#дата-центры
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Amazon's Texas Data Center to Get One of the Dirtiest Power Sources in the U.S.
For a new data center in West Texas, Amazon has invested in a gas-fired power plant that is permitted to emit up to 33 million tons of CO2 a year — more than the country's largest coal plant.
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Texas Puts New Data Centers on Hold and Demands Audits
Governor Greg Abbott has ordered that all new data-center projects undergo review by regulators and the grid operator. The state, long reputed to be a developer's paradise, is now facing the threat of overload.
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The Largest US Power Grid Will Be Saved from Blackouts by Switching Off Data Centers
Grid operator PJM Interconnection has said that when capacity runs short it will begin temporarily cutting power to large data centers. The reason is the avalanche of new construction, which generation cannot keep pace with.
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One Downed Power Line Exposed the Grid's Problem in the Age of AI Data Centers
A snapped transmission line outside Washington nearly triggered a failure in the largest power grid in the United States: more than three gigawatts of data centers dropped off the grid all at once, sending voltage swinging from Virginia to Chicago.
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Google Posts Its First-Ever Negative Cash Flow Quarter on AI Spending
In the second quarter of 2026 Google earned a record $119.8 billion, but its investments in AI infrastructure were so vast that the company's free cash flow turned negative for the first time.
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AMD to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic and supply it with computing power
AMD and Anthropic have announced a partnership: the chipmaker will invest up to $5 billion, while the maker of Claude will deploy up to 2 gigawatts of Instinct MI450 accelerators.
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Land for U.S. Data Centers Is Now Being Seized Through Eminent Domain
America's AI-infrastructure boom has run into resident pushback: utilities are turning to eminent domain to run power lines across private property. 70% of Americans oppose having data centers as neighbors.
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Golf for Birds: An Ironic Recipe for Saving Data-Center Water
Blogger Simon Willison has proposed a tongue-in-cheek way for tech giants to offset criticism over data-center water use — buy up golf courses and turn them into birdwatching parks.
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New York Becomes the First U.S. State to Impose a Moratorium on Data-Center Construction
New York Governor Kathy Hochul has signed the country's first moratorium on the construction of new hyperscale data centers, lasting up to a year. Another bill that could tighten the restrictions is still awaiting her signature.
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Data Centers Now Consume 23% of Ireland's Electricity
Data centers' share of Ireland's total energy consumption has reached 23%, new data shows. The report sparked a lively discussion on Hacker News.
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The Fight Against Building AI Data Centers Is Only Just Beginning
The Verge notes that long before the artificial intelligence boom began threatening local power grids, discontent over the large-scale construction of data centers had already been building in nearby communities.
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Cheyenne Suspends Data Center Water Discharges After Meta Contractor Contaminated the System
Officials in Cheyenne, Wyoming, have halted water discharges from data centers after a contractor working for Meta contaminated the city's water reuse system.