Nvidia launches new AI data center system to cut setup time from six months to 14 days

Nvidia unveils DSX POD to cut AI data center setup time from six months to 14 days. (AFP File)

Nvidia has unveiled a new AI data center system called DSX POD that aims to help companies start using their artificial intelligence (AI) systems and earn revenue faster. The company wants to reduce the time customers spend waiting for their AI infrastructure to become operational. Nvidia unveils DSX POD to cut AI data center setup … Read more

In 2004, Michael Douglas donated $1 million to fund UCSBs planned film and media center for students and researchers

UCSB alumnus Michael Douglas donated $1 million in 2004 to support a proposed center connecting film and media studies, creative work, and public engagement. The project later developed into the Carsey-Wolf Center, whose Pollock Theater opened in 2010. (Getty Images via AFP)

Movies can entertain audiences, preserve memories, and offer new perspectives on the world. In 2004, the University of California, Santa Barbara, announced plans for a center that would bring creative work, academic research and public engagement together. Actor and producer Michael Douglas donated $1 million to help fund the proposed Center for Film, Television and … Read more

Microsoft pulls out of Nscale data center deal in UK amid power supply delays, report says

Microsoft exits Nscale's UK data center deal amid power supply delays in Essex. (Representative)

Microsoft has pulled out of an agreement with British cloud computing company Nscale for a data center project in the UK, Britain’s The Telegraph newspaper reported on Sunday. Microsoft exits Nscale’s UK data center deal amid power supply delays in Essex. (Representative) The US technology giant recently terminated its agreement for a data center in … Read more

What is executive privilege? Trump’s move in Kennedy Center case explained

Trump invoked executive privilege to withhold Kennedy Center records as Rep. Joyce Beatty challenges plans to close the venue for renovations. Photographer: Tom Brenner/The Washington Post/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

President Donald Trump has invoked executive privilege to keep certain records about the Kennedy Center from being shared with Democratic Rep. Joyce Beatty of Ohio. The move comes as Beatty challenges Trump’s plans to close the performing arts venue for two years for renovations. Trump invoked executive privilege to withhold Kennedy Center records as Rep. … Read more

Why was Ella Langley’s Tulsa concert canceled? BOK Center cites security threat

Ella Langley performs onstage at the 9th Annual Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Images via AFP)

Ella Langley’s Friday night concert at the BOK Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma, was canceled due to a “serious security threat,” the venue said. Ella Langley performs onstage at the 9th Annual Nashville Songwriter Awards at Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee. (Getty Images via AFP) In a statement, the BOK Center said the threat involved the … Read more

Jon Bon Jovi’s foundation helped turn part of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center into housing; in 2019, the Washington project opened with homes for 77 formerly homeless veterans

Jon Bon Jovi's foundation helped turn part of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center into housing; in 2019, the Washington project opened with homes for 77 formerly homeless veterans

Jon Bon Jovi Soul Foundation helped fund the veteran housing project. Jon Bon Jovi’s Soul Foundation helped fund a housing project that turned part of the former Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, DC, into homes for formerly homeless veterans. The project opened in 2019 with 77 permanent supportive housing units.According to the foundation, … Read more

Federal panel gives final approval to new design for White House security screening center

Federal panel gives final approval to new design for White House security screening center

A federal panel has approved final design and building plans for an underground facility to screen visitors to the White House, the latest advancement in the Trump administration’s efforts to amp up security while also reshaping the aesthetics of the complex. Federal panel gives final approval to new design for White House security screening center … Read more

New Jersey inspectors found 62 large natural-gas generators running without required permits at a massive AI data center; the state has now imposed a record $1.07 million penalty

New Jersey inspectors found 62 large natural-gas generators running without required permits at a massive AI data center; the state has now imposed a record $1.07 million penalty

New Jersey has imposed a record $1.07 million penalty on DataOne after inspectors found 62 large natural-gas generators installed and operating without required air-pollution permits at the company’s massive artificial intelligence data center in Vineland. The state Department of Environmental Protection discovered the generators during a July 29 inspection and said each unit had a … Read more

Tennessee’s Andrew Jackson estate spans 1,200 acres; its new plan puts much of a 70,000-square-foot visitor center underground so the building does not interrupt views across the historic landscape

Tennessee's Andrew Jackson estate spans 1,200 acres; its new plan puts much of a 70,000-square-foot visitor center underground so the building does not interrupt views across the historic landscape

Plans for a $132 million redevelopment of The Hermitage, the 1,200 acre historic estate of former US President Andrew Jackson, will put much of a new 70,000 square foot visitor and education center underground to protect sightlines across the historic grounds. The Andrew Jackson Foundation announced the project, calling it a “generational transformation,” to replace … Read more

A Tennessee family wants to turn about 850 acres near the Hiwassee River into an energy campus that could host a data center; residents are raising concerns ahead of the first votes

A Tennessee family wants to turn about 850 acres near the Hiwassee River into an energy campus that could host a data center; residents are raising concerns ahead of the first votes

A proposed industrial campus in Bradley County, Tennessee, is putting economic development, energy demand and environmental protection on a collision course. The Wright family, owners of Wright Brothers Construction, wants to rezone and annex about 850 acres west of Interstate 75 and north of Old Lower River Road, close to the Hiwassee River. Called Project … Read more