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  1. EU plans would fund European cloud and AI alternatives while assessing dependencies on US software and digital infrastructure providers. 🇪🇺
    Draft tech sovereignty rules also target “sovereignty washing” and could expand EU data center capacity within seven years. ☁️

    🔗 techradar.com/pro/eu-to-back-e

    #TechNews #EU #Europe #Sovereignty #Cloud #AI #DataCenters #OpenSource #Privacy #DigitalSovereignty #Infrastructure #Regulation #Security #FOSS #BigTech #US #USA #Government #Politics #Software

  2. Michigan Advance: Federal class-action lawsuit filed over Dowagiac data center noise. “As a Las Vegas-based company plans to expand its data center operations in Michigan, residents living near its current facility are taking them to court, citing constant, noisy operations.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/michigan-advance-federal-class-action-lawsuit-filed-over-dowagiac-data-center-noise/
  3. Forward Kentucky: Questions grow about who will pay the cost for big data centers in Kentucky . “The state is well positioned to evaluate and proactively address how increased needs for electricity and water could affect costs for ratepayers, the impacts of incentive programs on state and local budgets, and whether and to what extent these projects benefit the communities in which they are […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/forward-kentucky-questions-grow-about-who-will-pay-the-cost-for-big-data-centers-in-kentucky/
  4. New Jersey Monitor: Gov. Sherrill seeks limits on data center construction. “Gov. Mikie Sherrill said Wednesday that she backs legislation that would regulate data centers and seeks to implement new policies aimed at limiting the industry, which has faced opposition here in New Jersey and nationwide.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/new-jersey-monitor-gov-sherrill-seeks-limits-on-data-center-construction/
  5. ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/abc-news-australia-report-warns-ai-data-centre-boom-threatens-australias-energy-transition/
  6. ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/abc-news-australia-report-warns-ai-data-centre-boom-threatens-australias-energy-transition/
  7. ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/abc-news-australia-report-warns-ai-data-centre-boom-threatens-australias-energy-transition/
  8. ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/abc-news-australia-report-warns-ai-data-centre-boom-threatens-australias-energy-transition/
  9. ABC News (Australia): Report warns AI data centre boom threatens Australia’s energy transition. “The report used government projections, suggesting that data centres’ demand for energy will increase more than sixfold from 2024–25 to 2040, surging from 2 to 13 per cent of the country’s total energy use.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/abc-news-australia-report-warns-ai-data-centre-boom-threatens-australias-energy-transition/
  10. 🚀🤖 In a move as clever as a fish on a bicycle, the tech world ponders what to do with *AI datacenters* sans #GPUs. Who knew removing the brain from the operation would lead to an existential crisis? 🤔💡 Apparently, we now need a manifesto to use the leftover cables for something other than jump rope. 🏢💔
    almartis.xyz/gpu-free-datacent #AI #datacenters #existentialcrisis #techinnovation #futureoftech #HackerNews #ngated

  11. 🚀🤖 In a move as clever as a fish on a bicycle, the tech world ponders what to do with *AI datacenters* sans #GPUs. Who knew removing the brain from the operation would lead to an existential crisis? 🤔💡 Apparently, we now need a manifesto to use the leftover cables for something other than jump rope. 🏢💔
    almartis.xyz/gpu-free-datacent #AI #datacenters #existentialcrisis #techinnovation #futureoftech #HackerNews #ngated

  12. 🚀🤖 In a move as clever as a fish on a bicycle, the tech world ponders what to do with *AI datacenters* sans #GPUs. Who knew removing the brain from the operation would lead to an existential crisis? 🤔💡 Apparently, we now need a manifesto to use the leftover cables for something other than jump rope. 🏢💔
    almartis.xyz/gpu-free-datacent #AI #datacenters #existentialcrisis #techinnovation #futureoftech #HackerNews #ngated

  13. 🚀🤖 In a move as clever as a fish on a bicycle, the tech world ponders what to do with *AI datacenters* sans #GPUs. Who knew removing the brain from the operation would lead to an existential crisis? 🤔💡 Apparently, we now need a manifesto to use the leftover cables for something other than jump rope. 🏢💔
    almartis.xyz/gpu-free-datacent #AI #datacenters #existentialcrisis #techinnovation #futureoftech #HackerNews #ngated

  14. 🚀🤖 In a move as clever as a fish on a bicycle, the tech world ponders what to do with *AI datacenters* sans #GPUs. Who knew removing the brain from the operation would lead to an existential crisis? 🤔💡 Apparently, we now need a manifesto to use the leftover cables for something other than jump rope. 🏢💔
    almartis.xyz/gpu-free-datacent #AI #datacenters #existentialcrisis #techinnovation #futureoftech #HackerNews #ngated

  15. «The parties in your business must be great?» someone asked, implying that there is a lot of spending money in the data center sector.

    «Well», I start, a bit awkward, «it used to be a group of socially inept people looking down on the floor, and only start lifting their head to look at each other after several alcohol units…»

    #datacenters #datacenter #nerdlife

  16. Texas A&M: AI’s growing footprint raises fire safety challenges for data centers. “Led by Dr. Qingsheng Wang and chemical engineering Ph.D. students Tylee Kareck and Chi-Yang Li, researchers from Texas A&M University are investigating an unexpected threat to data centers — increased fire risk. In a recent collaborative publication with George Washington University and the University of […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/texas-am-ais-growing-footprint-raises-fire-safety-challenges-for-data-centers/
  17. This analysis seems very relevant for us here in Indiana as our clueless governor and Republican super majority trying to push data centers on our communities. They are promising jobs and revenue while ignoring all the credible data about negative effects and the mirage of the positive.

    kypolicy.org/who-will-pay-for-

    H/t
    mastodon.green/@gerrymcgovern/

    #HoosierMast #Indiana #DataCenters #Facts #policy

  18. The beneficiaries of the artificial intelligence buildout are spreading far beyond technology high-flyers, with seasoning maker Ajinomoto's stock gaining 61% so far in 2026, on track for its best year since 1986. japantimes.co.jp/business/2026 #business #companies #ai #stocks #investments #chipmakers #datacenters

  19. Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/spectrum-local-news-nearly-500-n-y-small-business-owners-join-calls-for-state-data-center-moratorium/
  20. Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/spectrum-local-news-nearly-500-n-y-small-business-owners-join-calls-for-state-data-center-moratorium/
  21. Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/spectrum-local-news-nearly-500-n-y-small-business-owners-join-calls-for-state-data-center-moratorium/
  22. Spectrum Local News: Nearly 500 N.Y. small business owners join calls for state data center moratorium. “In a letter to Gov. Kathy Hochul, nearly 500 small business owners from across New York state urged the governor to pass legislation that would establish a temporary moratorium on new data center construction.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/spectrum-local-news-nearly-500-n-y-small-business-owners-join-calls-for-state-data-center-moratorium/