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Republican pollsters are finding overwhelming voter support for vaccines and immunization programs, helping to slow aggressive policy changes. New data shows most Americans reject vaccine skepticism and support keeping childhood vaccination recommendations.
A Kenyan court ruled that Worldcoin illegally collected iris scans from citizens, ordering the company to delete all biometric data within seven days. The landmark decision marks a major win for privacy rights in Africa's growing digital economy.
One of the world's largest data infrastructure companies just committed to large-scale carbon removal to fight climate change. NTT DATA is teaming up with Swiss climate tech leader Climeworks to offset emissions from its growing AI and data center operations.
USAFacts is calling on Congress to invest in public data infrastructure so every American can access clear information about how their government works. The campaign comes as federal data collection faces unprecedented challenges.
Researchers found a way for countries to work together against excessive data collection by social media giants. The approach focuses on user rights instead of data's dollar value.
Researchers in China developed a breakthrough holographic system that stores massive amounts of data inside light itself, using three dimensions instead of flat surfaces. An AI model reads the information back, opening doors to smaller data centers and faster storage worldwide.
Google is planning to power its new Botetourt County data center with renewable energy, following Virginia's Clean Economy Act that phases out fossil fuels by 2050. The tech giant has already procured 23 gigawatts of carbon-free power across its data center portfolio.
A company is building a wind turbine that powers its own data center inside while ocean water cools the servers. The floating prototype launches in 2027, solving energy and cooling problems that plague traditional data centers.
A remote Alaskan fishing town just solved two problems at once: putting excess clean energy to work and bringing data processing closer to home. Cordova installed a data center inside its hydroelectric plant, cooled by mountain meltwater.
Investors just bet $210 million on floating AI data centers that generate their own power from ocean waves. The bold solution tackles energy and cooling challenges facing traditional data centers on land.
The data center industry is experiencing a transformation as dramatic as the Industrial Revolution, driven by AI's explosive growth. Texas alone is tracking over 225 gigawatts of new projects, with data centers making up 70 percent of those requests.
Israel is building next-generation data centers specifically designed to handle the extreme power demands of artificial intelligence. Bynet Data Centers is leading the charge with innovative facilities that can support AI workloads up to eight times more powerful than traditional computing.
China just powered up the world's first underwater data center that runs directly on offshore wind energy and cools itself with seawater. This engineering breakthrough could slash data center energy use by billions of kilowatt-hours while freeing up land and freshwater.
A Nevada data center now runs on solar power and recycled electric vehicle batteries instead of straining the electric grid. The innovation could solve America's growing energy crisis as AI and data centers push electricity demand to record highs.
SpaceX has filed plans with federal regulators to launch up to one million solar-powered satellites that would function as orbiting data centers for artificial intelligence. The ambitious proposal aims to harness near-constant solar power while eliminating the environmental impact of ground-based data centers.
The Seminole Nation of Oklahoma made history as the first Indigenous nation to officially ban data center construction on its sovereign land. In a unanimous vote, tribal leaders chose environmental protection over tech development.
Major tech companies are racing to solve a problem most people don't know exists: data centers guzzle billions of gallons of water each year. Now they're making bold commitments to replenish more water than they use, easing a growing public concern.
Federal health officials want to treat patient health data like a public utility, similar to electricity or water. The approach could speed up medical research while giving patients more control over their own information.
A founder who helped friends with phone privacy at parties just raised $20 million to protect the data companies hold on all of us. Her AI-powered tool is transforming how businesses keep our information safe.
Ethiopia is building its own data infrastructure to guide national policy without external dependence. The country has digitized its statistical systems and connected 26 branches nationwide with AI-powered tools.
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