Forbes

The Data Center Boom Is Bringing Investment, But Who Really Benefits?

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The global surge in cloud computing and AI is fueling a data center boom. Overall, data ...
The Atlantic

The Data-Center Debate Is Divorced From the Facts

As the build-out of AI data centers has accelerated, the public has tended to focus on every possible downside of these industrial projects. Some wariness—about the developments and the companies ...
The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott orders Texas water agency to penalize data centers that don’t report their water usage

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Reuters

Palantir, Nvidia curb AI model use over data fears, The Information reports

Sept 14 (Reuters) - Large technology companies, including Palantir Technologies (PLTR.O), opens new tab, Nvidia (NVDA.O), opens new tab and Booz Allen Hamilton (BAH.N), opens new tab, could restrict ...
Nature

Drug firms’ secret data supercharge AI protein models

For drug discovery, protein-folding models such as AlphaFold have a problem: there aren’t enough data in public databases. Improving the performance of these artificial-intelligence-based tools will ...
KTNV Las Vegas

Water required: Why data centers use so much water in Southern Nevada

LAS VEGAS (KTNV) — Thousands of data centers are popping up across the country driven by demand for cloud computing, digital storage and A.I. — and experts say demand for data centers could triple by ...
The Hill

Lutnick claims that data centers, known for water consumption, ‘don’t use water’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Wednesday that data centers “don’t use water” despite the facilities’ significant water usage raising concerns for communities that may host them. In an ...
National Review

Data Centers Use Little Water, So Where Does It All Go?

In arid states where water is running low, irrigation is close to the whole ballgame. One of the top reasons Americans cite for opposing data centers is their excessive water use. Yet the notion that ...
The Conversation

Australia’s backdown on data centres allows them to use energy from coal and gas. Here’s what that means

It’s official: Australia’s data centre boom will not be solely powered by renewables. At the National Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, the federal government softened its stance on using coal and gas to ...
Wall Street Journal

FTC Warns Retailers on Using Private Consumer Data to Raise Prices

Merchants have become increasingly skilled at using consumers’ personal data, including their online shopping habits and smartphone use, to calculate an individual’s tolerance for higher prices. Now ...
USA Today

AI data center opponents get water use argument all wrong | Opinion

Data centers, the gigantic buildings that house the computing power behind the artificial intelligence boom, are wildly unpopular. A recent Gallup poll found that 7 in 10 Americans oppose one being ...
Bloomberg

Why Do Data Centers Use So Much Fresh Water?

The artificial intelligence boom has inspired one of the largest infrastructure build-outs seen in decades: Tech firms are investing billions into constructing the data centers powering AI. This has ...