Apple is charging you more and blaming AI data centers. That's a big deal.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook at the company's annual developer conference, June 2026
Apple CEO Tim Cook says the boom in AI data centers has made price hikes "unavoidable".

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Polaroid tells people to jump in some water 'before the data centers drink it all up'

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Polaroid's new billboard on Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn.
Polaroid's new billboard on Coney Island Beach in Brooklyn.

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SoftBank CEO questions Elon Musk's vision of AI data centers in space: 'What's the point?'

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SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son.
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son answered questions this week at a shareholders' meeting.

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These places revolted against data centers — and won

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Protesters hold signs calling for a data center moratorium
Residents call for a moratorium on data center construction at a planning meeting in upstate New York.

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The data center boom is colliding with the midterms

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ALBANY, NY - MAY 13: Environmental advocates and progressive lawmakers hold a rally in support of legislation that would put a moratorium on new data centers in the state on Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y.

Kevin O'Leary calls the opposition to his mega data center 'bumps in the road'

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Kevin O'Leary
Kevin O'Leary's company, O'Leary Digital, and West GenCo LLC are developing a massive data center campus in Utah.

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The workers Meta and Google desperately need aren't in Silicon Valley

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a massive building under construction, surrounded by dirt
Companies need electricians, welders, and plumbers to build data centers.

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Erin Brockovich says people are angry because data centers are being 'shoved down their throats' in secrecy

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Environmental activist Erin Brockovich
Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has joined the fight against the proliferation of AI data centers.

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A data center opponent was arrested after police said he threatened a local official

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A selfie of a Dixon, Illinois, resident.
Dixon resident Harley Delander was arrested after police said he threatened a local official over a data center development opportunity.

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Utah's governor just tightened the rules for Kevin O'Leary's giant AI data center

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Utahns opposing the Stratos Project protest outside the Utah State Capitol on May 23.

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