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Meta Plans Nearly $1 Billion Data Center Project in Wisconsin

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to spend nearly $1 billion on the development of a data center project in central Wisconsin, underscoring a larger effort from the social media giant to ramp up investments in AI and cloud infrastructure. In February, …

Microsoft Pulls Back on Data Centers From Chicago to Jakarta

Microsoft Corp. has pulled back on data center projects around the world, suggesting the company is taking a harder look at its plans to build the server farms powering artificial intelligence and the cloud. The software company has recently halted …

OpenAI’s Stargate AI Venture Is Scouting for US Data Center Sites

ChatGPT maker OpenAI said on Thursday it is evaluating U.S. states as potential artificial intelligence data center locations for its massive Stargate venture, framing the project as a matter of urgency for the United States to beat China in the …

Biden Signs Executive Order to Ensure Power for AI Data Centers

President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday to provide federal support to address massive energy needs for fast-growing advanced artificial intelligence data centers, the White House said. The order calls for leasing federal sites owned by Defense and …