technology
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OpenAI reportedly plans to buy Google’s AI chips as Oracle prepares to offer TPUs in 2027, opening another front in the market for AI computing hardware.
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Mississippi’s data center plans span AVAIO’s ambitious Brandon campus, Compass’s Meridian development and PowerCompute’s smaller Columbus mine, where 11 MW is under contract.
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Minnesota’s biggest data center plans face pivotal decisions: Google’s Pine Island campus needs another environmental review, while Hermantown awaits a vote and Farmington seeks a path to construction.
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STMicroelectronics lifts its 2026 AI data-center revenue outlook to about $1.3 billion as optical chips contribute to quarterly sales growth.
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An OpenAI–Oracle data center is under construction near Saline, Google won site approval in Van Buren Township, and a Dowagiac Bitcoin mine is pivoting toward AI.
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CrowdStrike says law firms face escalating cyberattacks, including physical impersonation, rapid data theft and a 39% rise in legal entities listed on leak sites.
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BitGo CEO Mike Belshe’s 100-BTC challenge to Anthropic remains unclaimed. What the blockchain proves—and why it is not evidence Claude tried to hack Bitcoin.
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Westfield’s data center plan lost its permit extension, Holyoke blocked another proposed facility, and the city’s existing research computing center remains in operation.
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PsiQuantum unveils an 8×8 silicon-photonics optical switch, reporting 1.2 dB typical loss and switching under 3 ms in early tests.
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Maryland’s biggest data center plans could transform a former aluminum smelter, a power station and an abandoned mall. Each faces a different path to construction.
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Maine’s biggest data center plans keep hitting roadblocks. Sanford’s proposed campus is paused, the Jay mill project lost its operator, and Millinocket’s plan was canceled.
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Altera’s Agilex 27 FPGA promises 1.8× the performance per watt of Agilex 7, with 1.6Tb Ethernet and engineering samples expected in 2027.
