AI data centers are delaying Texas housing projects by hiring away electricians
Homes now take up to two months longer to complete
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Mr. Wonderful's AI data center in Utah could consume 2x more power than the whole state
The 9 GW "Stratos" project has been provisionally approved, but thankfully it promises to generate its own power
$77 million tax break, one new permanent job: JPMorgan data center deal sparks backlash
Critics say the subsidy is a perfect example of data center excess
AI infrastructure boom pushes AMD, Intel and Arm to new valuation heights
Nvidia still dominates, but AI demand is lifting the rest of the chip market
Bottom line: Demand for AI infrastructure has been reshaping how investors value chipmakers, and recent results from key suppliers have strengthened the view that compute-intensive workloads will continue to grow. The effect has been evident with CPU vendors as of late. AMD's stock traded at $278 on Thursday, putting its market value at about $454 billion. Intel's rally from early March pushed the stock toward $68 and lifted its market cap to just under $340 billion. Arm's shares, meanwhile, traded close to $165, valuing the company at roughly $174 billion.
Missouri town ousts half of its city council after $6 billion AI data center approval
Data center backlash is now costing politicians their jobs
External GPUs were always second best. CopprLink may change that
Benchmarks suggest PCI-SIG's enterprise interconnect can deliver nearly native RTX 5090 performance outside the chassis
Anti-data center vote in Wisconsin puts future AI projects on notice
Residents cite noise, water use, and rising electricity costs
13 shots fired at Indianapolis councilman's home after backing $500 million data center
A letter reading "No Data Centers" was left on the doorstep after the targeted shooting
Iran threatens to "annihilate" Stargate AI data center backed by OpenAI and Nvidia
AI infrastructure is becoming a target in global conflicts
Nearly half of US data centers planned for 2026 are facing delays or cancellation
Many projects cannot source enough energy or crucial electrical components
Cutting corners: American AI companies are racing to build as many data centers as they can, but limits in domestic manufacturing and energy supply are slowing progress. As a result, only about half of recent projects are meeting completion targets, and it remains unclear how many more will stay on schedule this year.
Toshiba starts shipping SMR MAMR enterprise hard drives offering up to 34TB of storage
Toshiba's newest HDDs are bigger and more efficient at handling data center workloads
Hitachi and MOL plan to turn retired ships into floating data centers
Ports and seawater cause fewer problems than onshore AI facilities
Memory spiked first, CPUs followed, now PCBs could be the next victim of the AI boom
In a nutshell: The ongoing AI boom has already inflated the cost of memory, storage, and processors, with effects spilling over to electronics incorporating those components. The impact of AI data center expansion is not expected to subside anytime soon, and to make matters worse, the conflict between the US and Iran threatens to worsen supply chain disruptions while creating new ones.
Oracle layoffs could reach 30,000 as company doubles down on AI
Job cuts follow massive investment in AI data centers and automation initiatives
It's not just memory anymore: AI data centers are taking all the CPUs, too
Expect prices to increase further this year
Ripple effect: Ongoing AI datacenter construction has created shortages of DRAM and NAND that manufacturers say will impact prices for years, but memory isn't the only component that datacenters require. Recent reports indicate that manufacturers are also facing shortages of CPUs that might further increase prices.
Microsoft and Nvidia announce AI partnership to fast-track nuclear power plants
Because who wouldn't want AI involved in the nuclear planning process?
SK Hynix boss says the memory chip shortage is going to last until 2030
Things are going to get much worse, before they start improving
Nvidia unveils Vera, an 88-core Arm CPU for AI and analytics racks
The liquid-cooled Vera rack packs 256 CPUs and 300 TB/s of memory bandwidth
Data centers are turning to $200,000 robot dogs to guard the facilities
Four-legged robots are roaming server halls and perimeters, monitoring heat, leaks, and security threats
Survey finds Americans worry about AI data centers, but still want the jobs
Nearly 40% say data centers are bad for the environment and energy costs
That Doom-running, human brain cell-powered computer is headed for data centers
What just happened? Following news that its human brain cell-powered computer can run Doom, Australian biotech startup Cortical Labs has announced it is working on two small data centers running on the same technology.
This startup wants to build data centers inside floating offshore wind platforms
The design combines offshore wind, seawater cooling, and built-in space for servers
Seagate is now shipping HAMR disk drives holding up to 44TB of data
A hyperscaler's dream for cheap and plentiful storage technology, with some caveats
Intel's 18A node debuts in the data center with the 288-core Xeon 6+
Clearwater Forest uses Darkmont efficiency cores and advanced 3D chip packaging
Trump calls on Big Tech to supply their own electricity for AI data centers (updated)
Amazon, Google, Microsoft and others are expected to participate