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Politicians Who Once Championed Data Centers Are Now Bashing Them (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-21 | tags: greg abbott, josh shapiro, data centers

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Republicans Turn to Elon Musk and AI Super PACs for a Bailout Ahead of Midterms (gizmodo.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: elon musk, ai super pacs, midterms

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OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-20 | by Amanda Silberling | tags: liquid death, data centers, water cooling

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Voters Aren't Waiting For November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers (slashdot.org)

2026-08-20 | tags: voters, data centers, november

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Can AI solve the energy problem it created? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: data centers, energy problem, america

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AI data center outrage is showing up everywhere from ads to elections (cnbc.com)

2026-08-20 | by Ashley Capoot Garrett Downs | tags: openai, liquid death, garage beer

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SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste (arstechnica.com)

2026-08-20 | tags: spacex, starlink, satellite megaconstellation

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The Download: polycrisis support networks and a hydrogen gold rush (technologyreview.com)

2026-08-20 | by Thomas Macaulay | tags: hydrogen, polycrisis, spacex

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Hyperscalers’ Off-Grid Power Push Comes With Risks (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-20 | tags: hyperscalers, off-grid power, data centers

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Digital Immortality (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: huggingface, large language models, ai labs

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Gen Z are AI skeptics—and this is the tech CEO they trust the least (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: gen z, ai industry, data centers

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AI was supposed to win people over by now — it hasn’t (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-19 | by Sarah Perez | tags: data centers, pew research, wall street journal

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Are underwater data centers sustainable for AI infrastructure? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: underwater data centers, artificial intelligence, ocean

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Nvidia plays matchmaker in Nordics, sources tell CNBC, as AI data center deals boom in region (cnbc.com)

2026-08-19 | by Kai Nicol-Schwarz | tags: nvidia, nordics, ai chips

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AI’s water problems run deep (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: data centers, u.s. electricity, water footprint

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Jason Kelce-led marketing campaign asks beer drinkers to send their pee to AI data centers — Liquid Death and Garage Beer skit claims 'AI data centers waste millions of gallons of water' (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-19 | by Jowi Morales | tags: liquid death, garage beer, jason kelce

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I took on big tech. We need to get it right this time (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: hyperscale data centers, new york, meta

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The data center backlash is sending AI infrastructure to some unexpected places (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-19 | tags: data centers, americans, protests

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Inside Big Tech’s Frantic Race to Quell the Growing Backlash to AI (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-19 | tags: big tech, data centers, listening sessions

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Field measurements of neighborhood-scale air temperature impacts of data centers (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: air temperature, centers, data centers

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Data centers raise nearby temperatures by up to 4 degrees in Phoenix (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-18 | tags: data centers, phoenix, temperature increase

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AI data center boom pushes Caterpillar, Ford, and other US firms into new businesses (techspot.com)

2026-08-18 | by Kishalaya Kundu | tags: caterpillar, ai data centers, nvidia verarubin

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Planned US Data Centers Set to Produce 24M Cars’ Worth Of Carbon Dioxide (cnet.com)

2026-08-18 | by Antuan Goodwin | tags: amazon, google, microsoft

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US Grid Operator PJM Proposes Forcing Data Center Off Grid During Emergencies (slashdot.org)

2026-08-17 | tags: pjm, data centers, capacity auction

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You can turn an old Android into a Raspberry Pi alternative - but know this first (zdnet.com)

2026-08-17 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | tags: raspberry pi, android, linux debian

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Groq raises $350M to fuel its pivot from AI chips to neocloud (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-17 | by Rebecca Bellan | tags: groq, ai chips, neocloud

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Judge sets framework for Nine PBS to retrieve archival data (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-17 | by Francisco Rodriguez | tags: nine pbs, iron mountain, oss

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Anthropic CEO Says AI Backlash Is 'Fundamentally a Crisis of Trust' (slashdot.org)

2026-08-17 | tags: anthropic, ai regulation, gavin baker

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America's largest grid wants to cut power to new data centers first during shortages — 50MW-plus data centers must bring their own electricity generation to avoid shutoffs (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Luke James | tags: pjm interconnection, data centers, federal energy regulatory commission

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Cherokee Nation bans hyperscale data centers on its lands, won't support projects without consultation — energy and water consumption, air quality, noise, and cultural resource protection among concerns (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-17 | by Luke James | tags: hyperscale data centers, cherokee nation, chuck hoskin jr