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Seattle enacts year-long ban on new AI datacenters

Seattle Freezes New Datacenters for a Year as AI Backlash Grows

Seattle approved a one-year moratorium on new datacenter construction.
Officials cited electricity demand, land use, and public-interest concerns.
The move reflects growing local backlash against AI infrastructure growth.

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DT Editorial Team·Jun 12, 2026·via theguardian.com

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Amazon Data Centers In Mississippi Have Already Raised Electricity Rates for Local Customers, Report Suggests

Amazon Data Centers in Mississippi Drive Up Electricity Bills for Local Residents, Report Finds

Amazon's three planned data centers in Mississippi have already raised electricity bills for local residents by at least $10.60 per month.
A report by Synapse estimates that Entergy Mississippi customers have paid $38 million as of March 2026 for data center infrastructure, with costs expected to reach $74 million by year-end.
The costs are hidden in utility bills and not separately itemized, making it difficult for customers to see the impact.
Amazon announced data centers in Madison and Warren counties, prompting Entergy to build new gas-fired plants and solar facilities costing nearly $4 billion.

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DT Editorial Team·Jun 12, 2026·via 404media.co

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Seattle poised to ban new datacenters in blow to big tech hub

Seattle moves toward a ban on new datacenters amid AI boom

Seattle committees backed a one-year datacenter moratorium.
Five proposed facilities could use roughly a third of current daily city electricity demand.
Officials say the pause would allow datacenter-specific rules to be drafted.

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DT Editorial Team·Jun 6, 2026·via theguardian.com

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Oregon PUC approves PGE’s large-load tariff framework for data centers

Oregon tightens power terms for giant data centers in a test for AI-era load growth

Oregon regulators approved a new large-load tariff for PGE territory.
Big data centers must fund required distribution upgrades and accept long-term contracts.
The order is an early test of how states manage AI-driven electricity demand growth.

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DT Editorial Team·May 28, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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What the streaming wars can teach utilities about the AI data center boom

Utilities Get a Warning Shot on AI Data Center Growth

Utility Dive says AI-driven load growth is breaking old utility assumptions.
The article compares today’s grid challenge to the fragmentation of the streaming wars.
Its main recommendation is to plan at the system level rather than project by project.

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DT Editorial Team·May 27, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 27, 2026·via engadget.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 25, 2026·via electrek.co

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DT Editorial Team·May 24, 2026·via cleantechnica.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 21, 2026·via blog.google

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DT Editorial Team·May 21, 2026·via gizmodo.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 20, 2026·via newatlas.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 19, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 14, 2026·via 404media.co

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DT Editorial Team·May 14, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 13, 2026·via arstechnica.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 11, 2026·via wired.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 9, 2026·via openai.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 7, 2026·via artificialintelligence-news.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 5, 2026·via utilitydive.com

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DT Editorial Team·May 4, 2026·via techcrunch.com

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Elon Musk just can

xAI Expands Mississippi Turbine Fleet as Clean Air Fight Deepens

xAI added 19 more gas turbines at its Southaven, Mississippi site.
The total turbine count at the location has risen to 46.
A lawsuit over similar generators elsewhere centers on whether they should require permits.
The case reflects growing tension between AI expansion and environmental oversight.

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Musk abandoned his own 'solar electric economy' to burn gas for an AI chatbot no one uses

Criticism of Gas-Fired AI Power Puts Energy Sourcing Back at the Center of the Tech Boom

Electrek framed gas use for AI infrastructure as conflicting with earlier solar-focused rhetoric.
The supplied source text supports the existence of that criticism but provides limited operational detail.
The story highlights the broader industry tension between rapid AI expansion and clean-power deployment.

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Why AI And Why Now? - CleanTechnica

AI’s Power Appetite Is Becoming a Political Problem in Utah

A Utah data center project tied to AI-era demand could consume 9 GW of power, according to the report cited.
The proposed scale has triggered concerns over emissions, water use, and local heat effects.
The dispute shows how AI policy is increasingly becoming infrastructure and environmental policy.

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We’re announcing new community investments in Missouri.

Google Ties Missouri Data Center Expansion to Grid and Workforce Pledges

Google says its Missouri data center expansion will support more than 500 MW of additional capacity.
The company announced a $20 million Energy Impact Fund for weatherization and efficiency programs.
Google is also funding local workforce training connected to construction and infrastructure growth.

