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Amazon borrows $17.5B from major banks just two days after raising $14B in bonds, bringing total new financing to $31.5B as tech giants race to fund AI capex.

HiCloud Technology and China Communications Construction opened a 24 MW submerged facility off Shanghai, targeting 1.15 PUE using seawater cooling and offshore wind power.

Meta and Reliance Industries announced a 168 MW AI data center in Gujarat, marking Meta's initial infrastructure play in India's rapidly expanding AI compute market.

Current Amazon engineers testified in favor of a one-year Seattle data center moratorium, citing unsustainable resource consumption tied to AI infrastructure buildout.

Shelbyville, Indiana's mayor faces criticism after recorded comments disparaging residents opposing a $2B data center project.

New York lawmakers approved a temporary freeze on large data center construction, requiring environmental impact assessments and community hearings before projects can proceed.

Blackstone-backed operator plans major expansion in South Asia as tech giants race to secure computing capacity outside traditional markets.

SpaceX's amended IPO prospectus now flags water availability as a critical constraint for its data center expansion, joining power as a core infrastructure bottleneck.

OpenAI and partners opened The Barn, a 1GW data center in Saline, Michigan, pledging union jobs, water conservation, and community investment.

Environmental activist Erin Brockovich has created a public map and database to document data center construction practices and their local impact.

SoftBank Group commits to investing up to €75 billion to build 5 gigawatts of AI data center capacity across France by 2031, marking its largest European infrastructure play.

Amazon deployed a quasi-random networking design called RNG that reduces bottlenecks and energy use in data centers, a technical breakthrough it claims competitors haven't yet replicated at scale.

xAI is cementing natural gas turbines as its power source while SpaceX positions space-based solar as the long-term solution for AI data centers.

SpaceX's IPO filing reveals Anthropic will pay $1.25 billion monthly for AI training capacity, underscoring the compute scarcity driving major AI infrastructure deals.

A three-year infrastructure deal between rivals signals xAI's pivot to cloud provider model and raises questions about compute utilization.

SpaceX is investing heavily in portable gas generators to power its AI infrastructure, even as environmental complaints mount.

Elon Musk's xAI is committing $2.8B to additional gas turbine capacity over three years, even as the EPA and NAACP challenge its current operations for violating air-quality regulations.

Google announces community investments tied to its new Montgomery County data center, including workforce training and utility bill assistance.

Box Elder County commissioners approved the Stratos Project, a massive AI data center backed by Kevin O'Leary, but environmental permits and water sustainability remain unresolved.

OpenAI's Stargate initiative has already exceeded its original 10GW U.S. compute target, with 3GW added in just the last 90 days.