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23 Jun

AI’s fossil fuel lock-in: Microsoft-Chevron deal exposed

hightechz.net0 CommentsTech Newsai infrastructure, climate, Data Centers, energy, fossil fuels, Microsoft

AI's Dirty Secret: Big Tech Is Betting Its Future on Gas When Nvidia announced a new liquid-cooled data center design last month, the PR message was clear: we're solving AI's water problem. Executives emphasized how the Rubin architecture would slash cooling water consumption inside the facility. It was a calculated response to mounting criticism—journalists and activists have spent the last two years raising alarms about AI's thirst for water and electricity. The announcement landed as reassurance. Problem being solved. Move along. Then Microsoft and Chevron quietly signed a 20-year power purchase agreement for a natural gas data center in West…

18 Jun

AI Gets Grid Fast Lane While Workers Face Investigations

hightechz.net0 CommentsBusinessai infrastructure, Data Centers, power grid, regulatory policy, worker rights

AI Gets a Grid Fast Lane — Workers Get Investigated The federal government just handed AI data centers a golden ticket to America's power infrastructure, while simultaneously Amazon workers who dared speak out about those same data centers now face internal investigations. The juxtaposition isn't accidental. It's a window into how infrastructure policy operates when capital has a seat at the table and labor doesn't. Here's what's happening: regulators are moving fast to solve a real problem—AI buildout is outpacing grid capacity. But the solution they've chosen reveals something uncomfortable about whose problem actually gets solved. Photo by Matthew Henry…

11 Jun

Cities Push Back on Data Center Land Grab

hightechz.net0 CommentsBusinessai, Data Centers, grid power, infrastructure, municipal policy

Cities Are Finally Saying No to the Data Center Land Grab Seattle just did something that felt unthinkable two years ago: it hit pause on data centers. Per Engadget, the Seattle City Council has approved a moratorium on the construction of large data centers, signaling that municipalities are starting to push back against the relentless appetite of Big Tech's infrastructure buildout. Meanwhile, General Motors isn't waiting for permission—the company is developing sodium-ion battery chemistry for use in data centers and the grid, betting that solving the power problem is how you win the right to build more of them. These…