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SOMETHING WILLIAMS SAYS IT DOES NOT HAVE THE AUTHORITY TO DO. A STATE REPRESENTATIVE SAYS HE’S ABOUT TO INTRODUCE A PACKAGE OF BILLS AIMED AT REGULATING THE DEVELOPMENT OF AI DATA CENTERS ACROSS ...

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...

Organizations have a wealth of unstructured data that most AI models can’t yet read. Preparing and contextualizing this data is essential for moving from AI experiments to measurable results. In ...

Elon Musk’s xAI is planning an expansion of its massive data center complex in Memphis, and has purchased a third building in the area that will bring the company’s artificial intelligence computing ...

Rainstorms in Texas earlier this year delayed construction of a major AI data center complex that's key for CoreWeave (CRWV), because of which its completion date was pushed back several months, ...

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...

Power demand from US data centers is set to surge to 106 gigawatts by 2035, according to BloombergNEF, a 36% increase from the research provider’s previous outlook in April. The upward revision in ...

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...

To better understand which social media platforms Americans use, Pew Research Center surveyed 5,022 U.S. adults from Feb. 5 to June 18, 2025. SSRS conducted this National Public Opinion Reference ...

Dr. Kasy is the author of the book “The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits).” Imagine applying for a job. You know you’re a strong candidate with a standout résumé. But you don ...