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The independent watchdog for the country’s largest power grid operator has issued a “regulatory grenade” asking the federal government to intervene amid PJM Interconnection’s plans to power data centers it knows it doesn’t have the capacity for — despite acknowledging the heightened risk of blackouts. This comes as PJM has seen windfall profits from shouldering […]

The stock market is, plainly, no longer simply a concern of the elite. “We like to joke that the markets are not the economy,” Peter Atwater of Financial Insyghts recently told Bloomberg, “but we’ve reached a point now where the economy is the markets.” In past articles, I’ve covered the rise and risks of retail […]

How $400 billion in AI spending became a gravitational force that's distorting the entire economy.

XRG’s board scrapped plans for a partnership with Apollo to invest in AI and energy projects after pushback from Blackstone’s Jon Gray, people familiar with the matter said.

By Dan Ross for Truthout At the very Southeastern tip of New Mexico bordering Texas and Mexico, a new artificial intelligence (AI) data center is gearing up to be a greenhouse gas and air pollution behemoth, an additional water user in a drought-afflicted region, and a sower of community discontent. Project Jupiter is one of five […]

The move is the latest in Beijing’s quest to break reliance on American processors.

As the sector’s stock surges, US-managed funds have increased their stakes in firms like Alibaba, despite Washington’s scrutiny.

The next frontier of data center development is out of this world.

The White House has previously expanded screening of visa applicants’ online presence, citing national security concerns.