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Data centers have been driving up electric bills. Now, some tech companies are working to change that.At a White House event with President Donald Trump on Wednesday, representatives from several major tech firms signed the “Ratepayer Protection Pledge.””They’re going to be making their own electricity,” Trump said of the tech…
I began my virtual career in the data center industry, standing next to a commercial-sized trash receptacle.The room was fluorescent-lit and aggressively gray. A platform trolley sat nearby. There was a lounge area right next to the trash (an interesting touch!), and I had $30,000 in fake money to spend.This…
Dell is the latest company to get a massive windfall from the AI boom.The tech company reported record annual revenue of $113.5 billion on Thursday, up 19% in its financial year ending January 30.Jeff Clarke, Dell’s vice chairman and chief operating officer, said it had been “a defining year for…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a message on the possibility of orbital data centers: Watch this space.”The economics are poor today, but it’s going to improve over time,” Huang said during Nvidia’s fourth quarter earnings call.Huang’s tempered optimism is a stark contrast to the views of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman,…
Looking aheadThe data center boom crept up on America, and we were ready. Business Insider jumped on the topic nearly two years ago, and this past week we won a George Polk Award for our work, which included a first-of-its-kind interactive map of data centers across the country and a…
SpaceX CEO Elon Musk and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman famously don’t agree on much.The latest point of contention: data centers in space. Musk has made it a priority. Altman thinks it’s a fantasy, at least for now.”I honestly think the idea with the current landscape of putting data centers in…
The White House is signaling it may force Big Tech to foot the full bill for America’s AI boom.Peter Navarro, President Donald Trump’s trade advisor, said on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures” that data center builders must “internalize” the costs of the electricity, water, and grid strain their AI infrastructure…
Army leaders say the modern battlefield is so saturated with sensors and networked weapons generating more data than soldiers can realistically process on their own that artificial intelligence is needed to meaningfully sort it all.For years, the Army’s focus was on fielding more sensors for battlefield information and awareness, but…
To the world’s richest man, all things eventually end in outer space.As countries pour billions into new Earth-bound data centers in a global race for AI dominance, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk thinks the best way to conserve energy, money, and space is to put data centers in, well, space.”In the…
Data center investments have become the engine of Blackstone’s growth.The Wall Street investment giant reported that QTS, the data center developer and operator it took private in 2021, was the single largest driver of gains in the company’s $1.3 trillion portfolio in 2025. The results were a clear sign that…
