AirTrunk pours $30 B into 5 GW AI data centers in India
Australian operator AirTrunk commits $30 B to build 5 GW of AI‑focused data centre capacity in India, raising questions about supply, energy and competition.
Australian operator AirTrunk commits $30 B to build 5 GW of AI‑focused data centre capacity in India, raising questions about supply, energy and competition.
April 2026 saw renewables outpace gas globally while hyperscalers confront growing water‑scarcity criticism, exposing a sustainability gap.
Amazon employees demand limits on data centers, while the company kills plans for a Stargate series reboot and updates Amazon Music with ads.
xAI's Memphis data center uses gas turbines without permits, raising environmental and regulatory concerns as it scales AI infrastructure.
Cowboy Space raises $275 million for orbital data centers, but faces hurdles in building rockets for launch.
Natural gas power plant costs surge 66% as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
Drone-struck AWS data centers and a closed strait end the era of treating hyperscale compute as benign real estate. The compute-state has replaced the petro-state.
The EIA will now require data centers to disclose energy usage, signaling a new era of transparency and accountability for tech's power consumption.