Among Americans’ many concerns about data centers—from the constant humming sound to high electricity prices—heavy water…
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Saxby Chambliss: America can’t win the AI race without more plumbers and electricians
I spent a decade on the Senate Intelligence Committee getting briefed on every way America could…
New Mexico is in a drought. Oracle and OpenAI designed their newest data center with that in mind
New Mexico’s forests are dying faster than at any time on record. In 2025, the state…
SpaceX’s first employee, Tom Mueller, thinks the historic IPO is just the beginning
The guy who built SpaceX’s engines has thoughts on its IPO. Tom Mueller was employee No.…
Kevin O’Leary and Trump admin are pushing the narrative that China is to blame for data center hate
As negative sentiment toward data center construction reaches a fever pitch, some AI advocates are blaming…
Tesla cofounder: ‘We should be really worried’ about the U.S. grid as China leads the power race
China is building new power generation at an unprecedented pace to power the AI boom as…
America’s grid is reeling. General Motors offers itself as a distributed utility in disguise
America’s electric grid is buckling under extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and an AI build-out that is…
Illinois joins Ohio in ordering pause on data center tax credits
Governor JB Pritzker issued an order pausing state tax incentives for data centers in Illinois after the state…
Amazon engineers speak out against AI data center expansion amid tech layoffs
A group of Amazon engineers spoke out against unfettered data center construction, calling out their own…
AI job fears are mostly a Democrat problem—and the 2026 midterms will be their ultimate test
Anxiety about AI is real, and it feels like it’s everywhere. Proclamations of AI-driven job losses…
Data center CEO is hoping for a skilled-trades revival in his lifetime—he’s recruiting couch-dwelling Gen Z with two weeks of vacation on day one
It’s a great time to be in the skilled trades. That’s according to Dan Peyovich, president…
Data centers could determine who wins the next war, and a compute shortage would be ‘catastrophic’
Americans are revolting against AI data centers and the power plants that feed them, but they…
Nvidia Q1 earnings: Chipmaker beats on earnings and boosts dividend, but forecasts disappoint
Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, delivered a sales forecast that drew a tepid reaction from…
How the AI data center boom Is transforming CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate company
CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate services firm, has long been associated with brokerage, facilities…
Investor Jeremy Grantham pulls back curtains on the AI wars to reveal a ‘brutal competitive world’
Jeremy Grantham has spent five decades calling market bubbles before anyone else wanted to hear it.…
Data centers could contribute to a more than 50% increase in some states’ utility prices by 2030
For years, the American power grid was a bastion of predictable stability. Throughout the 2010s, U.S.…
NextEra’s $67 billion Dominion takeover creates world’s largest utility to win the AI power surge
NextEra Energy’s massive $67 billion deal to acquire Virginia-based Dominion, announced on May 18, will effectively…
Jensen Huang tells electricians and plumbers ‘this is your time’ as AI drives demand for trades
In the artificial intelligence age, industry leaders say the most in-demand and potentially lucrative professions might…
‘FOMO has proven a stronger incentive than poor stock performance’: Goldman Sachs finds insecurity is a key part of the AI boom
The numbers coming out of Wall Street’s most influential research shop tell a story that Silicon…
David Sacks says AI now accounts for 75% of US GDP growth
President Donald Trump has framed the current state of the U.S. economy as a “golden age,”…
Unionized workers form alliance with rich tech giants on AI data centers, pushing back on opposition
Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now…