#legal #politics #Michigan #AI #datacenters
'A bipartisan group of Michigan lawmakers have proposed a halt on the construction of all data centers in the state.'
https://www.thecentersquare.com/michigan/article_a9853f7b-a9b5-498b-a46a-8772b3fada6e.html?a
"Minnesota Power said the partnership with Google will enable it to invest in the development of 300 megawatts of wind energy plus 400 megawatts of battery storage capacity.
"To put 700 megawatts into perspective, that represents just over one-third of the power company’s current total 2,000-megawatt capacity."
Google behind proposed Duluth-area data center
By Peter Passi
Duluth News Tribune
https://www.duluthnewstribune.com/news/local/google-behind-proposed-hermantown-data-center
#ElonMusk's #xAI is undoing #Tesla's #climate work all in the name of AI slop
xAI is now operating 62 unpermitted methane gas turbines across two #datacenters in Memphis, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi. According to xAI’s own permit application, facilities could emit more than 6 million tons of #greenhousegases and over 1,300 tons of health-harming air pollutants every year.
Meanwhile, Tesla’s latest impact report brags about avoiding 32 million metric tons of #CO2
https://electrek.co/2026/03/03/elon-musk-xai-data-center-undoing-tesla-climate-gains/
Amazon's €33.7 billion Spain bet: the data center deal reshaping Europe's AI map https://ppc.land/amazons-eu33-7-billion-spain-bet-the-data-center-deal-reshaping-europes-ai-map/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #AmazonInvestment #SpainEconomy #DataCenters #AI #MWC26
Amazon's €33.7 billion Spain bet: the data center deal reshaping Europe's AI map: Amazon raises Spain investment to €33.7 billion at MWC26, targeting 29,900 annual jobs, €31.7 billion GDP contribution and full Aragón cloud coverage by 2035. https://ppc.land/amazons-eu33-7-billion-spain-bet-the-data-center-deal-reshaping-europes-ai-map/ #AmazonInvestment #SpainEconomy #DataCenters #AI #MWC26
An idea for #bookstodon #writers of #scifi .. In the not-so-distant future, Techno-Pope Elon leads his cult into believing we should shoot humans into #space to have more room for #datacenters !
Oregon would temporarily bar expanded tax benefits for data centers under changes to governor’s bill
Astronomers for Planet Earth statement on both the pending Reflect Orbital and @SpaceX 1M orbital data centers applications to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission: "A4E is firmly opposed to these projects, which compromise our field of interest, astronomy, and threaten the ecosystem and dark sky."
https://mailchi.mp/a3f870943c46/a4e-newsletter-q3-10346144
#Space #Satellites #SunlightAsAService #DataCenters #Environment #FCC
This pause on enterprise zone tax credits for data centers is only good until 2027 AND has not been approved by the Governator, the full Oregon House, or the Oregon Senate. Please tell your Rep & Senator what you think about it. #Oregon #AI #DataCenters https://www.opb.org/article/2026/03/02/data-centers-cut-bill-expanding-oregon-tax-breaks/
This pause on enterprise zone tax credits for data centers is only good until 2027 AND has not been approved by the Governator, the full Oregon House, or the Oregon Senate. Please tell your Rep & Senator what you think about it. www.opb.org/article/2026... #oregon #AI #DataCenters
Data centers are cut — for now...
AP: Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry’s vulnerability to physical disasters https://apnews.com/article/amazon-aws-data-center-uae-iran-bahrain-71066b0a822c4cfd88b61e3fe79af917 @AssociatedPress #Amazon #datacenters
"#ElonMusk’s xAI is now operating 62 unpermitted #methane gas turbines across two #DataCenters in Memphis, Tennessee, and Southaven, Mississippi. According to xAI’s own permit application, the facilities could emit more than 6 million tons of greenhouse gases and over 1,300 tons of health-harming air pollutants every year." https://electrek.co/2026/03/03/elon-musk-xai-data-center-undoing-tesla-climate-gains/
The Real Price of AI Data Centers
AI infrastructure demands enormous electricity and water — putting pressure on public utilities while companies shift costs to taxpayers.
We speak with Dr. Ben Green about noise, pollution, grid strain, and whether this model is sustainable.
Full episode: https://youtu.be/FftDPKHINuE
Hopefully, the workers got out safely.
Amazon Data Centers on Fire After Iranian Missile Strikes on Dubai
https://www.404media.co/amazon-data-centers-on-fire-after-iranian-missile-strikes-on-dubai/
#Amazon #DataCenters on Fire After #Iranian Missile Strikes on #Dubai
Amazon’s cloud services are down in some of the #MiddleEast after “objects” hit data centers in the #UnitedArabEmirates ( #UAE ) causing “sparks and fire.” Around 60 services tied to #AWS are down in the region, affecting web traffic in the UAE and #Bahrain. The outage comes following Iranian attacks on the UAE as retaliation for US and #Israeli strikes on #Iran.
https://www.404media.co/amazon-data-centers-on-fire-after-iranian-missile-strikes-on-dubai/
EU, Anthropic is up for grabs thanks to Captain Hag Seth's hard-on for autocracy. Throw 'em a life line and you'll own the goods to go after autocrats without being authoritarian. Just make sure you're building out your own DataCenters.
#Anthropic #LLM #DarioAmodei #GeoPolitics #Claude #GenAI #BigTech #EU #DataCenters
RE: https://mastodon.social/@houstonpublicmedia/116160890519716678
No shit Sherlock.
Story just went out on CNBC. The two #Amazon data centers have been hit. I guess we get to see how good their data recovery procedures are now.
#AmazonWebServices said Monday that two of its #datacenters in the #UnitedArabEmirates were “directly struck” by #drones.
A facility in #Bahrain was also taken offline after it was damaged by a nearby #drone strike.
