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Loudoun County, Virginia, has used more than 250 data centers to generate substantial local wealth and reduce property taxes. Its success is attracting attention from other jurisdictions despite growing national opposition to data center expansion.
Marvell Technology and Google expanded their chip-development partnership. The agreement includes a warrant allowing Google to purchase up to $12.2 billion worth of Marvell shares.
51World has unveiled a suite of data-collection devices and platforms designed to generate training data for embodied AI systems. The Beijing-based company argues that higher-quality physical-world data is essential for improving intelligent humanoid robots.
Relativity Networks has raised $22 million to advance the deployment of hollow-core fiber in data centers. The technology can transmit data 30% faster than conventional fiber, potentially improving connectivity for high-performance computing and AI workloads.
Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signed an executive order making the state more restrictive for AI data centre development. The order removes data centres from the permit fast-track programme, delays environmental review until local approval, and prohibits state agencies from signing non-disclosure agreements on projects.
OpenAI and Meta are seeking help to address growing public opposition to their AI data center plans. The effort highlights the increasing public-relations challenges surrounding large-scale AI infrastructure expansion.
Ypsilanti Township has temporarily blocked the electrical substation needed by a University of Michigan data center intended for nuclear-weapons research. The township also imposed a one-year moratorium on the facility’s requested water connection, adding local infrastructure barriers to the 220,000-square-foot project.
Loudoun County has changed its zoning rules so new data centers can no longer be approved as routine office-park projects. Developers must now obtain approval from residents and local government, ending more than 25 years of relatively easy approvals.
The article analyzes the logic behind Arm’s growth in the hyperscale cloud computing market. Its focus is on CPU architecture, cloud-provider adoption, and the broader shift in data-center infrastructure economics.
TerraPower’s nuclear power plant may hold a strategic advantage over competing energy projects seeking AI data center contracts. The article highlights nuclear power’s potential role in meeting the rapidly growing electricity demand from AI infrastructure, but does not disclose the reactor’s specific competitive advantage.