Oracle's Project Jupiter is targeting a New Mexico desert already struggling with water consumption, but the company assures residents that the data center's water usage is "negligible."
SpaceX's new Gigasat factory will mass-produce AI satellites for orbital data centers. Musk says the company is targeting 1 GW of space AI compute by 2027 and 100 GW per year by 2030.
SpaceX has secured a 35-year, 100% property tax abatement for its proposed $55 billion TeraFAB semiconductor facility in Texas. Elon Musk argues the exemption is essential to compete with global chipmakers, while residents raise concerns over transparency, infrastructure, and environmental impacts.
Microsoft CEO claims the company's new AI data centers use only as much water as a single restaurant annually, thanks to a closed-loop cooling system designed to dramatically reduce consumption.
The U.S. Senator is arguing that since AI companies use public data to generate a lot of revenue, the public should benefit from it as well. He also said that the people should have a say in the direction of AI by giving them a 50% direct stake in the biggest companies that develop this technology.
AWS has revealed RNG, a new random-graph-based data center network that delivers 33% higher throughput, cuts network power consumption by 40%, uses 69% fewer devices, and is already the default architecture for most AWS workloads.
Samsung Electronics is reportedly preparing to distribute up to 40 trillion won ($26.6 billion) in semiconductor employee bonuses after reaching a last-minute labor agreement. The proposed deal ties payouts to AI-driven chip profits and could see average employee bonuses approach $400,000.
Samsung Electronics has temporarily avoided a major 18-day strike at its South Korean semiconductor operations after reaching a tentative wage agreement with its 48,000-member union.
Samsung and SK Hynix employees are reportedly considering terminating overseas training programs to be eligible for performance bonuses as AI-driven semiconductor profits fuel record bonus projections worth hundreds of millions of won.
The U.S. FTC is looking into Arm Holdings to see if it's abusing its market position as a dominant chip designer to gives its new chip manufacturing business an advantage over competitors who build semiconductors based on Arm designs.
Hill County passed a one-year ban on data center projects, as the country authorities study the effects their effects on the community. Still, the County Attorney warned that they could get sued if they pass this moratorium, with a Texas State Senator asking the State Attorney General to investigate counties that have done so.
Pennsylvania residents blame Governor Josh Shapiro for the large number of data center projects in the state, despite his efforts to introduce policies that will balance development with the welfare of the people.
A new survey revealed that 7 out of 10 Americans are against data center developers building projects within the vicinity of their homes. This is a massive increase from the late 2025 survey which showed that 47% of people are against AI data centers near their homes.
Cloudflare cuts 20% of its jobs due to AI, and its stock takes a 19% spill. The company announced it will be cutting 1,100 jobs and has increased its usage of AI sixfold over the past few months.
Negotiations between the National Samsung Electronics Union, which represents workers in the company’s chipmaking division, and management have seemingly broken down over a single issue.