safe to stay,’ developer escorted out by police (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-07 | by Jowi Morales | tags: center, data center, hardware

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Google Data Center Announces Plans to Pave Over Protected Wetlands (futurism.com)

2026-08-07 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: acres, center, data center

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Ro Khanna calls for the right to oppose data centers to be protected (engadget.com)

2026-08-06 | by Ian Carlos Campbell | tags: center, centers, data center

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xAI, SpaceX, and the Race for AI Buildout (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: center, data center, statement

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xAI Ignores Laws and Profits: Rules for Thee, Not for Me (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: center, data center, statement

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After severe 76% electricity price hikes due to AI data centers, Virginia requires firms to pay for all dedicated upstream electrical infrastructure — state regulators crack down, governor says move will save civilians ‘hundreds of millions of dollars’ (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: centers, data centers, power

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Nashville attempts to block controversial data center near zoo with eminent domain — city could force developer to sell the land for public use, rather than $700 million installation (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-06 | by Jowi Morales | tags: center, data center, nashville

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Two Fossil Fuel Companies Are Betting Big on Data Centers (wired.com)

2026-08-06 | by Molly Taft | tags: centers, data centers, plants

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The left and right agree on one thing: no data centers (theverge.com)

2026-08-06 | by Nilay Patel | tags: centers, data centers, just

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Khanna to introduce 'Data Center Bill of Rights' as fight over AI power plants heats up (cnbc.com)

2026-08-06 | by Garrett Downs | tags: center, centers, communities

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Nashville uses eminent domain to block data center near zoo (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: block, block data, center

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Virginia Orders Data Centers to Pay for Dedicated New Electric Infrastructure (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Tristan Navera | tags: center, centers, data center

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Texas Data Centers Suffer Brutal Collision With Reality (futurism.com)

2026-08-05 | by Victor Tangermann | tags: abbott, centers, data centers

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Polling shows a growing political reckoning is coming for data centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: data centers, polling, political reckoning

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AMD plummets 8% in premarket trading despite beating expectations (cnbc.com)

2026-08-05 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: amd, nvidia, data center

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AMD's data center business just more than doubled, and gaming is paying the price (techspot.com)

2026-08-05 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: billion, center, data center

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Texas Halts Data Center Connections To Power Grid Amid Overwhelming Demand (slashdot.org)

2026-08-05 | tags: texas, power grid, ars technica

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Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: texas utility commissions, public utility commission of texas, electric reliability council of texas

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AMD doubles data center revenue year over year, but gaming revenue plunged by 31% — CEO Lisa Su says prices have 'weighed on' consumer demand but is 'optimistic' about client market (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jake Roach | tags: amd, ryzen, graphics cards

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AMD Shares Fall 8% as Elon Musk Commits to Nvidia Chips for SpaceX (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-04 | tags: amd, nvidia, spacex

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SpaceX has bought $329M worth of Tesla Megapacks so far this year (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim De Chant | tags: spacex, tesla megapacks, xai

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AMD's revenue climbs 50% and data center sales doubled, but the stock is down (cnbc.com)

2026-08-04 | by Kif Leswing | tags: amd, data center, instinct

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Texas Pauses New Data Center Projects Looking to Connect to the State’s Grid (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: texas, greg abbott, data center

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Texas halts data center connections to power grid amid overwhelming demand (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: texas, ercot, data centers

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The data center boom’s climate blind spot (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: data centers, decarbonization, climate change

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Eric Adams Goes to Wisconsin to Pitch Data Centers, Gets Booed (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-04 | tags: eric adams, wisconsin, data centers

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AI Data Centers Are Driving Up Power Bills – This Map Shows Where (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-04 | by Nikshep Myle | tags: ai data centers, gadget review, techradar