BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Monterey Park voted 86 percent to 14 percent last Tuesday to permanently ban data centers from the city. It is the first US city to do it through a ballot initiative. Campaign organizer Steven Kung called it “a landslide victory.” On the reasons: “The noise pollution, the air pollution, […]
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Singapore is expanding its use of District Cooling systems as part of a broader strategy to improve energy efficiency, strengthen climate resilience and manage rising cooling demand in one of the world’s most densely populated tropical economies. The city-state has increasingly turned to centralized cooling networks that circulate chilled water through underground pipelines to cool offices,…
Conselheiro Nilo Pasquali participou de audiência no Senado. Segundo ele, os data centers para treinamento massivo de modelos e inferência em larga escala possuem necessidades regulatórias muito mais específicas.
Aporte foi feito pela Elea Data Centers e integra investimentos que podem chegar a US$10 bilhões nos próximos anos.O Rio AI City integra a estratégia municipal de posicionar a cidade como referência global na economia digital.
CAIRO — Egypt is accelerating efforts to strengthen digital sovereignty through a comprehensive cybersecurity strategy designed to protect critical digital infrastructure, enhance economic resilience, support emerging technologies and position the country as a regional hub for data, cloud services and digital innovation. Speaking at the opening session of the fifth edition of the CAISEC 2026…
Voters in a California city ban AI data center construction, plans for Utah data center shrinking over backlash, Seattle issues one-year prohibition on center construction.
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The New York Legislature passed a one-year moratorium Thursday night on data center permits, the latest sign of pushback amid a nationwide rush to build the power-hungry facilities. New York would become the first state in the nation to enact such a freeze if Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the bill into law. But Hochul, who […]
RALEIGH, N.C.—The Ratepayer Protection Act, wending its way through the North Carolina legislature, conjoins two opposing ideas: rein in data centers and their power consumption but liberate Duke Energy from limits on fossil fuels. The first section of Senate Bill 730 would forbid data center developers from using eminent domain to seize land for their […]
Com a competição dos canais digitais, Globo contratou a Ascenty para superar os picos de tráfego esperados para o megaevento do futebol. O valor do contrato não foi revelado entre as partes.
Ministro de Minas e Energia, Alexandre Silveira, informou que 7,1 GW trariam investimentos de R$ 159 bilhões ao país e defendeu urgência para o REDATA. "Data centers são agenda de soberania nacional", disse.
If you are looking at the headline data in the government's economic report, it is easy to miss the artificial intelligence investment boom.
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The artificial intelligence company, which is racing rival OpenAI to the stock market, has seen explosive growth over the last year thanks largely to technology that can automatically write computer code.
For months, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro promised a plan to blunt fast-rising energy costs in the state by pushing power-hungry AI data centers to pay their own way. Now his office has formally released details on how he intends to turn BYOE—“bring your own energy”—into more than just a slogan. The question now is whether […]
Marana, Ariz., is used to placid local politics, but the town, in a congressional district held by Juan Ciscomani, has been convulsed by two national issues, A.I. and immigration detention.
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Ministro Frderico Siqueira Filho participoude um evento com empresários e apresentou o cenário brasileiro na área da economia digital.
Se a transação for aprovada pelo CADE, Casa dos Ventos passa a contar com 2.100 MW de energia para data centers no estado.
Kassi Solberg has concerns about a proposed data center complex, the size of 3,800 football fields, near her home. Trust us, the developer says.
GOOCHLAND, Va.—Deborah Blackburn leaned on her cane in a line to enter the Central High Cultural and Educational Complex, angst-ridden over a giant transmission line proposal for reasons that are common refrains here: It’s all to benefit data centers in Northern Virginia, and it will disrupt the rural character here outside Richmond. “We don’t want […]
Empresa vê programa como sinalização estratégica do governo para atrair infraestrutura digital, mas avalia que critério de adicionalidade pode afastar investimentos
INDIANTOWN, Fla.—Carroll McAllister frets over the prospect of a hyperscale data center opening next to the grassy expanse where she grew up, in a shack her father built. Now 87, McAllister is a tiny but sturdy woman with a bob of blonde hair. She fondly recalls running wild on the land in her youth with […]
Operando com capacidade máxima, o data center da Scala pode utilizar mais energia elétrica do que todo o Rio Grande do Sul consome atualmente.
The controversy surrounding data centers has grown more tense, and those in favor are doing all that they can to try to move public opinion towards them in a more favorable direction. A shining example of this new direction is the growing partnership between trade unions and the tech companies dominating the artificial intelligence industry. […]
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DURHAM, N.C.—Duke University plans to build a small data center at Central Campus, potentially the first of several similar-size projects, which has raised questions among some faculty about whether the energy- and water-intensive endeavors could derail the institution’s climate commitments. The 1.5-megawatt data center could eventually expand to 3 megawatts, a university spokesperson said. It […]
Every now and again, a billionaire doesn’t get what he wants. On Monday, Elon Musk was handed a rare loss when a federal jury in San Francisco unanimously threw out his lawsuit against OpenAI’s top leaders, including CEO Sam Altman. Musk had alleged that Altman illegally enriched himself when converting OpenAI—the nonprofit both men helped co-found—into a for-profit company. The jury, however,…
In nearly every state, residents are angry about data centers and fighting efforts to build them near their towns. In Memphis, where xAI’s energy-guzzling, pollution-spewing supercomputing center popped up seemingly overnight, residents are protesting its operations, albeit without much success, as their county officials have permitted it to keep functioning.
Other cities and states that have…
This story was produced in partnership by Inside Climate News and the Texas Newsroom, the state’s network of public radio stations. Corpus Christi needs the groundwater beneath the small town of Sinton so urgently that it’s already laying pipeline, even before it has the permits to start drilling for water. Sinton, with 5,500 residents about […]
A proposed merger of the largest utility in the country by market value, NextEra Energy, with the sixth-largest, Dominion, would create a megacompany at a time when data centers and rapid increases in electricity demand are reshaping the industry. The proposal, announced Monday morning and contingent on state and federal regulatory approval, would result in […]
Acerto envolve as empresas OMNIA e Casa dos Vento e garante fornecimento de até 300 MW de energia renovável para o Data Center Pecém, que será do TikTok no país.
Every major emerging technology has required more energy and infrastructure. Everything digital runs through data centers, making them foundational, not optional. Questions should center on their undertaking rather than their elimination.
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