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Microsoft's $1 Billion AI Data Center Will 'Switch Off Half of Kenya' (slashdot.org)

2026-05-12 | tags: center, country, data center

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Google is reportedly considering working with SpaceX on orbital data centers (engadget.com)

2026-05-12 | by Igor Bonifacic | get Starlink Satellite Internet Kit → | tags: spacex, orbital data centers, project suncatcher

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Defends His Leadership, Personal Investing at Trial (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-12 | tags: ai lab, battle, battle centers

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Grok Is a Flop, But It May Not Matter to Elon Musk (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-12 | get Tesla Model 3 → | tags: grok, elon musk, data centers

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New Jersey residents say they can't even wash their clothes due to data centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-12 | by Collin Bell | get Portable Washing Machine → | tags: meta data centers, vineland, new jersey

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Report: Google and SpaceX in talks to put data centers into orbit (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-12 | by Rebecca Bellan | get Starlink Satellite Internet Kit → | tags: google, spacex, orbital data centers

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Georgia Data Center Secretly Guzzled 30 Million Gallons of Water Before Paying a Dime (gizmodo.com)

2026-05-12 | get Water Conservation Smart Meter → | tags: center, center draining, complained

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Ford Launches Energy Subsidiary to Build Data Center-Scale Batteries at Kentucky Plant (cnet.com)

2026-05-12 | by See Full Bio | get Tesla Powerwall → | tags: ford energy, blueoval sk, lithium iron phosphate

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Meta will tell parents when their teens add new interests to their Instagram algorithm (theverge.com)

2026-05-12 | by Stevie Bonifield | tags: meta, instagram, teen accounts

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Microsoft's massive Kenya AI data center would require switching off 'half the country' to meet power requirements, government says — $1 billion project stalls over capacity disagreements and lack of infrastructure (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Luke James | tags: capacity, center, country

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A Data Center Drained 30 Million Gallons of Water Unnoticed (slashdot.org)

2026-05-12 | get Water-Efficient Data Center Cooling → | tags: qts, quality technology services, data center

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Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water, and nobody noticed for months (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-11 | get Water-Efficient Data Center Cooling → | tags: qts, data center, water usage

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Data center guzzled 30 million gallons of water and nobody noticed for months (arstechnica.com)

2026-05-11 | get Water-Efficient Data Center Cooling → | tags: qts, data center, water usage

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A New Hantavirus Vaccine Is in the Works (wired.com)

2026-05-11 | by Javier Carbajal | get Hantavirus Prevention Kit → | tags: moderna, hantavirus, vaccine

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Angry Mom Defeats Entire AI Data Center (futurism.com)

2026-05-11 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: moms clean air force, data center, fossil fuels

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Kevin O’Leary Wants to Build a $100 Billion AI Data Center in Utah. Locals Say It Could Drain the Great Salt Lake. (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-11 | by Jonathan Small | get AI Data Center Building Kit → | tags: ai data center, great salt lake, box elder county

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There aren’t enough rockets for space data centers. Cowboy Space raised $275 million to build them. (techcrunch.com)

2026-05-11 | by Tim Fernholz | get SpaceX Starship Model → | tags: spacex, blue origin, cowboy space

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New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds (futurism.com)

2026-05-11 | by Frank Landymore | tags: hyperscale data center, kevin o’leary, utah state university

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AI data center developers target rural territory to bypass city construction bans and regulations — rural locations allow sites to bypass city council approvals, rezoning votes, land-use reviews, and reduce public scrutiny (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-11 | by Jowi Morales | tags: center, city, county

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A Chevron Texas Power Plant Seeks School District Tax Break (wired.com)

2026-05-11 | by Molly Taft | get Smart Energy Management System → | tags: chevron, microsoft, energy forge

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A data center used 29 million gallons of water without a bill, while residents complained about low water pressure (techspot.com)

2026-05-11 | get Water Conservation Smart Meter → | tags: qts, data center, water usage

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Maryland citizens hit with $2B power grid upgrade for out-of-state AI (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-10 | by Jowi Morales | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: pjm interconnection, federal energy regulatory commission, data centers

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Residents Furious After Their Town Board Rejected an OpenAI Data Center, But a Billionaire Developer Forced It Through Anyway (futurism.com)

2026-05-10 | by Joe Wilkins | get OpenAI Data Center Kit → | tags: openai, related digital, saline township

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AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine builders of massive 6.2 million-square-foot facility over unauthorized water use (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-10 | by Luke James | get Water Usage Monitoring System → | tags: qts, project excalibur, data center

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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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Oracle Forced to Cancel Incredibly Polluting Natural Gas Plant to Power AI Data Center (futurism.com)

2026-05-10 | by Joe Wilkins | get Renewable Energy Power Bank → | tags: oracle, project jupiter, bloom energy

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You can put a data center at your house—but who really pays? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-05-10 | get Home Data Center Kit → | tags: nvidia, data center, ai computing

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Will Maryland's Utility Bills Increase $1.6B to Support Other States' Datacenters? (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | by Posted | get Smart Power Strip → | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, maryland utility bills

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Rush Rescue Mission for NASA's $500M Space Telescope Passes Key Milestone (slashdot.org)

2026-05-09 | by Posted | get NASA Telescope Model Kit → | tags: nasa, swift, katalyst space technologies

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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