The New York Times

China, Russia and Others Seek to Inflame Debate Over A.I. Data Centers

State actors in China, Russia and Iran have sought to exploit the U.S. public debate over the effects of the technology. By Steven Lee Myers and Dustin Volz See more of our coverage in your search ...
PBS

Energy, water use and pollution of AI and data centers rival most countries

WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...
InfoQ

Google ADK for Java 1.0 Introduces New App and Plugin Architecture, External Tools Support, and More

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Holly Cummins discusses why "nothing is new ...
abc13

Texas gave data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks in 2025, data shows

The state of Texas gave data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks in 2025, according to new data. HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- The state of Texas gave data centers more than $1 billion in tax breaks ...
CNBC

Meta boosts investment in West Texas AI data center by over sixfold to $10 billion

Meta now plans to spend $10 billion on its AI data center in El Paso, Texas, up from a prior commitment of $1.5 billion. The data center aims to bring 1 gigawatt of capacity online by 2028. Meta is ...
El Paso Times

Meta El Paso data center plan grows to $10 billion, 1 gigawatt complex

Facebook operator Meta Platforms is upping the ante on its El Paso data center complex. It plans to expand on its original plan, announced in late 2025, and spend more than $10 billion on a complex ...
VentureBeat

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

As Large Language Models (LLMs) expand their context windows to process massive documents and intricate conversations, they encounter a brutal hardware reality known as the "Key-Value (KV) cache ...
Reuters

Meta begins construction of $10 billion Indiana data center to boost AI capabilities

Feb 11 (Reuters) - Meta (META.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday it was breaking ground on a $10 billion data center in Indiana, as it races to secure the massive amounts of computing power needed to ...
VentureBeat

X open sources its algorithm: 5 ways business analysts can benefit

Elon Musk's social network X (formerly known as Twitter) last night released some of the code and architecture of its overhauled social recommendation algorithm under a permissive, enterprise-friendly ...
NPR

At least 27 states turned over sensitive data about food stamp recipients to USDA

Since late July, most Democratic-led states have refused to give in to an unprecedented demand from the Trump administration to turn over personal information on federal food assistance recipients ...
Reuters

Meta commits $1.5 billion for AI data center in Texas

NEW YORK, Oct 15 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab said on Wednesday it would invest $1.5 billion in a data center in Texas, breaking ground at its 29th such facility globally, as the ...