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Republican Jason Miyares and Democrat Jay Jones faced off in a contentious debate for Virginia attorney general Thursday that focused in large part on the recently surfaced violent texts that Jones sent three years ago. In their only debate before the November election, Miyares, the incumbent, repeatedly slammed Jones over the texts, suggesting they proved he was unfit to be …

AI Data Centers, Desperate for Electricity, Are Building Their Own Power Plants  The Wall Street Journal As a baseload bubble brews, efficient flexible tech is being undervalued  Axios Why big tech’s nuclear plans could blow up  BBC Small reactors, big problems: the nuclear mirage behind AI’s energy hype  Medium AI energy demand could soon ‘become a crisis,’ former Biden energy envoy warns  Yahoo Source link

BlackRock’s AI Consortium to Buy Aligned Data Centers in $20 Billion Deal  The Wall Street Journal Nvidia, Microsoft, xAI and BlackRock part of $40 billion deal for Aligned Data Centers  CNBC BlackRock, Nvidia-backed group to buy Plano-based company for $40 billion  WFAA BlackRock, GIP and MGX in $40bn data centre takeover to power AI growth  Financial Times A BlackRock-led $40 billion data center deal …

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Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025  Hacker News Without data centers, GDP growth was 0.1% in the first half of 2025, Harvard economist says  Fortune The AI Spending Boom Is Massive But Not Unprecedented  Bloomberg.com America is now one big bet on AI  Financial Times The Entire Economy Now Depends on the AI Industry Not Fumbling  futurism.com Source …

U.S. GDP growth in the first half of 2025 was almost entirely driven by investment in data centers and information processing technology, according to Harvard economist Jason Furman. Excluding these technology-related categories, Furman calculated in a Sept. 27 post on X.com GDP growth would have been just 0.1% on an annualized basis, a near standstill that underlines the increasingly pivotal …

GIP Nears $40 Billion Deal to Buy Aligned Data Centers in Bet on AI  Bloomberg.com BlackRock-Owned GIP in Talks to Buy Data Center Firm for $40 Billion  The Information MGX weighs investing in US date centres company  Arabian Gulf Business Insight | AGBI GIP nears deal to buy Aligned Data Centers for about $40 billion – Bloomberg News  MarketScreener Global Infrastructure Partners Eyes Major …

AI Data Centers Use a Lot of Energy. You May Be Paying for It  Bloomberg.com AI Data Centers Are Sending Power Bills Soaring  Bloomberg.com Physical AI – Building The Energy Infrastructure For Data Centers  Forbes The AI Data Center Boom Is Driving Up Electricity Costs, Research Shows  CNET Data Centers Are Already Increasing Your Energy Bills. We Have the Receipts.  The Equation – Union of …

The threat of increased rates is real, but good policy can bring lower prices as demand grows. Electricity has recently replaced eggs, beef, and gasoline as the inflation concern du jour. Reporters looking for a new angle on rising prices have grabbed onto recent BLS data of escalating electricity rates. More complete data from the Energy Information Administration indicate that, …

Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That’s being passed on to customers. “We can’t figure out why it has increased so much.” Kevin Stanley, of Broadway East, Baltimore “No way I could continue to pay that kind of bill.” Nicole Pastore, of Guilford, Baltimore “It’s killing my …