Two indie brands join together in a viral ad campaign asking people to pee on computers. Taylor Swift’s brother-in-law, Jason Kelce, who co-owns one of the brands, stars in this humorous ad where he pees in a bottle and carries it to a post office to send to his AI data center of choice.
Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber.
Groq raised $350 million at a $3.5 billion valuation as the former AI chipmaker pivots to a neocloud business and expands its Nvidia-powered data center footprint.
Nvidia’s investment in SoftBank’s data center developer will guarantee its chips power an OpenAI data center.
PJM Interconnection has asked federal regulators to approve rules that would cut power to new data centers ahead of households during supply shortages.
Cherokee Nation, with more than 475,000 citizens, has banned hyperscale data center development on its tribally owned and trust lands.
Blake Hurst spent a decade running the state’s largest farm lobby. Now he’s publicly courting the developers his neighbors froze out.
Alabama residents left powerless to stop 50 MW Bitcoin mining facility despite county and town moratoriums thanks to the state’s lack of appropriate zoning laws.
Some data center developers are suing local governments for passing temporary bans and moratorium, saying that they such moves violated their rights to due process and equal protection. This move has gotten one county to reverse their decision, while others are still fighting the cases in court.