Data center construction is booming nationwide, but the AI buildout is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends. Why it matters: Americans are bracing for what trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment will mean for them. Here's how two key states are encouraging — and slowing — the buildout. It's no wonder that Texas, with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment. - Texas has 212 operating data centers as of 2024 and 651 have been announced, according to data firm Aterio . Another 157 are under construction, beating Virginia . - The state also offers one of the most generous tax incentives in the nation, worth more…
Data center construction is booming nationwide, but the AI buildout is separating the friendliest states from the most resistant, with Texas and Maine on opposite ends. Why it matters: Americans are bracing for what trillions of dollars in AI infrastructure investment will mean for them. Here's how two key states are encouraging — and slowing — the buildout. It's no wonder that Texas, with its low electricity prices and abundance of land, is drawing a wave of data center investment. - Texas has 212 operating data centers as of 2024 and 651 have been announced, according to data firm Aterio . Another 157 are under construction, beating Virginia . - The state also offers one of the most generous tax incentives in the nation, worth more…Open
Iranian negotiators have tied demands for a ceasefire in Lebanon to its willingness to negotiate an end to the conflict with the United States and open up the vital waterway.
New “Wake Up America Weekend” hosts Kyle Lowder and Kenzie Beach discuss what to expect as they take the reins, starting tomorrow morning at 7 AM ET, only on @NEWSMAX.
Does it ever seem like certain types of crimes get ignored or played down by legacy media? As humorist David Burge (Iowahawk) famously stated, “journalism […] Source
"Where are your parents?" At CA's Coachella Festival, a rapper asks a valid question. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh schools are canceled for the NFL Draft, and an AP American Government textbook controversially equates President Trump with Hitler. Jill Simonian discusses this week's need-to-know headlines for parents.
Rivers in Michigan and Wisconsin are overflowing after a month’s worth of rain fell in just days with more expected to fall today. Plus, the Heartland is bracing for more life-threatening storms.
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by war in Lebanon to refrain from heading home.
Hezbollah, the Iran-backed Lebanese militant group, acknowledged the ceasefire, but did not say whether it would abide by it and urged people displaced by war in Lebanon to refrain from heading home.Open