From the Next Gen Newsroom: Digital Gold Rush? Amid AI Boom, Lawmakers Seize on Need for Data Centers - Pittsburgh Union Progress

From the Next Gen Newsroom: Digital gold rush? Amid AI boom, lawmakers seize on need for data centers - Pittsburgh Union Progress

National and state political leaders are rushing to regulate and incentivize the rapidly growing data center industry fueled by artificial intelligence. Data centers — sometimes nondescript buildings located in former manufacturing areas — are popping up across the state. And lawmakers are pushing for incentives and accelerated permitting to make the commonwealth more attractive to data center developers. Rep. Stephenie Scialabba (R-Butler), cha…

AI data centers meet community resistance in Pa.: ‘Seems like it’s being rushed’

The artificial intelligence revolution is upon us, and Gov. Josh Shapiro wants Pennsylvania to win. In June, the governor announced Amazon’s $20 billion plan to build data center innovation campuses across the Commonwealth – by far the largest private-sector investment in the state’s history.

GIM StarLight Miami Launches AI-Powered Graphene Cooling for Data Centers

GIM StarLight Miami Inc., a subsidiary of UK-based Graphene Innovations Manchester (GIM), has launched operations in Miami, Florida, introducing a proprietary cooling system designed to tackle excessive heat and energy consumption in AI and crypto data centers. This development comes as data centers are projected to see over $1 trillion in U.S. investment in the next five years… Source