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Oracle to buy $40 billion of Nvidia chips for OpenAI's US data center, FT reports
Oracle will spend around $40 billion on Nvidia's higher-performance chips to power OpenAI's new U.S. data center, the ...
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity ...
X is experiencing a data center outage
If you had trouble using X today, you're not alone. DownDetector reports that over 5,000 people have reported issues ...
OpenAI's biggest data center secures $11.6 billion in funding, WSJ reports
A data center in Texas that startup Crusoe is building for OpenAI has secured $11.6 billion in funding to expand from two to ...
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Amazon scraps Becker data center plan
Plans for Amazon to build a data center in Becker, Minnesota, are being put on hold as the company evaluates other options.
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Amazon pulls back on plans for large data center in Becker
Amazon’s move comes as Minnesota lawmakers are debating additional regulations on large-scale data centers and could ...
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The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations
The corporate race to amass computing resources to train and run artificial intelligence models and store information in the ...
Hays County residents are fighting a proposed data center. It'll likely be built anyway
Hays County residents packed a courtroom Tuesday to hear some of the first information related to a planned 96-acre, up to ...
Amazon suspends Minnesota data center as lawmakers plan to reduce Big Tech tax breaks
Amazon says it has suspended plans for a massive data center in Becker, Minnesota, an announcement that comes after state ...
Climate goals vs. computing growth: How tech can expand data centers and support clean energy
Sightline Institute explores the climate impact and solutions for data center-driven energy demands in the Pacific Northwest.