Nvidia weighs $250 billion guarantee so OpenAI can lease SoftBank’s 10-gigawatt Ohio campus, report claims — Nvidia also said to be discussing $350 billion deal to finance chips for the site

OpenAI is in advanced talks to lease SB Energy’s 10 GW data center campus in Piketon, Ohio, with Nvidia in discussions to guarantee roughly $250 billion of the financing behind it.

‘It sounds like someone set up a vacuum, like in your living room’: Michigan residents sue AI data center emitting noise 24/7 — company fined for industrial noise ordinance violations, offers to buy homes from residents

Residents of Dowagiac, Michigan, filed a case against a data center for generating noise pollution 24/7 for over two years. They said that the site has violated city noise ordinances but hasn’t made any improvements.

One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.

A close call in Northern Virginia revealed just how poorly data centers respond to grid disruptions. Here’s how to fix the problem.

Space is becoming Bezos and Musk’s next data center site, and we have every reason to worry

SpaceX, Blue Origin, and others want enormous orbital data center constellations, prompting warnings over atmospheric pollution, debris, and an astronomy problem satellites are already making worse.

Oregon will start charging service providers for undersea cables using its sea floor — millions accrued over years will go toward state schools
Oregon will start charging service providers for undersea cables using its sea floor — millions accrued over years will go toward state schools

Oregon set to start charging service providers for undersea cables using its sea floor. It will funnel the millions accrued toward state schools.

OpenAI’s AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B

OpenAI will spend the equivalent of Sweden’s GDP on infrastructure through 2030.

Data centers forecast to use 20% of US power by 2035 — analysts estimate usage will rocket to 194 gigawatts, 83% more than forecast seven months ago
Data centers forecast to use 20% of US power by 2035 — analysts estimate usage will rocket to 194 gigawatts, 83% more than forecast seven months ago

BNEF’s December outlook put 2035 demand at 106 GW, and that figure was itself 36% above the projection the firm published in April 2025.

Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035

New data centers built through 2033 could consume as much electricity as India uses today.

Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims — attacks launched against AWS site in response to alleged US strikes on an under-construction nuclear plant
Amazon data center in Bahrain struck and destroyed by Iranian cruise missiles, state media claims — attacks launched against AWS site in response to alleged US strikes on an under-construction nuclear plant

The Amazon site has suffered multiple hits since the start of the U.S. bombing campaign in Iran. The IRGC claims to have ‘destroyed’ AWB Bahrain, but the company has moved operations off the facility since early April.

Elon Musk spent estimated $1 billion on an energy company to power xAI, filings reveal — APR Energy owns a fleet of trailer-mounted gas and diesel turbines capable of generating more than 1 gigawatt

An FTC document revealed that Elon Musk purchased APR Energy, a mobile natural gas and diesel turbine generator provider, for an estimated $1 billion. The deal wasn’t announced publicly and was only discovered after the FTC filing.