MarketWatch

AI growth fuels Eaton acquisition as industrial companies tap into big U.S. data-center buildup

An earlier version of this article contained an incorrect spelling for Fibrebond Corp. in its sub-headline. Eaton Corp. is making its third and largest acquisition this year to boost its product ...
WSB-TV

Data center set to use 6 water towers worth of water per day in Georgia

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...
CoinDesk

Rumble Shares Soar on Tether Partnerships, Planned Northern Data Acquisition

Rumble (RUM) shares jumped 21% in pre-market trading after saying it agreed to buy AI and high-performance-computing firm Northern Data AG (NB2), and stablecoin issuer Tether committed to buying up to ...
The Business Journals

Jabil expands data center business with $725M acquisition

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Jabil is further expanding in ...
Health Affairs

Private Equity Acquisition Of Substance Use Treatment Centers Increases Probability Of Public Health Insurance Acceptance

Jackson Reimer ([email protected]), University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Marissa King, University of Pennsylvania. Susan H. Busch, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Private ...
The New York Times

How A.I. Can Use Your Personal Data to Hurt Your Neighbor

Dr. Kasy is the author of the book “The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits).” Imagine applying for a job. You know you’re a strong candidate with a standout résumé. But you don ...
Wall Street Journal

Data-Center Power Use to Become Major Antitrust Issue

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.
Los Angeles Times

California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill that would have tracked data centers’ growing water footprint in California. He ...
Reuters

Exclusive: Data streaming software maker Confluent explores sale, sources say

Confluent shares rally 11.4% Firm working with bankers after attracting interest from private equity and tech firms, sources say Interest fueled by corporate race for AI and firm's pressured valuation ...
The Real Deal

BlackRock eyeing $40B acquisition of Aligned Data Centers

BlackRock is closing in on a deal set to shake the data center sector, as well as the business community as a whole. The firm’s Global Infrastructure Partners is in advanced discussions to acquire ...
Phoenix New Times

Phoenix data center water use could jump 900% in 6 years, study says

Quietly but quickly, Phoenix has become one of the nation’s hotspots for a booming economic and technological phenomenon of late-stage capitalism: data centers – the boxy, sprawling farms of wire and ...
Los Angeles Times

Amid the AI boom, California looks to address water use by massive data centers

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The AI-driven boom in data centers is putting growing demands on water in California and the Southwest. New ...