Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers highlight industry’s vulnerability to physical disasters

Iranian drone strikes damaged three Amazon Web Services sites in the Middle East, exposing how vulnerable cloud data centers are in conflict.

What to know about data centers and why communities are pushing back

The AI and data center boom is here, but communities nationwide are pushing back. Here is a closer look at the industry and issues around it.

Temporarily banning data centers draws more interest from state, local officials

As communities’ concerns grow over rising electricity prices and the environmental effects of data centers, some local and state officials want to halt development of the facilities. Lawmakers in at least 11 states — Georgia,

New policy coming on data centres, City Hall says

Politicians say economic benefits of data centres must be balanced with environmental concerns.
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AI Data Centers: What to Know About Their Water and Energy Use

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated.

US Data Centers Could Require as Much Water as New York City by 2030, Study Shows

AI’s projected water demand will create major problems not just for the average American, but for the industry itself.

Senate passes data center bill that would end $2.5B tax breaks

A bill that would end tax breaks for data centers and keep ratepayers from footing the energy bills, made it through the Georgia Senate on Friday. Senate Bill 410 would not allow new data centers to receive the two tax breaks,
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Drone strikes on Middle East data centers highlight their importance — and vulnerabilities

Amazon Web Services confirmed that several of its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were damaged after drone strikes, disrupting service on several consumer apps in the region.