Upset About Data Centers? Big Tech and Trump Think You’re a Socialist Dupe
If you’re against AI data centers, the joke’s on you. That’s the message from Silicon Valley and, increasingly, the Trump administration. Attendees at a recent Trump rally in Michigan showed opposition to data centers. For weeks, tech leaders have…
A 69,000 sq ft data centre was planned beside Nashville Zoo; 600,000 people signed against it as a clouded leopard cub became the face of the fight to protect wildlife
A proposed 69,000 sq ft data centre beside Nashville Zoo in Nashville, Tennessee, has triggered a huge public campaign, with nearly 600,000 people signing a Change.org petition opposing the development. The project, proposed by digital infrastructure…
A US war veteran named her Memphis home ‘Serenity’ after 11 quiet years; Elon Musk’s largest US AI data centre moved next door and she says her power bill doubled
Loretta Thornton says noise and fumes have affected her quality of life, while her power bill has doubled. (ABC News: Bradley McLennan) After serving in the US military during the Gulf War, veteran Loretta Thornton settled in a wooded home in Memphis,…
Millions of hours of Ukraine drone data being used to train AI: Report
Ukraine’s battlefield data fuels new AI market (AI-generated image) Ukraine’s war with Russia is generating a resource that could outlive the conflict itself. Reports suggest that vast amounts of battlefield data are increasingly being used to…
Gold rebounds as Trump signals short Iran conflict; Fed rate fears, US jobs data cap gains
Gold prices recovered slightly on Wednesday after falling for three straight sessions. Spot gold rose 0.1% to $4,386.94 an ounce in Singapore, while silver gained 0.1% to $65.38 an ounce. Platinum and palladium were little changed. Gold was trading near…
Tiny Scottish village of 200 homes in Auchtertool, Fife, fights plans for world’s second-largest data centre covering more than 100 football pitches; 1,600 objections pile up, residents fear it could dwarf their community
The proposed Cato data centre would cover an area larger than 100 football pitches. (Photo: Daily Mail) Residents of a tiny Scottish village have launched a fierce campaign against plans to build what has been described as the world’s…
Green Party leader Zack Polanski calls for data centre freeze in England; says they ‘guzzle’ energy, water
Zack Polanski demands freeze on English data centres. Green Party leader Zack Polanski has called for a freeze on approvals for new data centres in England, arguing that the rapidly expanding industry is putting pressure on water and energy…
A Texas farmer’s family has worked 6,000 acres for over a century; after his landlord sold 600 rented acres for a Google data center, he was given 60 days to leave
Standing near the Haskell County border in West Texas, fourth-generation farmer Cheyenne Buerger can see industrial cranes building a huge Google facility just over four miles to the northeast. Until recently, part of that same horizon was farmland he…
Cyberattack hits 3 UK airports, data of 8.7m customers leaked; spokesperson says ‘no operational disruption’
Three UK airports hit by cyber-attack, data of 8.7 million customers compromised/Image: AI Representative Image The UK’s three major airports Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands have been hit by a cyber-attack. Hackers accessed the…
Singapore unveils world-first biological data centre with 16 million living human neurons powering 20 computers in a landmark moment for AI
Cortical Labs founder and CEO Hon Weng Chong at the Cortical Cloud biological data centre at NUS (Image: The Straits Times).. Singapore has unveiled a world-first biological data centre prototype that brings living human neurons into a server-rack…