AI data center expansion is facing increasing local opposition over power, infrastructure and costs, echoing the resistance that once slowed Bitcoin mining. For years, Bitcoin miners expanding across ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern headed inside a data center to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall It’s harder than ever to mine bitcoin. And less ...

Cipher Mining Inc. (CIFR) recently entered the AI data center race with major deals with hyperscaler customers. The bitcoin miner is part of a group of companies transitioning from running data ...

The transaction preceded Rumble’s acquisition of Northern Data, adding to overlapping financial ties. Northern Data sold Peak Mining to Tether-linked firms in a deal worth up to $200 million. The ...

One afternoon in June 2024, I stood up against the fence of a sprawling industrial facility a few miles outside of Corsicana, Texas. Over a metal gate, I watched a bright yellow excavator claw at the ...

My bull case is based on the $9.3B of contracted data center leases (AWS $5.5B/15 years; Fluidstack $3.8B/10 years), which could materialize into revenue as soon as August–September 2026. I see ...

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AI businesses need enormous computing power and efficient data centers to operate. So do Bitcoin miners. Miners are happy to resell their data center and electric power capacity to AI customers when ...

Alphabet Inc.’s Google has agreed to anchor a $3 billion data center contract with Cipher Mining Inc. in the latest tie up between a crypto mining firm and a big tech company seeking computing ...

This project demonstrates a comprehensive data warehousing and analytics solution, from building a data warehouse to generating actionable insights. Designed as a portfolio project, it highlights ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has been data mining personal information from other agencies to identify and locate deportable aliens. This has resulted in 14 lawsuits that allege violations ...

A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs. I ...