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When Data Centers Cluster Together, How Dirty Are They? One County Wants Answers.

An unusual study aims to estimate the pollution and health costs from a cluster of proposed data centers, instead of considering each one separately.

Β© Paul Ratje for The New York Times

Seldom do local officials consider the cumulative effect that several data-center projects have on a region. Construction of a Texas data center near a residential community recently.

How Meta Uses A.I. Data Centers to Avoid Billions in Federal Taxes

Meta is exploiting a lucrative tax break intended to support research and experimentation. Its own accountants say the gambit is risky.

Β© Illustration by Joan Wong; Photographs by Jason Henry for The New York Times, Mike Stewart/Associated Press, Getty Images

Can Tech Companies Like Google Really Put Data Centers in Space?

Google is preparing to launch a satellite that can run its A.I. technologies from the heavens. But this is just a first step.

Β© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

Workers prepared to test solar panels and wires for a vibration test for eventual use on a spacecraft, at Planet Labs in San Francisco.

Google Is Sending an A.I. Data Center to Outer Space

Next Thursday, Google is sending an experimental satellite into orbit that will have enough computing power to answer simple A.I. queries from space.

Β© Philip Cheung for The New York Times

A technician in a clean room at the Planet Labs office inspects the solar panels and wires of a Google-commissioned satellite before a vibration test meant to mimic the shaking it will undergo during launch.

Data Center Is Fined $1.1 Million for Operating 62 Power Generators

New Jersey officials said that the natural gas-powered generators, each the size of a tractor-trailer, were operating without permits.

Β© USA Today, via Reuters

A data center under construction in Vineland, N.J., last year.
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