Global data center power demand is surging, but only in the US are data centers the largest driver.

MW AI data center in Patagonia under Argentina’s RIGI, with leaders touting Stargate Argentina as a regional milestone.

A developer sued a Michigan township after it voted against a data center proposal. Cities in Ohio and Missouri have explored data center bans.

AI data centers use large amounts of water for cooling. And many are being built in the drought-stricken Mountain West, sparking concerns over water supplies.

Nvidia’s DGX Spark packs data-center power into a desktop-sized box. Powered by the Grace Blackwell GB10 Superchip, it delivers up to one petaFLOP of AI performance and 128GB unified memory for $3,999.

The Meade County Planning and Zoning Commission voted unanimously not to recommend a change that'd allow a massive data center to be built on a 138-acre site near Brandenburg.

The center is intended to be the first in a “campus” of data centers within what Green 4 Maine calls its “innovation hub,” co-founder Scott Hinkel said Tuesday. A company from Silicon Valley looking to operate an AI data center was at Loring Tuesday, he said, and Green 4 Maine is in talks with several others.

Gov. Newsom vetoed a bill that would have required data centers to report their projected water use when applying for a business license.