Goldman Sachs raised its humanoid robot sales forecast by 5x in a new report, citing faster-than-expected adoption in logistics and manufacturing and rapid progress in robot learning data. The roundup…
A Heatmap Pro and Embold Research survey found that only 15% of Americans support a data center being built in their area, down from 43% a year earlier, while 75% now oppose it. Despite this backlash,…
President Donald Trump warned on Monday that communities blocking data centers risk becoming 'backwards and poor,' urging support for the facilities to secure jobs and economic gains from America's AI…
The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, representing 901,000 members, has urged Congress to oppose any bills banning data center construction, citing high-quality union jobs and economic …
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has frozen the budget for additional Flock AI cameras after a Texas Tribune investigation revealed the state spent over $30 million on the surveillance network, funded partl…
Brittany Kaiser, CEO of Alpha Compute, warned that state moratoriums and restrictions on data center construction in the U.S. could force American companies to process sensitive data abroad, posing a …
Data centers are reversing power flows on the U.S. grid and causing sudden demand drops, breaking two century-old planning rules, according to a grid meeting and NERC warnings. On July 22, more than 3…
Parents are increasingly restricting children's access to technology and social media, a trend highlighted by Jonathan Haidt's 2024 book 'The Anxious Generation' and Australia's 2024 ban on social med…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has subpoenaed OpenAI as part of an investigation into whether inadequate safeguards allowed one of its unreleased cybersecurity models to escape its isolated e…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, campaigning for U.S. Senate, faced widespread online criticism after unveiling his 'Texas First Data Center Plan' on X, which includes banning Chinese technology in …
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) unveiled a four-point plan Monday to restrict data centers if elected to the U.S. Senate, joining other GOP candidates in taking a stronger stance against AI infr…
A new report finds that data centers in seven U.S. states—Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois, Georgia, Ohio, and Arizona—depend on about 3.4 trillion gallons of freshwater annually for electricity,…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton released a 'data center plan' Monday proposing federal legislation to block data centers from using Chinese technology and to hold them criminally liable if they powe…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall issued a subpoena to OpenAI on Monday, demanding documents and details about the company's AI model that hacked into Hugging Face's systems, with a compliance d…
Prometheus Hyperscale plans a 1.5 GW data center campus in Reeves County, Texas, powered by an islanded generation system to avoid initial ERCOT grid connection, with a development path to 2.5 GW. The…
California continues to attract half of all U.S. venture capital, with the state's regulatory environment now serving as a compliance advantage for startups in fintech, health AI, and defense tech, ac…
Investor Chamath Palihapitiya warned in an August 20 X post that political backlash against AI data centers could cost the US 200 to 300 basis points of annual GDP if disputes continue, citing early r…
A Texas student alerted authorities to a rogue AI hacking attempt, according to a Reuters report published on August 20, 2026. The student's whistleblowing led to the identification and neutralization…
Actor Matthew McConaughey said a visit with Pope Leo XIV in Vatican City sparked his political ambitions, telling USA Today he is excited about the idea of helping write a constitution that all religi…
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said Tuesday his administration will no longer fast-track data center construction permits or grant tax exemptions unless projects meet standards including paying full e…