What is an AI ‘superfactory’? Microsoft unveils new approach to building and linking data centers

Microsoft unveiled its first AI “superfactory,” linking data centers in Wisconsin and Atlanta through a high-speed fiber ...
WDIO

What is a data center?

Data centers have been the subject of a lot of discussion lately, especially around the Northland, after a proposal for a facility in Hermantown was made public. The idea has drawn much attention from ...
The Indianapolis Star

Is Franklin Township data center dead? Google withdraws petition just before Council hearing

A proposed Google data center in Franklin Township might be dead. Minutes before a highly-anticipated City-County Council vote on Sept. 22, Google withdrew their rezoning petition. Opposed Franklin ...
The Hill

Trump administration pushes to get AI data centers on the grid faster

The Trump administration issued a proposal late Thursday that aims to help AI data centers get connected to the electric grid more quickly. Energy Secretary Chris Wright sent the proposal to the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI Data Center Boom Threatens Trump’s Manufacturing Revival

If you’re searching for a symbol of the wild ride the US economy has been on over the past decade and where it’s going next, the former General Motors Co. plant in Lordstown, Ohio, checks a lot of ...
PC World

‘AI’ data centers are so power-hungry, they’re now using old jet engines

“AI” needs a lot of computing resources, which is why new data centers are cropping up anywhere there’s cheap land. But powering all those hungry servers takes a lot of energy, and overburdened power ...
Newsweek

AWS Outage: How Virginia Data Centers Brought Down the Internet Worldwide

In the early hours of Monday morning, a large part of the internet suddenly stopped working. The origins of the global outage which affected millions around the world —an area of roughly 385 acres in ...
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AWS Data Center Outage

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AWS outage puts Northern Virginia data centers in the spotlight

WUSA-TV Washington, D.C. Posted: October 21, 2025 | Last updated: October 21, 2025 The Amazon Web Services outage knocked out web services around the world. The epicenter of the outage is Northern ...
The Business Journals

Widespread AWS outage traced to Northern Virginia data center hub

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min The company's largest data ...
Augusta Free Press

Northern Virginia data center likely source of worldwide outage, recovery slow

A data center hub in Northern Virginia is causing havoc across the world after it experienced a significant outage this morning, and the economic impact could be significant. The issue began at ...
WUSA

AWS outage puts Northern Virginia data centers in the spotlight

FAIRFAX, Va. — An Amazon Web Services outage is causing major disruptions around the world. The service provides remote computing services to many governments, universities and companies, including ...