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More than 75 data center build-outs worth $130 billion have been successfully blocked in the first three months of 2026 — bipartisan opposition mounts nationwide over fears of soaring power and water costs (tomshardware.com)

2026-06-13 | by Jowi Morales | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: microsoft, amazon, data center

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GitHub just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day (techspot.com)

2026-06-03 | get GitHub Copilot Subscription → | tags: github, copilot, metered billing

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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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Inside the data center boom that's consuming Chile's last water (techspot.com)

2026-05-27 | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: quilicura wetland, chile, data centers

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Uber president says AI spending is getting 'harder to justify' (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-26 | by Jess Weatherbed | get AI Development Kit → | tags: uber, claude code, ai spending

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Uber president says AI spending is getting ‘harder to justify’ (theverge.com)

2026-05-26 | by Jess Weatherbed | get AI Development Kit → | tags: uber, claude code, uber ceo dara khosrowshahi

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Uber’s COO says it’s getting harder to justify money spent on tokenmaxxing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-05-25 | by Aditi Bharade | get Crypto Token Management Software → | tags: uber, praveen neppalli naga, claude code

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How Much Do You Know About Data Centers? Take Our Quiz (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-20 | get Data Center Certification Kit → | tags: data centers, u.s., electricity

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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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Amazon employees admit to using AI unnecessarily to pump up internal usage scores — workers complain of intense pressure to use AI tools (tomshardware.com)

2026-05-12 | by Luke James | get AI Productivity Booster Kit → | tags: amazon, consumption, demand

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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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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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Gen Z is turning subscriptions into short-term rentals for shows, movies, and games (techspot.com)

2026-05-07 | get Streaming Service Gift Card → | tags: gen z, streaming platforms, short-term rentals

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PCIe has doubled bandwidth every generation for two decades, PCIe 8.0 is on track to do it again at 1TB/s (techspot.com)

2026-05-07 | get PCIe 8.0 Expansion Card → | tags: pcie, pcie 8.0, bandwidth

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Kid Reportedly Consumes 13,000 YouTube Videos in Three Months During School Hours (gizmodo.com)

2026-04-30 | get YouTube Kids Tablet → | tags: youtube, kid, school hours

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GitHub will start charging Copilot users based on their actual AI usage (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-28 | get GitHub Copilot Subscription → | tags: github, github copilot, openai

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GitHub Copilot is moving to usage-based billing (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-27 | by Mario Rodriguez | get GitHub Copilot Subscription → | tags: github copilot, github ai credits, token consumption

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Maine governor vetoes bill that bans large new data centers — says legislature should’ve exempted one particular well-supported data center (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-25 | by Jowi Morales | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: data centers, maine, janet mills

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AI Is Using So Much Energy That Computing Firepower Is Running Out (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-04-13 | get Energy-Efficient AI Hardware → | tags: energy consumption, computing firepower, ai companies

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The effects of caffeine consumption do not decay with a ~5 hour half-life (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-04-10 | get Caffeine Half-Life Monitor → | tags: caffeine, half-life, consumption

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Standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, new inflation data, Warsh's Senate hearing and more in Morning Squawk (cnbc.com)

2026-04-10 | by Josephine Rozzelle | get Maritime Navigation Safety Kit → | tags: strat of hormuz, federal reserve, iran war

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Decentralized Training Can Help Solve AI’s Energy Woes (spectrum.ieee.org)

2026-04-07 | by Rina Diane Caballar | get AI Energy Efficiency Kit → | tags: nvidia, ai models, data centers

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Amazon, Microsoft, and Google under investor pressure to disclose site-specific data center water and power consumption — more than a dozen shareholders ask for transparency ahead of annual investor meetings (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-06 | by Luke James | get Smart Water & Power Monitor → | tags: amazon, microsoft, google

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Investors push Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to disclose site-specific data center water and power consumption — more than a dozen shareholders ask for transparency ahead of annual investor meetings (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-06 | by Luke James | get Smart Water & Power Monitor → | tags: amazon, microsoft, google

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Investors push Amazon, Microsoft, and Google to disclose data center water and power consumption — more than a dozen resolutions ask for transparency ahead of annual investor meetings (tomshardware.com)

2026-04-06 | by Luke James | get Smart Water & Power Monitor → | tags: amazon, microsoft, google

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AI Data Centers Can Warm Surrounding Areas By Up To 9.1C (slashdot.org)

2026-03-31 | get AI Data Center Cooling Fan → | tags: ai data centers, land surface temperature, university of cambridge

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Wall Street Has a Major Problem With AI Data Centers (futurism.com)

2026-03-28 | by Joe Wilkins | get AI Data Center Cooling System → | tags: ai data centers, cryptocurrency, wall street

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Power consumption of Game Boy flash cartridges (2021) (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-03-24 | get Game Boy Cartridge Power Tester → | tags: game boy, flash cartridges, power consumption

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‘Work from home,’ encourages the world’s energy watchdog (theverge.com)

2026-03-20 | by Jess Weatherbed | get Ergonomic Adjustable Desk → | tags: work from home, oil demand, public transport

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AI Data Centers: What to Know About Their Water and Energy Use (cnet.com)

2026-03-05 | by See Full Bio | get Data Center → | tags: openai, chatgpt, water usage