Browsing: data centers
OpenAI and Oracle are building one of the U.S.’ biggest data centers in NM, which is in drought
New Mexico’s forests are dying faster than at any time on record. In 2025, the state mapped 209,000 acres of…
Green energy infrastructure startup TAR has just raised a $27 million seed round to provide scalable on-site plug-and-play power infrastructure…
Meta is tackling the blue-collar worker shortage by investing $115 million in data center trade jobs
Trade jobs are the future, and Meta knows it. The company is launching an initiative called America’s Workforce Academy to…
Tesla cofounder: ‘We should be really worried’ about the U.S. grid as China leads the power race
China is building new power generation at an unprecedented pace to power the AI boom as the U.S. grid struggles…
America’s grid is reeling. General Motors offers itself as a distributed utility in disguise
America’s electric grid is buckling under extreme weather, aging infrastructure, and an AI build-out that is quietly rewriting U.S. power…
Matt Damon’s new campaign asks Gap, Starbucks, and Amazon to help give water back to the earth
Water.org, the nonprofit co-founded by actor Matt Damon and engineer Gary White, is launching Get Blue, a consumer-facing campaign that…
Governor JB Pritzker issued an order pausing state tax incentives for data centers in Illinois after the state legislature stalled his plan…
AI job fears are mostly a Democrat problem—and the 2026 midterms will be their ultimate test
Anxiety about AI is real, and it feels like it’s everywhere. Proclamations of AI-driven job losses and grassroots movements opposing…
Data center CEO is hoping for a skilled-trades revival in his lifetime—he’s recruiting couch-dwelling Gen Z with two weeks of vacation on day one
It’s a great time to be in the skilled trades. That’s according to Dan Peyovich, president and CEO of Dycom…
Erin Brockovich, the activist who secured $330 million from PG&E, pushes data center transparency
The environmental activist who won $333 million for hundreds of people affected by utility company PG&E’s groundwater contamination is now…











