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AI cloud management firm Nebius plans to establish its United States hub on 2.5 million square feet of an Independence industrial park.
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Amazon digs deep for AI gold as copper mine partnership fuels massive data center expansion
Amazon Web Services signed a two-year copper deal with Rio Tinto to supply AI data centers from an Arizona mine, expecting to extract 14,000 metric tons of copper over four years.
President Donald Trump and US Northeast governors will direct the nation’s largest grid operator to hold an emergency power auction that would force technology giants to pay for the construction of a fleet of new plants.
Despite many proposals, there is little consensus among governors, lawmakers and tech executives about exactly how much the companies behind data centers should pay for electricity.
In a bid to tamp down growing unrest in communities over tech giants’ expansion of power-hungry data centers, President Donald Trump said his administration would push Silicon Valley companies to ensure their massive computer farms do not drive up people’s electricity bills,
About 100 people showed up to get the basics on data centers — the new development topic that's sweeping the region. Hosted by the Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation (SMIF), the educational event on Wednesday,