Elon Musk’s New AI Data Center Raises Alarms Over Pollution
A historically Black community in Memphis, already burdened by pollution, fears xAI will worsen environmental threats.
Microsoft breaks ground on another North Carolina data center
Microsoft has broken ground on another data center project in North Carolina. "Microsoft is constructing the Stover data center starting July 2024 to the spring of 2025," the company said this week. "The data center construction site is located in Hickory Lincolnton, Hickory, North Carolina."
Driven by AI, Data Center Market, Power Poised to Expand
Data centers are emerging as essential pieces of infrastructure to support the modern, digital, artificial intelligence-driven economy. Electricity, and lots of it, is vital to their growth.
BlackRock And Microsoft Raising $30B For AI Data Center Fund
The fund could be leveraged to spend as much as $100B to build data centers and energy projects to support AI.
Microsoft, BlackRock form group to raise $100 billion to invest in AI data centers and power
Microsoft and BlackRock are part of a group of companies collaborating to pull together up to $100 billion to develop data centers for artificial intelligence and the energy infrastructure to power them.
BlackRock, Microsoft,others Launch $100 Bln AI Initiative To Boost Data Centers,Power Infrastructure
NVIDIA will contribute its expertise in AI data centers and AI factories to support GAIIP, enhancing the AI ecosystem. GAIIP will also collaborate with industry leaders to improve AI supply chains and energy sourcing for the benefit of its customers and the industry at large.
Partnership Could Put $100B Into AI Data Center Infrastructure
The newly announced Global AI Infrastructure Investment Partnership seeks to put up to $100 billion in private equity and debt financing into building and expanding data centers.
Microsoft-BlackRock Team To Raise $100 Bn For AI Data Centers
Microsoft and investment powerhouse BlackRock on Tuesday said they have teamed up to raise as much as $100 billion for data centers and infrastructure to power artificial intelligence.
Microsoft, BlackRock Lead $100 Billion AI Infrastructure Fundraising as Demand for Data Centers Surge
Microsoft and BlackRock are collaborating with other companies to raise up to $100 billion for AI data centers and energy infrastructure development. The initiative aims to provide an initial $30 billion,
Microsoft Backs $30B Effort To Build More AI Datacenters
Recognizing the immense infrastructure demands of today's AI technologies, Microsoft is throwing its support behind a new multibillion-dollar datacenter investment fund.
Land in Bristol to be rezoned for data center
The matter of a data center was before the Bristol Town Council on Thursday night, and the public had a chance to weigh in.
Fort Worth approves data center in southwest development despite neighbor opposition
Council members hope the site will generate jobs and millions in annual tax dollars. Some of its soon-to-be neighbors aren’t ...
Microsoft building another data center in rising hub San Antonio
Microsoft is building another data center in San Antonio, which is becoming a hub for this type of development.
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Data center boom spurs need for better planning, prefab
DPR’s Andy Kirby talks with Construction Dive about offsite construction, labor and the use of tech in data center builds.
Google says it will rethink its plans for a big data center in Chile over water worries
Google says it will halt plans to develop a major $200 million data center in Chile to address environmental concerns ...
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Controversial southwest Fort Worth data center gets approval, but more steps remain
A proposed data center across the road from Tarleton State University in southwest Fort Worth that has drawn protests ...
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Fort Worth Data Center Approved Over Residents’ Opposition
(TNS) — Fort Worth city council members Tuesday night approved an embattled proposal for a data center in the far ...
For a cash-starved city, data center plan could add up
Offering financial incentives to bring more data centers to Chicago won't erase a big deficit, but every bit of added revenue ...
Environmental groups urge Microsoft to skip gas in favor of solar, wind to power data center
A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a ...