WAMC Northeast Public Radio

Data centers are expensive, unpopular — and could be a tipping point in the midterms

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's ...
KNPR

Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It's ...

Some Locals Are Using AI to Protest Against Data Centers

The United States is in the middle of an unprecedented data center buildout that has especially hit rural communities living ...
LAist

John Waters on LA

“Going to Extremes”: Waters calls it an “evangelical sermon” of a comedy show, and a reflection on today’s politics: “The ...

After Missouri city approves $6B data center, angry voters get revenge at the polls

Irate residents of Festus — a city of about 14,000 roughly 35 miles south of St. Louis — voted out four council members who ...
The Indianapolis Star

Martindale Brightwood data center overwhelmingly passes

Metrobloks, a Los-Angeles-based startup, is one step closer to building its proposed $500 million data center in Martindale Brightwood after the city's Metropolitan Development Commission on April 1 ...
The Conversation

Why Iran targeted Amazon data centers and what that does – and doesn’t – change about warfare

Before dawn on March 1, 2026, Iranian Shahed drones struck two Amazon Web Services data centers in the United Arab Emirates. A third commercial data center in Bahrain was hit, though it is less clear ...
Reuters

Musk wants SpaceX IPO to fund AI space data centers. Microsoft's undersea setback sounds warning.

LOS ANGELES, April 1 (Reuters) - SpaceX on Wednesday filed for an IPO that Elon Musk says will bankroll an effort to turn the rocket maker into an AI powerhouse, launching up to 1 million data‑center ...
Futurism

Data Centers Causing Huge Temperature Spikes for Miles Around Them, Study Suggests

The data centers at the heart of the AI boom are producing so much heat that they’re spiking land temperatures for miles around them by up to 16 degrees Fahrenheit, new research suggests. The effect ...
Business Insider

The dealmakers stitching together multi-billion-dollar bets on AI infrastructure

The AI race is triggering a Wall Street financing surge for massive data centers. Dealmakers are rewriting the financing playbook to raise eye-popping sums. Meet the power players moving tens of ...
Forbes

Data Centers Are Growing Fast. How We Build And Power Them Matters More Than Ever

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mindy Lubber is CEO and president of Ceres, a sustainability nonprofit organization. This voice experience is generated by AI.
TechCrunch

Starcloud raises $170 million Series A to build data centers in space

Starcloud’s latest funding round values the space compute company at $1.1 billion, making it one of the fastest startups to reach unicorn status after graduating from Y Combinator. The company’s $170 ...