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Stargate developer Crusoe could spend $3.5 billion on a Texas data center. Most of it will be tax-free.

2 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Rosalie Chan |Ellen Thomas |Henry Blodget

Oracle executive chairman and CTO Larry Ellison at the White House to announce Project Stargate with President Donald Trump. Elizabeth Frantz/REUTERS 2025-04-05T09:01:01Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? .
Musk investiert 400 Millionen Dollar in KI-Gigafactory - doch es gibt ein Problem

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.de | Ellen Thomas

Das wissen wir bereits über Musks xAI-„Gigafactory“ im US-Bundesstaat Tennessee. Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP Elon Musk will in Memphis eine „Gigafactory of compute“ für xAI bauen. Das Unternehmen hat bereits mehr als 400 Millionen Dollar (rund 375 Millionen Euro) für den Bau ausgegeben, wie aus öffentlichen Unterlagen hervorgeht.
Elon Musk investiert 400 Millionen Dollar in eine neue KI-Gigafactory – doch es gibt ein großes Problem | Flipboard

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ellen Thomas

8 hours agoStephen Curry pfeffert Memphis die Dreier um die OhrenStephen Curry macht Dinge, die nur ein Stephen Curry tun kann. Auch mit 37 Jahren ist sein Wurf aus der Distanz immer noch kaum zu stoppen. Dieses …11 hours agoCurry schnuppert am Dreierrekord: Warriors siegen in MemphisStephen Curry hat die Golden State Warriors zu einem wichtigen Sieg im Playoff-Rennen geführt.
Floyd Mayweather's Real Estate Investments Appear to Be Exaggerated - Business Insider

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Daniel Geiger |Ellen Thomas

After a legendary boxing career, Floyd Mayweather has sought to reinvent himself as a mogul and real estate investor. But his claims don't add up.
Elon Musk's xAI is spending at least $400 million building its supercomputer in Memphis. It's short on electricity.

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Ellen Thomas |Grace Kay

Vincent Feuray / Hans Lucas / Hans Lucas via AFP 2025-04-01T09:00:02Z Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Elon Musk wants to build a "gigafactory of compute" for xAI in Memphis. The company has already spent more than $400 million building it, public records show.
The AI data center boom will create new jobs. Most won't be at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or Meta.

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Ellen Thomas

Tech Construction at a CloudHQ data center in Ashburn, Virginia. Nathan Howard/Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Data centers contributed 4.7 million jobs to the US economy from 2017 to 2023, a PwC study says. Most of those jobs were attributed to "the multiplier effect," a standard and controversial model.
Amazon is spending $100 billion on data centers this year. Energy firm GE Vernova will help power a slice of it.

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Ellen Thomas

Tech Amazon data center. Amazon This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Amazon and GE Vernova are partnering on power solutions for data centers. Grid operators in the US struggle to keep pace with surging data center demand. Big Tech companies are exploring alternative solutions to get power to their sites quicker.
Talen CEO says Amazon is investing 'sweat equity' at its data center next door to the Susquehanna nuclear plant

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Ellen Thomas

Tech The Susquehanna nuclear plant in Berwick, Pennsylvania. AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Talen Energy is confident in its power deal with Amazon despite a regulatory challenge. CEO Mac McFarland sought to reassure wary investors on the company's Q4 earnings call on Thursday.
Vistra's stock had surged amid the AI boom. Now Wall Street is getting antsy waiting for a data center deal.

1 month ago | businessinsider.com | Ellen Thomas

Tech David Yeager, project manager for Vistra Zero, walks through the cases containing storage batteries at the Moss Landing Power Plant. Carlos Avila Gonzalez/The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . Vistra reported earnings Thursday, and its stock fell 11% that day as of publication time.
Big Tech-backed interest group donated to Virginia lawmakers ahead of a failed push to regulate data centers

2 months ago | businessinsider.com | Ellen Thomas

Tech The Virginia House of Delegates. Minh Connors for The Washington Post via Getty Images This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? . The Data Center Coalition's PAC has made $165,500 in campaign contributions to Virginia lawmakers. The interest group's funding came from companies like Amazon, Visa, and Stack Infrastructure.

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30 Jan 25

First Stargate data center has a 200MW substation on-site + permitting for 360.5MW in natural gas turbines. No word on additional energy sources for now. https://t.co/RcnXw2SnM1

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Articles

Stargate developer Crusoe could spend $3.5 billion on a Texas data center. Most of it will be tax-free.

Musk investiert 400 Millionen Dollar in KI-Gigafactory - doch es gibt ein Problem

Elon Musk investiert 400 Millionen Dollar in eine neue KI-Gigafactory – doch es gibt ein großes Problem | Flipboard

Floyd Mayweather's Real Estate Investments Appear to Be Exaggerated - Business Insider

Elon Musk's xAI is spending at least $400 million building its supercomputer in Memphis. It's short on electricity.

The AI data center boom will create new jobs. Most won't be at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or Meta.

Amazon is spending $100 billion on data centers this year. Energy firm GE Vernova will help power a slice of it.

Talen CEO says Amazon is investing 'sweat equity' at its data center next door to the Susquehanna nuclear plant

Vistra's stock had surged amid the AI boom. Now Wall Street is getting antsy waiting for a data center deal.

Big Tech-backed interest group donated to Virginia lawmakers ahead of a failed push to regulate data centers

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