U.S. Data Center Expansion Faces Growing Public and Political Resistance

Large U.S. data center campus near electrical infrastructure and a local community.

Public opposition to data center construction is becoming a significant constraint on the U.S. artificial intelligence infrastructure boom, as concerns over electricity demand, utility costs, land use and local decision-making move from community meetings into state policy and national politics. Resistance that was already visible through nationwide protests in July has continued to grow. New … Read more

Cast AI Hits Billion-Dollar Milestone with Launch of Revolutionary GPU Marketplace

Cast AI Hits Billion-Dollar Milestone with Launch of Revolutionary GPU Marketplace

Cast AI, a cloud optimization platform, has reached a valuation exceeding $1 billion with the launch of its new GPU marketplace and a strategic investment from a major Korean conglomerate. The company unveiled OMNI Compute on Monday, a unified control plane that automatically discovers and integrates compute resources, including GPUs, across multiple cloud providers and … Read more