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Software could be the easiest fix for hyperscalers' AI power squeeze, researchers say

By Chris Stokel-Walker Published

Premium The industry is spending billions on more efficient chips, cooling, and grid connections. But what about making computers do less work – or doing it at a better time?

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Ukrainian drones hit Russia's Yandex data centers housing two top supercomputers

By Anton Shilov Published

No more AI training in Russia? Destiny of two Nvidia-powered Russian supercomputers is unknown as drones hit Yandex data center in Sasovo.

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EV charging company plans to deploy 100,000 Nvidia GPUs in pods at sites across the US

By Mark Tyson Published

EV charging firm Xeal plans to use its existing U.S. network to deploy the 'world’s first edge inference compute network using idle EV charging capacity.'

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Data center construction spending hits record $85 billion annual pace

By Shane Downing Published

Census Bureau data shows U.S. data center construction spending hit a record $85 billion annual rate in August, up 73% in a year.

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Tencent scores 100,000 offshore AI chip deal with Oracle for $7 billion despite climbing prices

By Shane Downing Published

Premium Tencent is reportedly renting 100,000 AI chips from Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia for about $7 billion over five years.

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Google AI data center project investigated after 420 football fields of Finnish forest demolished

By Mark Tyson Published

300 hectares of Finland's forest gobbled up by data center development.

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a data center moratorium rally
Amazon warns $68 billion in blocked data centers threatens US AI lead

By Etiido Uko Published

Various countries intentionally seeding misinformation in the U.S. about data centers to trick us into slowing down - AWS CEO

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high voltage electricity transmission line towers
US Senate kills bill that could potentially shield Americans from skyrocketing power bills due to AI data centers

By Etiido Uko Published

Bill fell short by just three votes

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Microsoft using wetlands and native gardens to 'camouflage' 20-plus data center sites by blending them into nature

By Shane Downing Published

Microsoft is bringing nature-inspired landscaping to more than 20 data center sites as critics question its motives.

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an AWS data center in Virginia
Amazon promises to spend $1 billion on communities close to its data centers, but critics push back

By Jowi Morales Published

Some critics say this is nothing but a 'bribe' so that communities would say yes to data centers.

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