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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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

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Texas hits pause on 1,800 data center projects to scrutinize power and water demands (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Skye Jacobs | tags: ercot, texas data centers, public utility commission

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US mulling ban on key Chinese networking tech in data center component crackdown — White House wants to impose restrictions in 2026, China says it will respond if necessary (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: fcc, chinese transceivers, data centers

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Texas slams on the brakes for 1,800 data centers, power grid requirements are five times higher than peak record demand — 474 gigawatts of power requests are now subject to new moratorium (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: data centers, ercot, texas grid

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Texas halts new data centers as governor calls for audits (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-04 | by Tim De Chant | tags: data centers, ercot, texas

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At least 37 people arrested in 2026 so far for protesting against data centers, most for breaking 'petty rules' — most taken into custody acted peacefully (tomshardware.com)

2026-08-04 | by Jowi Morales | tags: data centers, oklahoma, kansas

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High Bandwidth Flash gets first technical specification for AI data centers (techspot.com)

2026-08-04 | by Alfonso Maruccia | tags: high bandwidth flash, sk hynix, open compute project

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Texas says data centers must pass an audit before connecting to the grid (theverge.com)

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

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How Data Centers Broke American Politics (wired.com)

2026-08-04 | by Molly Taft | tags: data centers, steve bannon, georgia

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Jim Cramer says the market has warmed up to Big Tech's AI spending. Here's what flipped the switch (cnbc.com)

2026-08-03 | by Alexa Lomonaco | tags: amazon, jassy, big tech

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Influencers draw backlash for attending OpenAI’s first luxury trip (techcrunch.com)

2026-08-03 | by Dominic-Madori Davis | tags: openai, influencer marketing, summer club

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‘Everybody Wants That Money’: AI Companies Promise Blue-Collar Workers Salaries Up to $280,000 (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-08-03 | by Sherin Shibu | tags: openai, data centers, electricians

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Here's my power rankings for the big 4 hyperscalers after this earnings season (cnbc.com)

2026-08-03 | by Jim Cramer | tags: amazon, aws, hyperscalers

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MacBook Air laptops are reportedly in short supply due to Ramaggedon (engadget.com)

2026-08-03 | by Steve Dent | tags: macbook air, ramageddon, apple

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The Number of Regular People Being Arrested for Protesting Data Centers Is Astounding (futurism.com)

2026-08-03 | by Joe Wilkins | tags: data centers, protests, tech companies