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Energy mandates, regulatory shifts, grid constraints, AI compliance, and the new rules reshaping how datacenters are designed, powered, cooled, and governed. That kind of thing.

Colossus in the Cottonfield

Colossus in the Cottonfield

Elon Musk’s xAI supercomputer arrives in Memphis—uninvited, unpermitted, and unfiltered In South Memphis, where the air already carries the weight of decades of industrial residue, Elon Musk's xAI has erected its latest marvel: Colossus, a supercomputer powered by 35 methane gas turbines. These turbines, operating without

When the Datacenter Is Too Loud for the Neighborhood

When the Datacenter Is Too Loud for the Neighborhood

Brainerd’s new ordinance shows what happens when infrastructure meets local fear They say data has no borders, but fans do. Fans have decibels. Fans have bearings that rattle after a few months of spinning at full tilt. And in Brainerd, Minnesota, the people have heard enough. This isn’t