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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink say in May 2026 event in Texas that trillions of dollars for AI data centers and power grid need to come from private savings accounts and pension funds. Blackrock CEO says the money for data centers …
This is one of those stories where you hear the details and think, wait… how did this become normal? In Sterling, Virginia, residents near Vantage’s VA2 data center say natural gas turbines powering the facility have been running constantly since …
Elephant Butte drops to 9% — New Mexico’s largest lake is vanishing, and an entire town built on the water is going dry. Elephant Butte Reservoir on the Rio Grande has fallen to 9.6% full, and officials project it could …
Amazon said its global data-center operations withdrew about 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025, as data center companies around the world face growing scrutiny over the environmental impact of artificial intelligence. The company disclosed the figure in a blog …
They have shelf life of 3/5 years and are dust. They suck so much enviro it’s impossible, utterly unsustainable. It’s all BS… 80% of all Data centers in China are dust. They built mega and it’s all obsolete. They fucking …
Authored by Charles Hugh-Smith via oftwominds, The AI boom shares all the risk profiles of previous speculative manias but lacks society-wide benefits while generating fast-metastasizing negative consequences and costs. The idea that the current bubble in AI data centers is …
A new report from Wired magazine reveals that U.S. law enforcement, including the DHS and FBI, is circulating warnings about “anti-tech violent extremism,” an unpublished new category for domestic threats. This label is being increasingly applied to citizens who speak …
This was the philosophy of architect Victor Gruen, the inventor of the mall. The malls were seen as hubs of existence, and his vision was for us to go to school there. @dspacestv The Mall Fountain⛲️ ♬ original sound – …
A fresh Gallup poll reveals 7 out of 10 Americans explicitly oppose building AI data centers in their neighborhoods… Protesters packed the Utah state capitol this week to block a massive hyperscale facility threatening the Great Salt Lake basin… Senators …
That’s more juice than entire countries burn while they devour 449 million gallons of water every single day. Locals in Georgia watch power bills explode 267 percent as data centers get sweetheart rates. One woman sleeps in a ski suit …
Georgia woman loses childhood home to power lines feeding tech warehouses. Farmers in Kentucky and Virginia get lowball offers or forced sales. Big Tech hides behind shell companies while gobbling land cheap. Your property taken for AI power grab, government …
Massive compute farms rising everywhere with price tags no customer revenue could ever repay. They’re not building servers they’re laying the foundation for a control grid nobody’s admitting. The math on these data centers doesn’t add up unless the real …
The AI-driven data center boom has officially hit the household wallet, and the 267% figure is the smoking gun. This isn’t a national average, it’s a localized shock hitting “data center alleys” across 13 states. While the tech giants are …
via MagnoliasandMums There are 6 counties around me that this is happening to. My neighbors have lost over 50 houses so far. Right now people are focusing on getting out alive. We’re getting updates from the police in real time …
Data center supply chains are increasingly precarious As many as one in two US data centers planned for 2026 could face delays or cancellations The global chip shortage continues to strain supply, while demand soars Other challenges include energy supply …
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-04-01/us-ai-data-center-expansion-relies-on-chinese-electrical-equipment-imports Companies like Amazon, Oracle, Meta, Google, and OpenAI have committed over 600B this year to building out datacenters. However, electrical power components like transformers, switchgears, and batteries, are not able to keep up with demand. Exports of these critical …
China just buried the internet underground. China built a 1,300-ton data cabin submerged under the sea, housing 24 server racks running 400 to 500 servers cooled entirely by the ocean. No air conditioning or cooling towers sucking up millions of …
THE WAR JUST MOVED INTO THE FINANCIAL SYSTEM: Iran just told everyone in the region to stay 1 kilometer away from US and Israeli banks and financial centers. This came after the US and Israel struck Iranian banks overnight. Iran’s …
Wall Street Apes @WallStreetApes ABC News investigated and found more than 3,000 data centers are already operating nationwide At least 1,000 more planned Residents near data centers are seeing much as 50%+ increases on their electric bills “ABC7 has also …
Electricity prices hit (another) new all-time high in January… thank you data centers pic.twitter.com/QsUcHE2YVf — Don Johnson (@DonMiami3) February 14, 2026 Factcheck: Yes, AI data centers contribute to rising U.S. electricity prices by increasing demand. BLS data shows prices hit …
by Michael The violent clashes that are causing so much chaos in the streets of our major cities aren’t going to stop. Tens of thousands of anti-ICE activists have already been recruited, and more are joining their ranks with each passing …
We’ve said this for how long? “Oracle and OpenAI's AI data centers buildout needs $500 billion, and Wall Street is starting to flinch” “Oracle and OpenAI have aimed to build $500 billion of data centers by the end of the …
by confoundedinterest17 A good Federal Reserve don’t. Print money, that is. The Federal Reserve prints a lot of money (M2). Unfortunately, it largely benefits elites (the top 1%). The bottom 50% get some benefits, but the gains in net worth largely …
🚨 IRAN ISSUES DIRECT THREAT TO TRUMP During an emergency session on nationwide protests, Iranian Parliament lawmakers chanted “Death to America” and slogans backing the regime. Speaker of Parliament Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf warned:“If the United States carries out a military… …
“.. data centers were the worst performing REIT sector in 2025.” 👇🏼 Oops! https://t.co/qbIUB3y8vm — Kalani o Māui (@MauiBoyMacro) January 6, 2026 What I know about GenZ from my own experience is that they always blame someone else for all …
