Farmer Turns Down $15M as AI Data Centers Sweep Rural America
One US farmer refused a $15M data center offer in 2026. Inside the AI land rush converting rural American farmland into cloud compute infrastructure.
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Meta and Reliance Partner on 168MW Jamnagar AI Data Center for India
Meta and Reliance Industries are building a 168MW AI data center in Jamnagar, Gujarat. India gets its first hyperscale build-to-suit facility and what it means for cloud developers.
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Google Pays SpaceX $920M/Month for 110,000 GPUs at xAI Data Center
Regulatory filings confirm Google pays SpaceX $920M/month for 110,000 Nvidia GPUs at xAI Memphis. What the deal means for developers and cloud economics.
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Botswana's Tier III Data Center, $66M Digital Budget, and the AI Mining Play
Botswana's new Tier III data center, $66M digital budget, and Cybersecurity Bill make it Africa's most credible developer market outside South Africa and Kenya in 2026.
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$300,000 Robot Dogs Are Now Guarding AI Data Centers Across the US
Boston Dynamics Spot quadrupeds costing up to $300,000 each are patrolling America's largest AI data centers as companies pour $700B into infrastructure too big for human security teams.
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Saudi Arabia Year of AI: HUMAIN Fund, 480MW Hexagon Data Center, $930B PIF
Saudi Arabia formally declared 2026 its Year of AI, launched HUMAIN with $930B PIF backing, and broke ground on Hexagon — the world's largest government data center at 480MW in Riyadh.
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Inside America's AI Infrastructure Push: How US Policy Is Supercharging a Global Data Center Arms Race
US executive orders and the AI Action Plan have unlocked fast-track data center permitting, federal land for AI campuses, and billions in infrastructure investment. Here is how American AI policy is reshaping the global data center landscape in 2026.
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Beyond Singapore: How Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam and Thailand Are Becoming the World's Next AI Data Center Hubs
Singapore capped data center growth in 2022. The rest of Southeast Asia is now racing to attract hyperscaler investment. Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, and Thailand are all committing billions. Here is the state of the Southeast Asia AI infrastructure race in 2026.
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The Power Wall: How Energy Grid Constraints Are Becoming the Biggest Bottleneck in the AI Data Center Boom
AI data centers are consuming electricity at a rate that is straining power grids worldwide. US data center demand may hit 9% of national electricity consumption by 2030. Here is the global energy constraint crisis hitting AI infrastructure and what it means for cloud costs, deployment locations, and the future of AI compute.
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