Data Center Watch: local opposition blocked or delayed 17 US data center projects worth $98B in Q2 2025, vs. 16 projects worth $64B from May 2024 to March 2025
So here: Ketan Joshi / @ketanjoshi.co : This @mollytaft.com piece is the closest I've seen to an interrogation of who 10a Labs are and why they're doing this - but note how 10a Labs frame the conseque...
Amazon opens Project Rainier, an $11B AI data center on 1,200 acres in Indiana that trains and runs Anthropic's AI models using 500K+ Amazon Trainium 2 chips
NEW CARLISLE, Indiana — A year ago, it was farmland. Now, the 1,200-acre site near Lake Michigan is home to one of the largest operational AI data centers in the world.
Inside Amazon's Indiana data center complex: built for Anthropic with plans for ~30 centers, consuming 2.2GW of power and millions of gallons of water per year
On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up. Forums: r/environment Forums: r/environment :...
President Trump says he told Tim Cook that “I don't want you building in India”, “India can take care of themselves”, and Apple will be “upping” US production
what Apple can to do to appease Trump Adrija Chatterjee / Moneycontrol : India's value for money makes it a natural pick for the likes of Apple, says govt official Shouvik Das / Livemint : No change t...
Sources: Apple plans to send more iPhones to the US from India to offset the China tariffs, but the situation is too uncertain to upend supply chain investments
‘people are just rushing in worried’ Chance Miller / 9to5Mac : Apple is racing to fly planes of iPhones into the US ahead of Trump's tariffs Daily Mail : How Tim Cook's business empire could beat Dona...
The US finalizes a $458M grant for SK Hynix under the CHIPS Act and $500M in loans to build a $3.87B chip packaging facility in Indiana
Mackenzie Hawkins / Bloomberg :
US police in California, Colorado, and Indiana are testing Draft One, Axon's AI tool that generates police reports from Axon's bodycam audio, with 75 officers
With law enforcement focused on reducing crime rates and budget pressures, while recruiting and retaining staff …
At least eight US states, including Indiana and Louisiana, have passed laws or adopted rules so far in 2024 to curb students' smartphone use during school hours
Natasha Singer / New York Times :
The US awards South Korea's SK Hynix an initial $450M in grants and $500M in loans to build an advanced chip packaging facility in Indiana under the CHIPS Act
- Firm to get $450 million Chips Act grant, $500 million loan — Indiana facility focused on advanced packaging, research
Pornhub parent Aylo tells local news outlets in Kentucky and Indiana that local IP addresses are set to be geo-blocked in mid-July due to age verification laws
Michael McGrady Jr / AVN Industry News :