Dec. 1–5 recap: This week showed the global scramble to out‑build, out‑train, and out‑ship AI, from datacenter deals to AI-powered smart glasses.

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Dec. 1–5 recap: This week showed the global scramble to out‑build, out‑train, and out‑ship AI, from datacenter deals to AI-powered smart glasses.

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In an exclusive interview with TechRepublic, Lancium’s CEO explains how the $500 billion Stargate project is racing to build AI megacenters.

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In an exclusive interview with TechRepublic, Lancium’s CEO explains how the $500 billion Stargate project is racing to build AI megacenters.

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The OpenAI CEO explored a deal with Stoke Space that would have put him in control of the rocket startup.

The announcement highlights China’s broader ambitions in South America at a time of ongoing geopolitical and technological tensions with the US.

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The announcement highlights China’s broader ambitions in South America at a time of ongoing geopolitical and technological tensions with the US.

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"I pinch myself going to work every day," one 51-year-old says of his new supervisor role overseeing 200 workers at a data center site.

New planned data centers promise to consume even more energy than expected. Meanwhile, a grid monitor is blaming such growth for high electricity prices.

A data center cooling failure at CME Group’s Chicago site froze global derivatives trading for hours, exposing vulnerabilities in financial infrastructure.

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A data center cooling failure at CME Group’s Chicago site froze global derivatives trading for hours, exposing vulnerabilities in financial infrastructure.

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The artificial intelligence company said it was working with a developer to build a solar farm on 88 acres next to its Memphis site. Given the proposed size, the solar farm would likely produce around 30 megawatts of electricity, only about 10% of the data center’s estimated power use.

The joint venture’s debut project will be Madrid Sur, a 160,000-square-meter data center complex designed to deliver 144 MW of processing capacity.

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The joint venture’s debut project will be Madrid Sur, a 160,000-square-meter data center complex designed to deliver 144 MW of processing capacity.

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Data centers can warp an already strained electrical grid, a report claims.

AWS has been working with the U.S. government since 2011 and is now building AI infrastructure specifically for the entity.

Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and advanced computing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies, the company announced Monday.

The investment, set to break ground in 2026, will add nearly 1.3 gigawatts of data center capacity to the Amazon Web Services regions Top Secret, AWS Secret, and AWS GovCloud (US) — locations specifically designed for classified and sensitive workloads.

Amazon said federal agencies will gain access to AI tools such as Amazon SageMaker for custom model training and Amazon Bedrock for deploying AI models and building agents. The centers will be equipped with AWS’s own Trainium AI chips and NVIDIA hardware.

The intent is to accelerate discovery and decision-making across government missions, which could mean faster modeling for scientific research, quicker threat analysis for intelligence agencies, or more accurate forecasting for disaster response and climate modeling, according to Amazon.

“Our investment in purpose-built government AI and cloud infrastructure will fundamentally transform how federal agencies leverage supercomputing,” AWS CEO Matt Garman said in a statement. “This investment removes the technology barriers that have held government back and further positions America to lead in the AI era.”

Amazon first launched government-specific cloud infrastructure in 2011. Today the company says it supports more than 11,000 government agencies.

OpenAI’s Foxconn deal ties US data center hardware into its $500B Stargate buildout and $1.4T spend, raising fresh questions about risk and an AI bubble.

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OpenAI’s Foxconn deal ties US data center hardware into its $500B Stargate buildout and $1.4T spend, raising fresh questions about risk and an AI bubble.

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The training of AI models and AI inferencing consumes vast amounts of water. How can energy and water usage be reduced?

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