$130 billion in data center projects blocked by protests so far this year

Data Center Watch, a project from AI intelligence firm 10a Labs that tracks data center fights around the US, reported that ...

Billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s Reliance To Build First Data Center For Meta Platforms In India

The Reliance Industries and Meta Platform data center project comes amid growing demand for AI and cloud computing in India.
The Courier-Journal

Kentucky data center tracker shows every project we know about so far

Driven by the artificial intelligence boom, developers are planning to invest over $30 billion in large-scale data centers across Kentucky. These energy-intensive projects have raised environmental ...
The Santa Fe New Mexican

'A better kind of data center': Oracle launches new Project Jupiter ad campaign

As widespread public skepticism surrounds a growing number of data center projects in New Mexico to support artificial intelligence, Oracle is launching a new ad campaign touting the economic, ...
The Next Web

Meta’s $200 billion Hyperion data centre in Louisiana is the most expensive private infrastructure project in American history

Meta’s Hyperion AI data centre campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, now carries a projected cost exceeding $200 billion. The facility spans nearly 4,000 acres, will require 10 gas-fired power plants ...
KTAR News

Japanese company’s East Valley data center campus moves forward

A massive data center project planned in Mesa is moving forward. Mesa Planning Commission members cast their votes on May 13 in a quiet and nearly empty chamber, ending a 10-minute meeting with a ...
ABC15 Arizona

As data center projects continue in AZ, national poll shows wide disapproval

PHOENIX — New national polling data shows the majority of Americans do not want to see an AI data center in their community, while the debate surrounding their benefits and potential impacts continues ...
Reuters

Google in talks with SpaceX for Suncatcher orbital data center project

May 12 (Reuters) - Alphabet's (GOOGL.O), opens new tab Google on Tuesday said it has been in discussions with Elon Musk's SpaceX and others regarding future launches for its Project Suncatcher, an ...
CNN

Why Utah residents are protesting a massive AI data center project backed by Kevin O’Leary

Building a plant to power the data center is intended to ensure the project won’t strain the local grid and hike electricity costs for nearby residents, as has happened in other areas with AI data ...
Business Insider

Local data center opposition claims its latest victim: Oracle's Project Jupiter gas plant

Oracle is ditching a contentious plan to construct a natural gas plant to power one of its newest data centers. Instead, Oracle said last week that it will partner with fuel-cell maker Bloom Energy to ...
11Alive

Citizens sue to stop data center project in Coweta County

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Several citizens are suing in Coweta County to stop a data center project that was approved last month. Project Sail, as it's known, was given a green light by the Coweta County ...