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Databricks raises $5B at $190B: CFOs alarmed by AI token bills drive $15B demand

Databricks funding round: Databricks raised $5 billion at a $190 billion valuation after investors offered nearly 15 times ...
The Hill

White House expands data center electricity cost pledge to utilities, states

The White House is expanding a voluntary pledge aimed at mitigating the electricity cost impacts of data centers to utilities and state governors. A White House official confirmed to The Hill ...
Time

Community Backlash to AI Data Centers Is Growing Across the U.S.

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The Conversation

Why better‑off cities and towns see more benefits from data centers than rural regions

The fierce backlash against data centers shows no sign of easing up. Since early 2024, more than 1,200 public actions – including zoning fights, public campaigns and temporary moratoriums – have been ...
Forbes

Meta AI Data Center Linked To Rare Bacteria In City’s Water System

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The AI boom is fueling data center construction, raising concerns beyond water usage to ...
TechCrunch

Instagram users: Here’s how to stop Meta’s AI from using your photos

On Tuesday, Meta launched “Muse Image,” a new AI image-generation feature that allows users to create original images, edit existing photos, and even generate custom ads directly within its apps. But ...
InfoQ

Switching from PostgreSQL to ClickHouse for Improved Performance and Scalability

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Futurism

County With 37 Data Centers Tells Schools to “Turn Off Your Lights” to Save Electricity Ahead of Scorching Heat Wave

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. Henrico ...
Houston Public Media

Hundreds of data centers are coming to Texas. Here’s what you need to know

The sun sets behind the Stargate data center on May 2, 2026, in Abilene. In the span of a couple years, hundreds of massive electricity- and water-hungry data centers have proposed construction in ...
CNBC

Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas using natural gas

The data center, called Project Kilby, is expected to consume nearly 2.7 gigawatts of electricity, equivalent to about 2 million homes. A majority of the electricity will come from large gas turbines ...
Wired

China Didn’t Make Americans Hate Data Centers

GOP lawmakers, tech investors, and even OpenAI have tied the anti-data-center movement in the US to Chinese interference. Experts say it’s much more complicated than that. Experts who spoke to WIRED, ...
WSMV

What to know about the potential data center next to the Nashville Zoo as facility launches petition against its construction: ‘Feet away from one of the most fragile and ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WSMV) - The Nashville Zoo, which has already expressed its “vehement” opposition to the proposed construction of a data center just feet from its park, has launched a petition ...