Meet the scrappy entrepreneurs getting their piece of the AI buildout pie
Savvy operators are selling data center workers places to eat, sleep, park, and play to cash in on the AI gold rush.
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Business is booming in a small Louisiana town as a huge Meta AI data center project brings in thousands of workers
A small Louisiana town saw more annual sales tax revenue in 2025 than the last 20 years combined, thanks largely to a huge Meta data center project.
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Consulting firms say that as AI gets cheaper, power demand could keep climbing
In new reports published this week McKinsey and BCG reveal the impact of falling token prices and impact on the grid.
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LinkedIn cofounder says AI infrastructure is the 'only reason we're not in a recession'
Reid Hoffman says he's thankful for the data center buildout in the US, while many Americans are souring on it.
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Data centers and healthcare were bright spots in the rough September jobs report
White-collar sectors continued to struggle in September, according to a dreary jobs report. But healthcare and construction were bright spots.
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Amazon comes out swinging against data center moratoriums, warning the 'consequences would last generations'
Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman argued the US "could be writing its own losing ticket to this race" and referenced World War II learnings.
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Trump says he ‘wouldn’t necessarily like’ a data center right next to his house
Some Virginia residents already face the reality of having a data center in their backyard.
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CoreWeave’s CEO says data center backlash isn't scaring off AI giants
"There has absolutely not been any reduction in orders," CoreWeave CEO Michael Intrator told "Squawk On The Street."
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SpaceX puts a Starship veteran in charge of its Memphis data centers
The organizational reshuffle comes as SpaceX races to expand its lucrative Colossus data centers in Memphis.
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What data center backlash? My night at a raucous 'pro-data center' party.
What started as a social media invite to a small pro-data center party became a full-fledged DC bash with themed cocktails and sponsors.
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AI is driving a data-center power boom. Here are some of the biggest US projects being built.
Among the largest coming data centers is a city-sized Texas campus pursuing up to 17 gigawatts of power capacity. See other giant ones planned.
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