Category Compute

Rural Data Centers Could Receive a Major Tax Break as the Federal Opportunity Zone Program Expands

Rural data centers could gain a major tax break in 2027, raising questions about jobs, costs and Big Tech subsidies.

Amazon says it no longer uses NDAs as data center backlash grows over transparency, water use, power costs and pollution.

Blackstone’s Jas Khaira will explain how to build AI giants at Disrupt 2026, where capital, infrastructure and durability matter most.

Microsoft is using data center biomimicry to reduce local backlash, but residents and advocates say AI’s water, power and pollution costs remain.

Amazon warns that blocking AI data centers could hurt U.S. competitiveness, as communities push back over power, jobs and transparency.

Google launched its first orbital TPU test to gauge space AI computing, launch costs and whether orbital data centers can become viable.

Utah residents helped stall Kevin O’Leary’s giant AI data center plan, exposing backlash over water, power, secrecy and local control.

Orbital AI startup Satlyt has raised $8M to run models on satellites, cut downlink costs and power shared compute in space.

OpenAI’s new decision models API mirrors a startup’s fast classifier and could reshape AI agent security, routing and cost.

Destro raises $8 million to scale warehouse automation that coordinates robots and workers in logistics sites.