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Data centers will consume 20% of US electricity by 2035, BloombergNEF projects
AI compute pushes US data center capacity toward 200 gigawatts, with the country hosting 64% of AI chips by power demand by 2033.
New York enacts first US state moratorium on large data centers
Governor Kathy Hochul blocked new environmental permits for data centers above 50 megawatts, with a stricter legislative version awaiting her signature.
Meta doubles Hyperion data center to 5GW, pushing spend past $50B
Louisiana's 20-year sales tax exemption helped land the buildout, now nearly double the $27B figure Meta cited in October.
Microsoft's carbon emissions rose 25% in 2025 as AI data centers expanded
The company's 2026 sustainability report says emissions hit 34M metric tons and warns sustainability solutions can't keep pace with AI demand.
Meta commits C$13B to Alberta data center, its first in Canada
The build marks Meta's entry into Canadian AI infrastructure, with Alberta's cheap power and cool climate winning out over rival provinces.
AI data center demand pushes Rust Belt factory power bills up 70%
PJM capacity prices jumped from $28.92 to $329.17 per megawatt-day as steelmakers and brick factories absorb tens of millions in extra costs.
Google's electricity use jumped 37% in 2025 as AI buildout accelerates
Data centers consumed 42 million MWh, more than New Zealand or Denmark; operational emissions still fell 2%.
AI backlash hardens: 71% oppose local data centers, $130B in projects blocked
Public opposition, junior-worker displacement, and memory-chip inflation are converging into an economic and political headwind the industry hasn't priced in.
Omen AI raises $31M to monitor data center coolant in real time
The startup's spectrometer spots bacterial growth in liquid-cooled GPU racks before it triggers five-to-six-hour shutdowns.
Amazon commits $13B more to India AI and cloud through 2030
The third India commitment in three years brings Amazon's total to $48B, funding AWS data center expansion in Mumbai and Hyderabad.
Eco Wave Power taps NVIDIA AI to run data centers on ocean waves
The Israeli startup is piloting wave-powered compute at the Port of Los Angeles, with NVIDIA Omniverse digital twins managing the load.
Electricians wiring AI data centers split over the work
IBEW workers are powering the AI buildout, but a growing online debate questions whether the paychecks are worth it.
FERC clears faster grid hookups for AI data centers, with 60-day study path
New large-load interconnection rules let AI factories fund their own upgrades and qualify for accelerated reviews if they offer flexible load.
FERC orders grid operators to fast-track AI data center connections
Six major grid operators have 30 days to report spare capacity and 60 days to defend rates as data center demand is set to nearly triple by 2035.
Amazon employees say HR threatened termination over Seattle data center testimony
Three engineers from Amazon Employees for Climate Justice filed a civil rights complaint after backing Seattle's one-year data center moratorium.
CPP Investments commits $741M to CtrlS for India AI data center buildout
Canada's largest pension fund takes an 8.2% stake in CtrlS and joins a hyperscale joint venture as India's AI infrastructure race accelerates.
HPE and Nvidia expand AI Factory with Vera CPU and Agent Toolkit
The joint platform adds Nvidia's first agent-tuned CPU, a new agent toolkit for Private Cloud AI, and confidential computing across the stack.
Emerald AI's Conductor pitches flexible data centers as the grid bottleneck answer
A Duke study says US grids can absorb 76 GW more — about 5% of total capacity — if data centers flex just 0.25% of the year.
Amazon says its data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025
Amazon's first public water disclosure pegs usage at 0.12 liters per kilowatt-hour, down 2% from 2024 even as operations expanded.
Meta strikes first India AI data center deal with Reliance in Jamnagar
A 168-megawatt facility in Gujarat extends a partnership that began with Meta's $5.7B Jio investment in 2020.
Shelbyville mayor calls data center opponents' homes 'shitty' on camera
Scott Furgeson dismissed yard-sign protests against a $2 billion build as coming from rentals; residents pushed back on local TV.
New York passes one-year data center moratorium, awaits Hochul signature
The bill would be the first statewide ban of its kind, freezing projects above 20 megawatts while the state studies AI infrastructure impacts.
Kevin O'Leary halves Utah's Project Stratos data center to 20,000 acres
After pressure from Utah's Senate president, O'Leary will cut 19,430 acres — but the footprint still exceeds Manhattan.
Meta is building data centers in tents to keep up with AI compute demand
Six 125,000-square-foot rapid-deployment structures outside New Albany, Ohio, powered by 200 MW of off-grid gas turbines.
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