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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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The Summer of Rogue AI Sends a Signal to the Enterprise (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-07 | tags: ai models, enterprises, enterprises governance

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Your employees are stressed about money. Here’s why your HR team should care—and what it should do (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-07 | tags: benefits, benefits help, centered

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This Kentucky family rejected a $26 million data center offer to protect their farmland (techspot.com)

2026-08-07 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: center, cooling, mason

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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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SoftBank Uses OpenAI Stake to Borrow $10 Billion (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-08-06 | tags: ai data, ai powered, builder

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How Americans View Capitalism, Socialism and Free Enterprise (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-06 | by Gallup | tags: americans, capitalism, economic

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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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How AI Exposed a Browser Security Gap that Enterprises Cannot Ignore (bleepingcomputer.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: applications, browser, controls

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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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Trump Cabinet Doctor Boasts of Ability to Soil Himself During Dinner Parties Without Detection (futurism.com)

2026-08-06 | by Frank Landymore | tags: diet, fermented, foods

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The browser is where attacks land. Why is security still focused on the endpoint? (venturebeat.com)

2026-08-06 | tags: browser, cloud, device

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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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I'll be stepping back from leading product for X (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: available ve, browser, center

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Nikita Bier Steps Down as Head of Product at X (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-08-05 | tags: available ve, browser, 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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Encapsulation epitaxy of air-stable 2D superconductors for quantum circuits (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Zheng | tags: acknowledge, acknowledge support, center

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Editorial Expression of Concern: Tumour exosome integrins determine organotropic metastasis (feeds.nature.com)

2026-08-05 | by Hoshino | tags: cancer, center, department

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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