How a Blue Wave midterm might reshape the AI industry
TechCrunchby Theresa Loconsolo, Anthony Ha, Sean O'Kane, Kirsten Korosec
From TechCrunch: Democrats’ historic victories in this week’s U.S. midterm elections could also transform the tech industry. The public voted on 41 data center-related ballot measures on Tuesday — in all but one, the majority voted to impose more restrictions on data center development.
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