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Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation
Asia AI data center provider Firmus on Monday announced a fresh $505 million raise led by Coatue at a $5.5…
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AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?
Who doesn’t love a good round of FOMO? From dot-com to Web 2.0, virtual reality to blockchain, the tech industry…
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People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center
As data centers have grown and proliferated, so too has the backlash. A new Harvard/MIT poll found 40% of people…
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Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota
Data centers have gotten so large that their power demands now rival entire U.S. states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data…
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Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation
Aetherflux, the space solar power startup launched by Robinhood founder Baiju Bhatt, is in talks to raise $250 million to…
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Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills
Two U.S. senators on Thursday fired the latest salvo in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy…
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Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center
For generations, Ida Huddleston and her family have owned a farm in Northern Kentucky. And they’ve turned down at least…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
Blue Origin, the space conglomerate founded by Amazon chair Jeff Bezos, has asked the U.S. government for permission to launch…
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Google’s data center power playbook comes into focus
Google may have signed on to President Trump’s toothless power pledge, but it’s clear the company started working months ago…
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Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries
The electrical grid has changed more in the last decade than in the preceding five. Solar, wind, and batteries have…
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Sandberg, Clegg join Nscale board as this ‘Stargate Norway’ startup hits $14.6B valuation
Amid growing demand for data centers that can deliver AI compute at scale, Nvidia-backed British AI infrastructure company Nscale is…
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Who needs data centers in space when they can float offshore?
The power crunch for AI data centers has gotten so severe that people — not just Elon Musk — are talking about…
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