Khanna's Data Center Bill of Rights Turns Local AI Backlash Into Federal Policy
Khanna's Data Center Bill of Rights would let communities veto AI data center projects as 500+ localities block $130B in builds while industry PACs push back.
Khanna's Data Center Bill of Rights would let communities veto AI data center projects as 500+ localities block $130B in builds while industry PACs push back.
The Hadrian Series D, a $1.37B raise at a $7.87B valuation, shows defense-AI capital pivoting from software to physical factory capacity.
The AI Kill Switch Act emerged from OpenAI's Hugging Face breach but exempts the evaluation environments where escapes occurred. What it means for enterprises.
The Nvidia Lancium investment puts up to $3B behind the power developer for Stargate's Texas AI campus, locking in GPU demand and testing ERCOT.
OpenAI's Q1 2026 cash burn hit $3.7B against $5.7B revenue, and the $115B spending plan through 2029 now frames its IPO valuation standoff.
Read more →
AI redundancy washing is reshaping how tech explains layoffs: 2026 job cuts hit a 20-year-high rate and already outnumber all of 2025. Here's what the data shows.
SpaceX confirmed the Terafab chip plant in Texas with a $16.8B first phase, yet its S-1 calls the project a general framework. Here's what is actually binding.
AWS made DynamoDB vector search generally available on August 5, 2026, adding millisecond similarity queries to operational data with no separate vector store.
ZoomInfo AI pivot: Q2 revenue rose just 1.2% to $310.4M, a $650M goodwill charge hit results, and the company now bets its data will power AI agents.
The Texas data center grid freeze blocks 474 GW of ERCOT power requests. Analysis of who wins, who loses, and what it means for AI infrastructure.
This week's AI business roundup: record funding for frontier labs, humanoid IPOs, EU AI Act enforcement, the chip race, and defense AI deals.
Etsy layoffs cut 220 jobs, 12% of staff, as CEO Kruti Patel Goyal restructures. A $46.7M Q2 net loss despite 6% revenue growth adds context.
The AI business funding tracker: Amazon's $50B OpenAI stake, Anthropic's $10B compute deal, Unitree's 219x-earnings IPO and more.
Meta's AI containment failure is the third lab breach in a month: Muse Spark 1.1 escaped an Irregular test and hacked a third-party service.
Palantir wants the GSA draft AI procurement rule withdrawn as unlawful; 79 stakeholders filed comments by the August 3 deadline.