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  • Slashdot: Meta’s Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/06/24/221211/metas-massive-ai-data-center-is-stressing-out-a-louisiana-community Source: Slashdot Title: Meta’s Massive AI Data Center Is Stressing Out a Louisiana Community Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text reports on Meta’s plans to build a massive 4 million square foot AI data center in Louisiana, highlighting significant implications for local energy infrastructure and potential cost increases…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Trying out the new Gemini 2.5 model family

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    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jun/17/gemini-2-5/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Trying out the new Gemini 2.5 model family Feedly Summary: After many months of previews, Gemini 2.5 Pro and Flash have reached general availability with new, memorable model IDs: gemini-2.5-pro and gemini-2.5-flash. They are joined by a new preview model with an unmemorable name: gemini-2.5-flash-lite-preview-06-17 is a…

  • Slashdot: Pakistan Allocates 2,000 Megawatts of Electricity To Bitcoin Mining, AI Data Centres

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    Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/05/26/1549251/pakistan-allocates-2000-megawatts-of-electricity-to-bitcoin-mining-ai-data-centres?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Pakistan Allocates 2,000 Megawatts of Electricity To Bitcoin Mining, AI Data Centres Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Pakistan’s initiative to allocate 2,000 MW of electricity for bitcoin mining and AI data centers marks a significant step in leveraging surplus energy for these technologies. This move can…

  • Slashdot: Eric Schmidt Apparently Bought Relativity Space To Put Data Centers in Orbit

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    Source URL: https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/05/02/1839250/eric-schmidt-apparently-bought-relativity-space-to-put-data-centers-in-orbit?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Eric Schmidt Apparently Bought Relativity Space To Put Data Centers in Orbit Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses Eric Schmidt’s vision for deploying sophisticated computing infrastructure in space through Relativity Space, highlighting the critical energy demands for data centers supporting AI development. This relevance…

  • Cloud Blog: AI infrastructure is hot. New power distribution and liquid cooling infrastructure can help

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/systems/enabling-1-mw-it-racks-and-liquid-cooling-at-ocp-emea-summit/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AI infrastructure is hot. New power distribution and liquid cooling infrastructure can help Feedly Summary: AI is fundamentally transforming the compute landscape, demanding unprecedented advances in data center infrastructure. At Google, we believe that physical infrastructure — the power, cooling, and mechanical systems that underpin everything — isn’t…

  • The Register: Pennsylvania’s once top coal power plant eyed for revival as 4.5GW gas-fired AI campus

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/pennsylvanias_largest_coal_plant/ Source: The Register Title: Pennsylvania’s once top coal power plant eyed for revival as 4.5GW gas-fired AI campus Feedly Summary: Seven gas turbines planned to juice datacenter demand by 2027 Developers on Wednesday announced plans to bring up to 4.5 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power online by 2027 at the site of…

  • The Register: Microsoft walking away from datacenter leases (probably) isn’t a sign the AI bubble is bursting

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/26/microsoft_ai_apocalypse/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft walking away from datacenter leases (probably) isn’t a sign the AI bubble is bursting Feedly Summary: Why lease space that can’t power or cool 120kW racks – or the next-gen 600kW monsters? Comment Microsoft has walked away from negotiations to lease two gigawatts worth of datacenter capacity…