The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is reshaping the digital economy, but its physical footprint is beginning to strain resources in unexpected ways.  Across the United States, the construction of AI focused data centers is accelerating at a pace that rivals traditional public infrastructure spending. While these facilities are essential for powering large scale AI systems, industry experts and analysts warn that their growth could come at the expense of long over

OpenAI is expanding its global infrastructure footprint with a major new partnership in Australia, teaming up with Brisbane based data centre operator NextDC to build a multibillion dollar AI campus in western Sydney.   The agreement, structured around a memorandum of understanding and long term collaboration on planning, development, and operations, is designed to deliver the kind of compute capacity that advanced AI systems increasingly require as demand for high performan

Micron Technology’s decision to walk away from consumer memory is more than a brand change, it is a clear signal that artificial intelligence is reshaping the economics of making chips.  Micron began in 1978 as a small design consultancy founded by Ward Parkinson, Joe Parkinson, Dennis Wilson, and Doug Pitman in Boise, Idaho, backed by local investors including J.R. Simplot. By 1983, the company was already punching above its weight by producing chips roughly half the size o

Brookfield Asset Management has unveiled a sweeping US$100-billion artificial intelligence infrastructure program that signals just how aggressively global investors are moving to support the next generation of AI technologies. Announced on Wednesday, the initiative is being launched in partnership with Nvidia and the Kuwait Investment Authority, bringing together one of the world’s leading investment managers, a dominant AI chipmaker, and a major sovereign wealth fund to acc

Artificial intelligence has driven a wave of massive infrastructure projects across Wisconsin, where major tech firms are investing billions to build sprawling data centers. These facilities, which power AI models and cloud computing, have become a symbol of both technological progress and growing concern. Supporters see them as engines of economic growth, while environmentalists and residents warn that their enormous energy and water demands threaten the state’s resources an

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Xscape Photonics, a Silicon Valley-based startup focused on leveraging silicon photonics to revolutionize AI data centers, has announced...