Waco Tribune-Herald

$10B data center proposal north of Waco draws neighbors' ire

Some 200 people filled Ross' fire house to learn about a proposed $10 billion data center coming to their neighborhood. Most ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...
CNN

Why these companies want to send data centers into space

Advances in artificial intelligence are driving surging demand for data centers. But these warehouse-like facilities, containing computers that process and store data, require a lot of land and huge ...
Los Angeles Times

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...
Futurism

AI Endangering Tourists by Sending Them to Nonexistent Landmarks in Hazardous Locations

If you plan a trip using AI, triple check that the locations it recommends visiting actually exist. The BBC reports that unsuspecting tourists all over the world are leaning on AI to plan vacations — ...
TechCrunch

Hackers are sending extortion emails to executives after claiming Oracle apps’ data breach

Google says hackers associated with a prolific ransomware group are sending extortion emails to executives at “numerous” large organizations after claiming to have stolen their sensitive information ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring

Data centers are proliferating in Virginia and a blind man in Baltimore is suddenly contending with sharply higher power bills. The Maryland city is well over an hour’s drive from the northern ...
Los Angeles Times

Amid the AI boom, California looks to address water use by massive data centers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest. New ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Clean Wisconsin says data center power usage could exceed all homes in state combined

An analysis suggests two Wisconsin data centers could use more energy than all the state's homes combined. The estimate assumes constant power demand, so actual usage may be lower. Three other ...
Futurism

Data Shows That AI Use Is Now Declining at Large Companies

Artificial intelligence might be booming on paper, but in the real world, there are signs of a major slowdown. In their latest biweekly survey of AI adoption, the US Census Bureau found evidence of an ...
Wired

Age Verification Laws Send VPN Use Soaring—and Threaten the Open Internet

After the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Act went into effect on Friday, requiring porn platforms and other adult content sites to implement user age verification mechanisms, use of virtual private ...