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In technical interviews at companies like Amazon, Google, and Meta, few questions expose the gap between junior and senior engineers as reliably as this one: "Should we use S...

Microsoft’s Last-Minute Push to Reshape Washington’s Data Center Rules Exposes the Tensions Between Big Tech and Local Communities

As Washington state's legislative session barrels toward its final days, a high-stakes battle over data center regulation has erupted between one of the world's most powerful...

When $50 Million Isn’t Enough: Why American Farmers Are Turning Down Big Tech’s Land Grab for Data Centers

Across the American heartland, a quiet but consequential standoff is unfolding between two of the nation's most powerful economic forces: agriculture and Big Tech. Farmers wh...

The Sovereignty Scramble: Why Enterprises Are Rethinking Where Their Data Lives — and Who Controls It

For years, the default posture of enterprise IT was simple: move to the cloud, consolidate vendors, and let hyperscalers handle the heavy lifting. But a growing body of evide...

Data Centers Are Heading to Orbit — and the Rulebook Hasn’t Been Written Yet

The next frontier for cloud computing isn't a remote desert campus or a Nordic fjord. It's space. A growing number of companies are pursuing plans to place data-processing in...

Amazon’s $12 Billion Bet on Louisiana: Inside the Tech Giant’s Massive Southern Data Center Expansion

Amazon Web Services is preparing to pour approximately $12 billion into a sprawling new data center campus in northeast Louisiana, a move that underscores the staggering capi...

Google Plants a $1 Billion Flag in Rural Texas: What Wilbarger County’s Data Center Boom Means for the Future of AI Infrastructure

When Google announced in late June 2025 that it would build a new data center in Wilbarger County, Texas, the news carried significance far beyond the small rural community o...

Google Bets $500 Million on Pine Island, Florida, Staking Its AI Future on a Small Town’s Transformation

When Google announced a $500 million investment in a new data center campus in Pine Island, Florida, it wasn't just another infrastructure expansion. It was a signal that the...

Amazon’s $12 Billion Oregon Data Center Deal Sets a New Standard for Corporate Accountability in the AI Era

When Amazon Web Services struck a $12 billion agreement with Multnomah County, Oregon, to build a sprawling data center campus, it didn't just secure another piece of real es...

Hedge Funds Are Pouring Billions Into Alternative Data — And the Spending Surge Is Just Getting Started

The hedge fund industry's appetite for unconventional information sources has reached a fever pitch, with spending on alternative data expected to surge past $10 billion by 2...

The Great Data Center Revolt: How Server Farms Became America’s Hottest NIMBY Battleground

Across the United States, a new political fault line is emerging — one that unites figures as ideologically opposed as Senator Bernie Sanders and former Florida Governor Ron...

The Revolt That Killed a $1 Billion Data Center: How New Brunswick Residents Stopped Big Tech in Its Tracks

In a story that is rapidly becoming a template for communities across the United States, residents of New Brunswick, New Jersey, successfully forced the cancellation of a mas...

The Race to Build Data Centers in Space: Why Sam Altman and Elon Musk Are Looking Beyond Earth for AI’s Power Problem

The artificial intelligence industry is consuming electricity at a pace that has stunned even its own architects. Now, two of the most prominent figures in technology — Sam A...

Redwood Energy Storage Rides the AI Data Center Wave to Breakout Growth

The insatiable electricity demands of artificial intelligence data centers are reshaping the American energy sector in ways few anticipated even two years ago. Among the comp...

Washington State Draws a Line With Big Tech: Data Centers Welcome, but the Free Ride Is Over

For more than a decade, Washington State rolled out the red carpet for the data center industry, offering cheap hydroelectric power, generous tax incentives, and a regulatory...

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