Texas Makes It Cheaper for Data Centers to Tie up the Grid
Texas has adopted softer terms for companies seeking data-center-scale grid connections: the state removed a proposed $50,000-per-megawatt nonrefundable fee, set…
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AI’s Battery Backup Still Leaves Your Air With 69 Gas Turbines
Satellite imagery from July 11 showed 720 Tesla Megapack containers at SpaceXAI’s Colossus 2 campus in Memphis, an AI data-center…
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China-Linked Bots Didn’t Create America’s Data-Center Revolt
OpenAI said it banned a likely China-origin influence operation in June 2026 that posed as Americans on X and used…
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Nvidia’s $500 Billion AI Plan Is a Financing Target, Not a Fund
Nvidia is reportedly assembling a $500 billion AI-infrastructure financing effort, not launching a publicly documented $500 billion committed fund. CNBC…
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Texas Halts New Data Center Grid Connections
Texas has effectively halted progress on new queued data center grid connections as of August 3, 2026 by ordering the…
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They Rejected It. It’s Building Anyway: OpenAI Oracle Data Center
The OpenAI Oracle data center project in Saline Township, Michigan moved into construction after local officials voted down the rezoning…
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Datacenter Emissions Secrecy: EU Built Transparency, Hid it
A transparency system is only useful if someone can see through it. The EU built one for the opposite of…
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AI Datacenter Spending Hits a Wall in Power Gear
Four companies are on track to spend about $650 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, and the weird part is…
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Neuro-symbolic AI Cuts Energy 100×: Change the Problem
If you tried to rebuild the Tufts experiment yourself, the first thing you’d notice is boring: the neuro-symbolic AI system…
