Utilities are spending $1.4 trillion to power the AI boom, and it's hiking up electric bills across the US

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Entergy
An Entergy power plant in Texas.

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The Midwest's rise to America's second-biggest data center hub is fueled by these key states

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Meta data center Wisconsin
Construction for a Meta data center campus is underway in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin.

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Inside the $350 million missile silo that could become a data center

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As fears of global conflict grow, tech companies are racing to protect servers by turning nuclear missile silos and abandoned mines into ultra-secure data centers.

Amazon creates 'Project Houdini' to make data center delays disappear

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Matt Garman AWS CEO
Matt Garman AWS CEO

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Meet the ICE contractor pivoting from detention facilities to 'man camps' for data center construction workers

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Stargate Abilene Texas
Giant data centers like the Stargate campus in Abilene, Texas are under construction across the country.

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Oracle lays off employees as it curbs costs during AI buildout

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Larry Ellison
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison.

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10 power players behind the data center debt boom

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John Greenwood, Quynh Tran, and Joe Jackson
Three of the financiers behind the boom: Goldman Sachs' John Greenwood, SMBC's Quynh Tran, and Apollo's Joe Jackson.

Goldman Sachs;SMBC; Apollo

AOC and Bernie Sanders have a bill to pause AI data center construction. Here's what's in it.

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Crypto
Sen. Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
The bill would halt the construction of new AI data centers around the US until "strong national safeguards" are put in place.

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Trump wants Big Tech to build its own power plants. That's already starting to happen.

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President Trump at a podium
President Donald Trump gave his annual State of the Union speech before Congress.

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Trump tells tech giants to power their own AI ambitions

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Trump with JD Vance and Rep. Mike Johnson in the background.
Trump

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