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SoftBank to spend up to $87 billion on French AI data centers
SoftBank carries over $130 billion in debt and took a $40 billion bridge loan in March to fund its latest OpenAI investment.
Amazon unveils 'Resilient Network Graphs' data center network that cuts hardware by 69% and boosts throughput by 33%
The company had been secretly deploying the design in its data centers since last year
Italian council sets 200% tax on data center development in agricultural zones
This 200% tax will make it more expensive to build in rural areas and is aimed at spurring data center development in disused industrial zones instead.
Erin Brockovich starts tracking AI data centers, calls on affected communities to submit issues
Are we going to see another Hollywood movie in the future?
China says 'world's first' offshore wind-powered underwater data center has entered full operation
China has begun full operations at a 24 MW underwater AI data center off Shanghai’s coast, using offshore wind power and seawater cooling to reduce energy consumption and improve efficiency
Texas county passes data center ban for rural areas for a year, move comes in wake of AI data centers moving to remote areas to skirt regulations
Hill County is the first jurisdiction to pass a temporary ban on data center projects in Texas.
AI data centers trigger massive 'irreversible' 76% electricity price spike in largest US region
Industry watchdog Monitoring Analytics says that PJM Interconnection is not doing enough to prevent power prices from spiking due to massive data center demand.
AI data centers require 36 times more fiber than standard servers
Major Chinese optical fiber manufacturers have booked orders stretching into 2027, as AI data center construction drives demand growth that the supply chain can't match.
