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Data centers encounter local pushback amid major growth |
At least 16 data center projects, worth a combined $64 billion, have been blocked or delayed as local opposition mounts to the developments, according to a new study. |
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Research collected by Data Center Watch shows that residents and politicians across seven states have stopped or stalled the data center projects. In Arizona's West Valley, development company Tract withdrew plans for a $14 billion project after city officials declined to approve required rezoning. Tract eventually announced a similar project in Buckeye, Ariz., where the development is proceeding. In Peculiar, Mo., and Chesterton, Ind., residents and local officials also blocked data center developments worth billions. In total, the study found that six data center developments have been fully blocked since May 2024. The backlash has also delayed 10 other data centers, including two from Amazon. Nine of the documented data center blockages and delays have occurred in Virginia, the world's unofficial data center capital, according to the research firm. The study's authors also found growing bipartisan aversion to the behemoth data center projects: about 55 percent of Republicans and 45 percent of Democrats in districts with large data center projects have taken public positions against the developments, according to the study. "This cross-party resistance defies expectations and marks a rare area of bipartisan alignment in infrastructure politics," the authors wrote. The Hill's Surina Venkat has more here. |
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Anthropic says Chinese hackers used AI tool to conduct cyberattack |
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Anthropic said Thursday that Chinese state-sponsored hackers used its AI coding tool to conduct a "large-scale" cyberattack with limited human involvement. The hackers used AI's agentic capabilities to target roughly 30 entities, including large tech firms, financial institutions, chemical manufacturing companies and government agencies, according to a report from the AI firm. A handful of the attempted intrusions … |
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Parents voice screen time transparency concerns as school breaks approach |
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ATLANTA — Parents who struggle daily with their kids’ screen time say the upcoming holiday season could prove stressful amid transparency and content concerns. School breaks bring up several challenges for millions of U.S. families. Structured school days end, sports and extracurriculars pause, and cold weather often makes screens, tablets and streaming shows a welcome reprieve. But experts say that with rapid technology … |
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Twitter founder Jack Dorsey announces Vine reboot app, diVine |
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Jack Dorsey, the former head of Twitter who killed short-video app Vine back in 2016, is reviving it nearly a decade later — kind of. The reboot app, diVine, will give users access to an archive of 100,000 Vine videos. It will also allow users to create and post new six-second loops. Financed by Dorsey's nonprofit “and Other Stuff,” the new app has a staunch policy against artificial intelligence. When generative … |
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News we've flagged from the intersection of tech and other topics: |
- Amazon and Microsoft back effort that would restrict Nvidia's exports to China (Wall Street Journal)
- Five people plead guilty to helping North Koreans infiltrate U.S. companies as 'remote IT workers' (TechCrunch)
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Trump sons' American Bitcoin posts profit |
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American Bitcoin, the bitcoin mining firm tied to President Trump's two eldest sons, posted a profit in the third quarter. The company, which was launched by Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr. earlier this year, saw $3.5 million in net income in the three-month period ending in September. This marks a shift from the same time last year, when the firm posted a $0.6 million net loss. The earlier figures reflect the bitcoin mining segment of Hut 8, which joined forces with the Trump sons to launch American Bitcoin in March. Plus: The price of bitcoin continued its downward slide Friday, falling below $95,000 for the first time in more than six months. |
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Former FCC chairs: Carr improperly wielding 'news distortion policy' |
A group of former officials at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) asked the agency to repeal its “news distortion policy,” which it notes sitting Chair Brendan Carr has cited in threatening to crack down on mainstream media coverage that is critical of President Trump. In a petition filed Thursday, the group criticized the policy as leaving a “vast scope and vague language” which it argued can … |
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