Slowing frontier model development will require more computing power, not less.
World leaders are in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, which coincides with Climate Week. It comes after months of climate-fueled extreme weather around the world, including heat waves in North America and Europe, wildfires in Africa, flash flooding in Asia and a record-breaking El Niño. Climate campaigner Bill McKibben says that…
Spending on data centers, the backbone of the artificial intelligence industry, has reached new highs in 2026. In response to the infrastructure boom, opposition to the facilities has exploded this year, escalating from a niche local issue to a defining topic ahead of the November midterm elections. Almost overnight, candidates across the political…
Communities across America — rural and suburban, red and blue — have been embroiled in debates over data centers. A backlash has been brewing across the nation for months, and it’s reaching a tipping point. For many Americans, discussions about AI can feel abstract and distant, occurring in far-off labs or on screens. But data…
