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The US energy secretary said that a lot of concerns about data centers are real but “overblown.”At an Amazon Web Services conference on Tuesday, Chris Wright urged supporters of data centers to push back on those who criticize their development because of environmental concerns and job losses.”The pluses are way…
Fox News issued an apology after Kevin O’Leary said during an appearance on the channel that opponents of his Utah data center were proxies for the Chinese government.Several Fox News and Fox Business hosts, including Maria Bartiromo, read out rare on-air apologies after O’Leary made the comments on the network…
A proposed data center near the Nashville Zoo is drawing pushback from local community members, including 14-time Country Music Award winner Brad Paisley.Paisley called the proposed data center — backed by DC Blox, a digital infrastructure company — a “monstrosity” in an Instagram video on Friday. He compared the development,…
It’s possible that AI will bring us all kinds of amazing things in the future.In the present, AI is making things more expensive.And Apple just showed us how much more expensive: It is raising prices on some of its Macs and iPads by at least 15% and directly attributing the…
More than 200 data centers are going up in dozens of competitive House districts — and neither party knows how to handle their political fallout heading into the midterms.The energy-hungry computing infrastructure being built to meet the explosive demand for artificial intelligence has sparked opposition to rising electric bills, water…
Kevin O’Leary is not one to give up.The “Shark Tank” investor, who also this year took a spin as the villainous businessman in “Marty Supreme,” says that despite all the local resistance to his massive Utah data center, he’s holding firm.”I don’t tap out. I don’t even know what that…
The way Jeff Bezos sees it, AI and the data centers that support the novel technology are like knives.”You don’t want to accidentally outlaw the knife because it can be used in a bad way,” the Amazon cofounder said on CNBC on Thursday.”Knives are important tools and yes, every once…
SpaceX is going all in on AI data centers in space — and the company kicked off its IPO week with a sneak peek.In an interview with a SpaceX employee uploaded onto X on Monday, Elon Musk revealed the most detailed look yet at the AI satellite the company is…
The robot-training gold rush is coming for gig work.Instawork, best known for matching hourly staff with shifts at hotels, warehouses, and stadiums, is launching a wearable camera system that helps gig workers collect real-world data for training machines.Business Insider got the first look at the new system, called Instacore. It…
Kevin O’Leary’s company says it was caught off guard by a Utah lawmaker’s demand to dramatically shrink its proposed AI data center campus.On Monday, Utah Senate President J. Stuart Adams said he sent a letter to the celebrity investor calling for a 75% reduction in the proposed data center campus.Adams…
