New York Governor Kathy Hochul has imposed a first-of-its-kind data center moratorium, using executive power to halt AI infrastructure expansion while keeping legislative negotiations open, a move tha…
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive order Tuesday imposing a one-year moratorium on new building permits for hyperscale data centers, making New York the first state to freeze construction …
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed an executive order imposing the first statewide moratorium on large data center projects, pausing new approvals for one year for facilities requiring 50 megawatts…
Applied Optoelectronics Inc. (NASDAQ: AAOI) is adding roughly 388,000 square feet of new manufacturing space in Pearland, Texas, bringing its total Houston-area production capacity to approximately 90…
California attracted over $335 billion in venture capital funding this year, ten times more than any other state, with nearly 90% of invested dollars going to AI firms. Despite a billionaire exodus an…
Researchers introduced Curvature-Guided Sheath Diffusion (CGSD), an unsupervised algorithm that uses discrete Forman-Ricci curvature to detect communities in heterophilic graphs. On five benchmarks, C…
MARA Holdings, a Bitcoin mining company, agreed to acquire a 1,200+ acre powered site in Matagorda County, Texas, from HIF USA, gaining access to up to 2 GW of grid capacity by April 2028. The site wi…
Marathon Digital Holdings announced a milestone-based deal to acquire a 1,200-acre powered land site in Matagorda County, Texas, for up to $600 million to build a digital infrastructure campus targeti…
Several states are enacting laws that restrict AI from making final medical necessity determinations for health insurers without human clinical review, requiring audit, documentation, and human-in-the…
Grid interconnection delays, not electricity shortages, are slowing AI data center construction, with projects like Stargate in Abilene, Texas, facing multi-year waits for utility studies and transmis…
The US Energy Information Administration nearly tripled its forecast for new natural gas-fired power plant capacity to 66 GW by 2030, driven by surging electricity demand from AI data centers. The rev…
Meta launched $299 smart glasses with AI features on June 23, 2026, but Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated an investigation on May 21, 2026, over potential biometric data violations. The glas…
A US Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national, in Houston, Texas, during a targeted enforcement operation. ICE claims Araujo rammed a law enf…
An ICE agent fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national in the U.S. illegally, after he allegedly rammed an ICE vehicle and tried to run over an agent during a traffic stop in Houston. Th…
A U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer fatally shot Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a Mexican national living in the U.S. without legal permission, in Houston after he allegedly attempted to evade…
California consumer confidence rose 1% in the first half of 2026 compared to the same period in 2025, despite economic uncertainty, the Iran war, and a heated governor's race. The present situation in…
Home security camera owners must navigate a patchwork of state and federal laws governing audio and video recording. Video surveillance is generally legal in public areas like living rooms but illegal…
AI data centers are consuming vast amounts of freshwater, with a single hyperscale facility using up to 5 million gallons daily. Two-thirds of new data centers are in water-stressed regions, creating …
AI researcher Sasha Luccioni argues that data centers, often vilified as environmental villains, can be made sustainable through smarter design, local energy solutions, and regulatory mandates. She hi…
US home battery installations hit a record 673 megawatts in Q1 2026, driven by rising electricity costs and state incentives in California, Hawaii, Texas, and Arizona. The trend helps homeowners store…