Data Centers
DeepSeek Reportedly Orders 160,000 Huawei Ascend 950DT AI Chips for Inner Mongolia Data Center
Chinese AI lab DeepSeek has placed a large order for Huawei's domestically made Ascend 950DT accelerators instead of Nvidia's China-specific H20 GPUs, according to reports from TechPowerUp and Wccftech, signaling a shift toward homegrown chips for large-scale AI inference.
2 outletsBusinessData Center Water Use Sparks Outrage in Two Separate Incidents
A condemned Bitcoin mining facility in Oklahoma leaked 3 million gallons of water, while a Denver data center faces scrutiny for watering its lawn amid drought restrictions.
1 outletBusinessNVIDIA Courts $500 Billion in Wall Street Financing for AI Buildout as China Tightens Grip on AI Talent
NVIDIA is reportedly organizing a $500 billion financing push with major Wall Street firms to fund AI infrastructure, even as its stock dipped on the news. Meanwhile, China is restricting foreign travel for AI engineers and expanding data center capacity in Inner Mongolia.
2 outletsBusinessAI Data Center Boom Sparks Pollution Concerns in Texas and Public Backlash in Kansas
Amazon's new natural gas plant for a Texas AI data center could become the largest single source of CO₂ emissions in the U.S., while a Kansas city council has moved meetings online and canceled public comment after facing death threats over a separate data center dispute.
1 outletBusinessData Center Pushback Grows as Communities in Gilroy and Salem Clash Over AI Infrastructure Projects
Residents in Gilroy, California, and Salem, Oregon, are pushing back against large data center developments, with one town discovering a project had cleared public comment before residents knew to weigh in, and another erupting into protests that included a guillotine outside city hall.
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