A rare bee species reportedly put an end to Meta's plans for a nuclear-powered AI data center
Meta's plans for an AI data center running on nuclear power were complicated partly by the discovery of a rare bee species nearby, the FT reported.
Endangered bees stop Meta’s plan for nuclear-powered AI data center
Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the project, according to people familiar with the matter.
Nuclear-power stocks slide after regulator rejects plan to power Amazon data center
Nuclear-power stocks slumped on Monday after US regulators barred a plant from supplying extra power to an Amazon data center. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission rejected the deal between Amazon and Talen Energy late last week.
US regulators reject amended interconnect agreement for Amazon data center
U.S. energy regulators rejected an amended interconnection agreement for an Amazon data center connected directly to a nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, a filing showed on Friday.
U.S. Regulators Mull Issues Around Siting Data Centers at Power Plants
Costs and reliability concerns related to the burgeoning trend of building energy-intensive data centers on the sites of U.S. power plants were the focus of a technical conference held on Friday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
US Power Regulator Sees Data Centers as Critical Opportunity
Supporting the development of data centers — including providing the enormous amounts of electricity they require — is a matter of national security, a top federal energy regulator said.
U.S. regulators raise questions about siting data centers at power plants
By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) -Costs and reliability concerns related to the burgeoning trend of building energy-intensive data centers next to U.S. power plants were the focus of a technical conference held on Friday by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
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Meta’s Data Center Expansion Hits an Unexpected Roadblock: Bees
The discovery of a rare bee species put a halt to Meta’s new data center plans. Sean Gallup/Getty Images Like its Big ...
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As data center industry booms, an English village becomes a battleground
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Data Center CRE Originations Poised for Momentum
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Amazon to proceed with data center expansion despite FERC decision to limit power
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Keppel acquires data center development project in Tokyo, Japan
Keppel has acquired an under-development data center being constructed in Tokyo, Japan. Keppel Ltd. this week announced ...
Over 90% of AWS's biggest data-center customers are using its homegrown Graviton chips, an executive says
AWS's Graviton chips, launched in 2018, are used by over 90% of its 1,000 largest customers, highlighting its success in ...
Data center could bring millions of dollars to Oregon: Mayor
Mayor Mike Seferian said seeing the purchase agreement pass was his biggest day in office. Seferian said that if the data center is built, the company could potentially contribute millions of dollars ...
Power Shortages Stall Data Center Growth in UK, Europe
Michael Winterson, chair of the European Data Center Association, told CNBC this week that lowering water temperatures ...
Google's super powerful Arm-based CPU is now available — but this data center mystery chip will never go on sale, and Google won't say how many cores powers it
Google unveiled its Axion processors at Google Next '24, revealing custom Arm-based CPUs built on Neoverse V2 architecture ...