Ellen Thomas

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Hannah Beckler |Rosemarie Ho |Ellen Thomas |Daniel Geiger

Columbus, Ohio, escaped the Rust Belt rut years ago. Regional economic development officials offered incentives that attracted warehouses, manufacturing plants, and healthcare startups, reviving the economy and generating jobs. By 2018, hundreds of these deals over the previous eight years had created some 150,000 jobs. Central Ohio now hopes to repeat that success. It's betting big on "Silicon Heartland," a high-tech innovation hub that proponents hope will be flush with high-paying jobs.

1 week ago | businessinsider.com | Hannah Beckler |Rosemarie Ho |Ellen Thomas |Henry Blodget

The data center boom is driving utilities to torpedo renewable energy goals and rely on fossil fuels, pushing data centers' expected air-pollution-related public health costs to between $5.7 billion and $9.2 billion annually, a Business Insider investigation found. As Big Tech bets on generative AI, electricity demand for data centers far outstrips what renewable power can currently provide.

3 weeks ago | businessinsider.com | Tracy Connor |Daniel Geiger |Ellen Thomas |Henry Blodget

Floyd Mayweather Jr., the champion boxer turned businessman, stood on a Las Vegas stage in October 2021 and told owners of franchises in the chain of fitness studios bearing his name how far he would go to help their investment pay off. "If you guys got problems with filling your gym up, call me, imma come help fill it up," Mayweather told the crowd in a video clip shared with Business Insider. "For free — you call me, I'm gonna put my own gas and come to wherever you're at," he added.

1 month ago | nit.com.au | Ellen Thomas

Ellen Thomas, Principal Research Investigator and Social Work Lecturer at Charles Darwin University,shares her findings with National Indigenous Times. "I just feel like if everybody learnt about the brain—even just the really simple basic concepts—we'd be a much more empathetic society. Instead of thinking, 'that kid's a bad kid', we'd ask, 'what supports does that young person need?' They're not bad kids.

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

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan. Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERS 2025-04-25T17:12:14Z 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? . Meta is building a $10 billion AI data center in northeast Louisiana.