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AI backlash has come for Elon Musk’s massive Terafab chip factory in Texas

It’s not just data centers.Residents in a small Texas county are also now protesting SpaceX’s proposed Terafab semiconductor facility in another sign of growing backlash against AI across the country.Elon Musk’s rocket company has submitted proposals to build the first phase of its chipmaking moonshot, which will cost at least $55 billion,…

Nvidia’s .9 trillion chip empire has a new problem: its biggest customers

Two of Nvidia’s biggest customers might be turning into its biggest threat. Loading audio narration… For three years, Nvidia’s stock has defied gravity on the premise that the AI industry needs its chips. On Wednesday, when Google and Amazon reported their Q1 earnings, both signaled ambitions to sell their own…