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The Guardian WorldOct 6, 2026

Drax datacentre could create nearly twice the yearly emissions of all Gatwick flights

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Inside Higher EdOct 6, 2026

Free Community College Part of Amazon’s $1B Plan to Quell Data Center Backlash

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Bloomberg MarketsOct 5, 2026

GPU Financing Filters Into ABS With Stonebriar, Wingspire Deals

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Ars TechnicaOct 5, 2026

Russian drones strike Ukraine’s data centers by exploiting air defense gaps

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Fast CompanyOct 5, 2026

Your next hike could be at a Microsoft data center

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Bloomberg MarketsOct 5, 2026

Africa’s Investment Focus on Minerals & Data Centers (Video)

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GristOct 4, 2026

To win over locals, data centers pump $340M into rural Texas projects

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FortuneOct 4, 2026

Meet the ‘mini Erin Brockoviches’ fighting off eminent domain—and the shadow of Amazon—as a data center hands out $10,000 to their neighbors

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Fast CompanyOct 4, 2026

Why tech companies are racing to put AI data centers in space

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TechCrunchOct 3, 2026

Amazon responds to data center backlash, says it no longer uses NDAs

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Ars TechnicaOct 2, 2026

Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash

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Ars TechnicaOct 2, 2026

US arrests tech CEO accused of smuggling $300M in Nvidia chips into China

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The VergeOct 2, 2026

If a data center is camouflaged in the woods, will anyone hate it?

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The VergeOct 2, 2026

Amazon writes scary blog warning communities not to block data centers

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MarkTechPostOct 2, 20263 min read

AWS Strands Labs Releases Open Source Decision Model

AWS Strands Labs has released Strands Decider 2B, an open-source decision model that focuses on making choices rather than generating text. This model processes a given state and typed questions to return a selected option, a yes/no probability with calibrated…

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Financial TimesOct 2, 2026

Amazon seeks to offload $8bn of Nvidia chips to investors

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The Guardian EnvironmentOct 2, 2026

‘Like caring for a pet’: the open-source tree map inspiring Berliners to water their urban forest

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NatureOct 1, 2026

2D semiconductor aims to turbocharge development of high-performance electronics

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TechCrunchOct 1, 2026

Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,600 times before space data centers get off the ground

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Rolling StoneOct 1, 2026

‘South Park’ Skewers ‘Weenie’ Billionaires and Data Centers on Latest Episode

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