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Nvidia Wants to Decouple Its Reputation From Meta, Amazon, Google, and Microsoft

Nvidia Tries to Show It Is Bigger Than the Hyperscaler AI Boom

Nvidia will separate data center revenue into hyperscaler and ACIE categories.
Hyperscalers still made up half of data center revenue in the latest quarter.
The reporting change aims to show that Nvidia expects broader enterprise and industrial AI demand to grow.

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A microscope image of tiny fin structures on the surface of the copper plates

3D-Printed Copper Cooling Could Cut Data Center Cooling Power to Near Zero

Researchers designed pure copper cooling plates using an algorithm plus 3D printing.
The team says data center cooling power could fall from roughly 30% of electricity use to about 1.1%.
The advance targets one of the main energy bottlenecks in large AI computing facilities.

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Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business | TechCrunch

Solar’s cost curve is still winning, but AI infrastructure may extend fossil fuel demand

BloombergNEF expects solar to become the world’s largest power source by 2035.
The report says AI data centers will drive major new electricity demand across both renewables and fossil fuels.
Gas and coal may still supply over half of incremental data center generation by 2050 because they can run continuously.

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War and Data Centers Are Driving Up the Cost of Fiber-Optic Cable

War and AI Data Centers Are Squeezing the Fiber-Optic Cable Market

Fiber-guided drones and AI data center construction are both increasing demand for fiber cable.
A cited Ukrainian soldier said the price of a 50-kilometer spool rose from about $300 to about $2,500.
Manufacturers and telecom operators have warned about shortages and further market tightness.

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US annual electricity consumption to grow 55% by 2050: NEMA

U.S. electricity demand forecast steepens as data centers and transport reshape the grid

NEMA forecasts U.S. annual electricity consumption will rise more than 55% by 2050.
The group says data center energy use will grow 300% over the next decade and account for 38% of net electricity consumption through 2037.
NEMA argues that grid-enhancing technologies, demand response, and behind-the-meter resources will be needed to meet demand.

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An illustration shows the back of a brown suburban house with an XFRA data center node sitting on the side as a grayish, rectangular box. A grayish-white smart panel and battery, both rectangular, are attached to the back wall of the house.

The AI Boom’s New Infrastructure Pitch: Put a Mini Data Center Next to the House

SPAN is pilot testing a distributed data center model that places liquid-cooled GPU nodes alongside homes.
Hosts would receive subsidized electricity, internet access, and backup batteries while SPAN operates the equipment.
The company says the model is better suited to AI inference and related workloads than to centralized training of frontier models.

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CUDA Proves Nvidia Is a Software Company

Nvidia’s deepest AI moat may be software, not silicon

A Wired analysis says CUDA is Nvidia’s deepest moat in AI.
CUDA helped turn GPUs into a standard platform for parallel computing.
Software lock-in can be more durable than hardware advantage alone.

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Supercomputer networking to accelerate large scale AI training

OpenAI and partners release MRC to toughen AI training networks

OpenAI released MRC through the Open Compute Project.
The protocol is designed to reduce congestion and handle failures in giant GPU clusters.
Partners include AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and NVIDIA.

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HP Uses an AI Expo Spotlight to Press Its Enterprise Data Pitch

AI News interviewed HP’s AI and Data Science business development lead ahead of a San Jose expo.
The feature frames HP around enterprise AI, processing, and data strategy.
The positioning reflects a broader market shift toward practical AI deployment concerns.

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NERC issues Level 3 alert, mandates action to address data center load losses

Grid watchdog issues highest-level alert over data center load swings

NERC issued its highest-level alert over sudden data center load drops and demand oscillations.
The warning applies to computational loads including AI training and crypto mining facilities.
Grid entities must take seven actions by Aug. 3 to improve modeling and operational readiness.

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Nicolas Sauvage is betting on the boring parts of AI | TechCrunch

TDK Ventures’ Nicolas Sauvage Keeps Backing the AI Infrastructure Most Investors Ignore

TDK Ventures has grown to $500 million across four funds since launching in 2019.
Sauvage backed Groq in 2020 before inference infrastructure became a mainstream AI investment theme.
The portfolio also includes grid and battery technologies tied to rising compute demand.

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