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Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up

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Key Takeaway Data-center expansion is increasingly colliding with voter/community opposition and political messaging, even as companies pursue new builds and delivery models.
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SpaceX’s Proposed Million-Satellite AI Data Center Raises E-Waste Concerns

Elon Musk’s proposed million-satellite AI data center would create a new category of e-waste by sending large amounts of valuable material into orbit. The constellation would dwarf Starlink’s orbital mass and could dispose of some satellites by pushing them away from Earth. arstechnica.com

With data center GPUs expected to last roughly five years, about 200,000 of the proposed 1 million AI1 satellites could be decommissioned each year. A May 29 FCC filing says about 40,000 would definitely deorbit and burn up in the atmosphere, dispersing their materials as contaminants. arstechnica.com

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TechCrunch · 34m ago
Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up
WCCFTech · 17h ago
Texas Freezes 1,800 Data Center Projects For Audit, As A Secretive GOP Memo Warns That The Republicans Will Lose Ohio On Data Center Buildout
r/artificial · 21h ago
Jason Kelce Encourages People To Mail Jars Of Pee To AI Data Centers In Bizarre New Ad—And We Don't Know What To Think

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  • Starcloud raises $250 million for orbital data centers as launch options dry up TechCrunch
  • Texas Freezes 1,800 Data Center Projects For Audit, As A Secretive GOP Memo Warns That The Republicans Will Lose Ohio On Data Center Buildout WCCFTech
  • Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers WCCFTech
  • The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio. WCCFTech
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Texas Freezes 1,800 Data Center Projects For Audit, As A Secretive GOP Memo Warns That The Republicans Will Lose Ohio On Data Center Buildout

ERCOT to deny grid connection to data center projects that spikes local power bills, as the state's power queue swells to 5x its peak demand.

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SpaceX’s orbital data centers would create a new category of e-waste

The yeetcycling math resembles asteroid mining in reverse.

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OK, can we actually cool data centers with our pee? | TechCrunch

Jason Kelce joked that people should cool data centers with their pee, rather than potable water -- but his suggestion is not completely ludicrous.

18h ago Amanda Silberling

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Tracking: Michigan township combats nuclear weapons data center by passing ban on new electrical infrastructure — 220,000-square-foot hyperscale project is backed by University of Michigan and the Los Alamos National Laboratory / Virginia county with 250 data centers begins to rein in building — Loudoun’s more than 250 data centers made it one of the richest counties in the US, but residents are pushing back

Michigan township combats nuclear weapons data center by passing ban on new electrical infrastructure — 220,000-square-foot hyperscale project is backed by University of Michigan and the Los Alamos National Laboratory Virginia county with 250 data centers begins to rein in building — Loudoun’s more than 250 data centers made it one of the richest counties in the US, but residents are pushing back
+2 more China shifting massive AI data center complexes to rural provinces to tap surplus energy — ‘Eastern Data, Western Computing’ strategy has Chinese tech giants Huawei and Tencent building AI infrastructure Guizhou Jason Kelce-led marketing campaign asks beer drinkers to send their pee to AI data centers — Liquid Death and Garage Beer skit claims 'AI data centers waste millions of gallons of water'
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Tracking: Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers / The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.

Republicans are realizing that no one wants data centers The Senate GOP campaign arm, in a private memo to top AI companies, warns that toxic views of U.S. data centers are killing the party's chances of holding a vital seat in Ohio.
+1 more Virginia county asks all employees, including schools, to conserve power due to AI-driven electricity price hikes — state's 400-plus data centers steadily increasing demand, grid expansion, and pricing
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