As Arizona's cannabis market oversupplies and prices fall, some growers including former Tucson dispensary owner Moe Asnani are considering repurposing cultivation facilities into what they call 'mini data center nodes.' These sites already have power and water infrastructure cannabis farming requires, which overlaps with needs for small-scale AI data centers. Tucson council member Paul Cunningham has described this 'adaptive reuse' approach as a more palatable alternative to large hyperscale facilities.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-11-12
An assistant professor at Arizona State University's School of Ocean Futures, based in Hilo, Hawaii, studies coral microbiomes while working as a non-competitive, sponsored professional surfer. Under a nine-month faculty appointment, she allocates roughly 85% of her work year to research and teaching and 15% to surfing-related work, which includes producing sponsored social media content.
nature.com
· 2026-11-11
pwn.college is a hands-on cybersecurity education platform maintained by a team at Arizona State University, used to teach core computing and security skills through terminal-based exercises and a belt-ranking progression system. ASU has made the platform freely available worldwide, and it already underpins much of the university's own cybersecurity curriculum.
pwn.college
· 2026-11-06
APEX Motor Club, a 280-acre facility in Maricopa, Arizona, offers members two racetracks, a skid pad, trackside garage condos and a clubhouse, with over 240 track days per year. Membership tiers range from a $35,000 one-year option to Platinum, which costs $90,000 to join plus $15,000 annually, with Gold and under-35 options in between.
entrepreneur.com
· 2026-11-02
US health officials confirmed the New World Screwworm flesh-eating parasite has spread to Arizona, becoming the third state affected alongside Texas and New Mexico. Since the flies re-entered the US in June, 74 animal infestations have been recorded, including recent attacks on four dogs and a cat. The parasite's larvae burrow into living tissue through wounds and orifices, causing severe and sometimes fatal injuries.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-10-30
Maricopa County, Arizona has repeatedly become the origin point for election conspiracy theories, from the 2020 'Sharpiegate' claims to unfounded allegations of ballot tampering. A new report traces how tactics first used to challenge election results there have since spread to other parts of the country.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-30
Phoenix's TSMC chip plant uses roughly 5 million gallons of municipal water daily, part of a pre-pandemic bet to revive the region's economy that largely succeeded without major local opposition. Arizona now hosts 172 data centers, but newer, larger proposed developments from Phoenix to Tucson are drawing resistance over their heavier demands for water, power and land.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-29
A former journalism professor writing for CNET describes how AI chatbots like ChatGPT have made grading homework nearly impossible, citing a UC Berkeley math professor who has stopped grading assignments because students rely on AI. The author recounts struggling to detect AI-generated writing in advanced communications courses and noting that students could pass most assignments with AI help, only faltering on tasks like live presentations that AI couldn't complete for them.
cnet.com
· 2026-10-26
Intel said it has started installing production equipment at its Fab 62 facility in Arizona, with mass production targeted for late 2028. The company also gave updates on its Ohio One complex and confirmed it has brought High-NA EUV lithography into high-volume manufacturing, while continuing to invest in U.S.-based process R&D, advanced packaging and photomask production.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-21
Elon Musk has agreed to settle two lawsuits filed by Arizona residents in Austin, Texas over his 2024 promise to give $1 million daily to randomly selected registered voters in swing states. The settlement terms have not been disclosed. The plaintiffs alleged the drawings weren't actually random and that they wouldn't have signed the required petition had they known this.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-17
TSMC CEO C.C. Wei told analysts on an earnings call that the company is evaluating US expansion beyond Arizona, including Texas, and confirmed ongoing discussions with Elon Musk about using capacity at Terafab. Wei said any TSMC involvement would require TSMC itself to manage the facility, a condition that conflicts with Musk's earlier suggestion that Terafab would operate the fab while only sub-leasing cleanroom space to TSMC.
tomshardware.com
· 2026-10-15
The Arizona Court of Appeals vacated the 10½-year sentence given to Gabriel Paul Horcasitas for the 2021 killing of Christopher Pelkey, after finding that a judge improperly relied on an AI-generated video depicting Pelkey offering forgiveness. The court ordered Horcasitas be resentenced, ruling that the judge's visible emotional reaction to the video made the original sentencing hearing fundamentally unfair.
nbcnews.com
· 2026-10-09
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