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… They also say that it’s likely that any foreign interference is simply adding on to existing tensions over data centers and AI in the US. Local opposition to data centers in the US has skyrocketed in recent months. …
… Both AMD and Nvidia have been vying for large-scale, multiyear contracts to supply chips to AI hyperscalers like Meta and Amazon and AI labs like OpenAI, Anthropic, and SpaceXAI. Over the past two years, AMD has significantly grown its share of the market for CPUs used in data centers. …
… Last month, three Senate Democrats sent questions about emissions from data centers to several leading tech companies, including OpenAI, Meta, and Fermi. …
… Totally avoiding evaporative cooling could increase emissions if data centers rely on dirty energy to keep facilities cool. Using less evaporative cooling could also mean more water used offsite for electric generation, depending on how data centers are getting their electricity. …
… You hear about SpaceX, OpenAI, these places that have a lot of access to data centers, a lot of access to computers. …
… Zoë Schiffer: It's interesting because I feel like, and this is purely my speculation, but just based on how OpenAI talked about data centers, really came out in front during the first day of the Trump administration, kind of championing big data center build-out projects. …
… For these projects, gas is king; data centers are now driving a US boom in natural gas. Nearly 100 gigawatts of natural-gas fired power are currently in development throughout the US solely to power data centers, according to research published by the nonprofit Global Energy Monitor in January. …
… That figure represents only CPUs for traditional cloud computing data centers. …
… OpenAI president and cofounder Greg Brockman took over OpenAI’s product strategy. In the months since Simo stepped back from OpenAI, the company further reorganized its product teams, positioning Thibault Sottiaux as head of the company’s core products, including ChatGPT. …
… Earlier this month, Michigan governor Gretchen Whitmer appeared at the opening of the Oracle data center, where she was photographed smiling next to OpenAI’s Sam Altman and praised the $16 billion investment. “Any candidate worth their weight knows that these data centers are toxic,” says Cooper Te… …