Data centers

• Google, SpaceX, and Blue Origin Plan To Put AI in Space. Will It Produce Skynet or Untold Economic Abundance? - NIMBY opposition is forcing some Big Tech companies to consider locating their data centers in space.
• Google names Amin Vahdat as new chief of AI infrastructure buildout, Semafor reports - Dec 10 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google has appointed longtime executive Amin Vahdat as chief technologist for AI infrastructure, Semafor reported on Wednesday, citing an internal memo, as tech giants
• Copper Resumes Gains Back Toward Record on Tight Supply Outlook - Prices rose as much as 1.6% to $11,666 a ton on the London Metal Exchange, rebounding from a decline in the previous session, when prices pulled back from an all-time high set on Monday. Copper — a metal critical for electrification and th
• Prediction: This Stock Market Bubble Will Burst in 2026 and 1 Popular Stock Will Crash (Hint: Not Quantum Computing) - Nuclear energy stocks are flying, but the magnitude of these gains appears overblown.
• IBM buys data streaming platform Confluent in $11 billion deal - IBM said Monday it's buying data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion that will help bolster the technology company's artificial intelligence strategy. The two companies said they signed a “definitive agreement” for IBM
• 'Godfather of AI' issues urgent warning about the future of work and employment: 'These guys are really betting on [it]' - "If we make that same response on AI and don’t put guardrails, I think we will come to rue that day."
• Georgia Power says it needs a huge increase in power capacity to meet data center demand - With data centers flooding into Georgia, utility regulators face a big decision: Should they let Georgia Power Co. spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next six years to serve computer complexes?
• Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage - Memory chipmaker Micron Technology said on Wednesday it will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on ​advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence data centers amid a ‌global supply shortage of the essential semiconductor
• Wall Street is driving the AI surge. But millions of Americans could be in the blast zone if the bubble bursts - If the boom turns to a full-blown bubble, the shockwaves could hit far beyond tech.
• The Political Price Shock of Data Centers and Electric Bills - Democrats zeroed in on utilities and affordability to win Republican support in upset elections in Georgia and Virginia. Can the same playbook work in 2026?