Data-Centre Bans Turn AI Compute Into Local Politics in the U.S
More than 500 US towns and counties have reportedly restricted data-centre projects as AI compute demand hits local power, water ...
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Africa Must Fix Power to Compete in the AI Data Centre Race
Africa’s AI future will not be decided only by startups, talent, regulation, or whether young people can build the next ...
Google, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft May Add Up To 34 GW Of Compute By 2027
According to Morgan Stanley analysts, the "age of inference is upon us," and the big hyperscalers, which include Google, Amazon, ...
Inside Fixr, the Nigerian Startup Hitting ₦3bn Revenue without VC
Fixr Technologies is quietly building a very different kind of tech-enabled services company in Nigeria one that has crossed ₦3 ...
Microsoft and Nvidia team up to Transform Nuclear Power with AI
Microsoft and Nvidia are teaming up to apply artificial intelligence to nuclear energy development, as the tech industry races to ...
Google Plans Texas Data Center That Relies Mostly on Air Cooling, Not Water
Google is building another data centre in Texas and says it will sharply curb the facility’s water use by relying ...
Meta Secures Nuclear Power Contracts to Fuel AI Infrastructure
Meta said it has signed major nuclear energy deals with Vistra, TerraPower, and Oklo to supply up to 6.6 gigawatts ...
SoftBank & OpenAI Back Energy and Data Centre Supplier With $1B
OpenAI and SoftBank Group Corp have announced intentions to invest $1 billion in SB Energy, an energy and data centre ...
Data Centers to Consume 300% More Energy by 2035
The massive buildings that keep our internet running non-stop for hours and days, store our photos, and power our favourite ...
Google Signs 200MW Fusion Power Deal with Commonwealth Fusion
Alphabet just pulled off a first in the energy world: it signed a binding offtake agreement for 200 megawatts of ...