Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, and US power supply is sufficient but permits are slow (Amir Efrati/The Information)
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From The Information: Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, and US power supply is sufficient but permits are slow — Data centers in space could cost up to 100 times as much as those on Earth, Google's head of data center energy said this week …
AI infrastructure provider Fireworks says hackers accessed some customers' datasets, incomplete model weights, and billing information over the past month — Two customers told Forbes they had already substantially moved their business off Fireworks' systems, with one describing a series …
US AI demand grows from 66gw in 2027 while tokens per watt compound 2.9x a year, so the grid only binds if token demand outruns efficiency. Break-even real token growth is ~2.5x a year with no cancellations.
The FT reports Anthropic agreed to pay $3.4 billion for 1.7GW of gas-fired generators from OnePWR, bypassing traditional suppliers to secure scarce equipment for its data centres.
Inside Inner Mongolia, China's fastest-growing AI data center region, where construction is accelerating with low building cost and no public backlash — A wind-powered 800MW campus, 120MW built within a year, a 5MW SST-native 800V DC pilot and a cooling design without central chillers
Google's data center energy head says space data centers cost up to 100x more than Earth-based ones, and US power supply is sufficient but permits are slow (Amir Efrati/The Information) · Keeping Up with Silicon Valley