DataBank CEO: Dallas poised to be the nation’s leading location for data center capacity

DataBank CEO Raul Martynek, headquartered in downtown Dallas, discusses the rapid growth and development of data centers in Texas amid the AI boom.

The Beat: Chicago's first AI-focused data center going up downtown

Highlights from this week's The Beat newsletter include HydraVault commencing construction on an AI-focused data center ...

How NDAs keep AI data center details hidden from Americans

Big Tech companies use secrecy agreements with local governments to keep communities from knowing who is building in their ...
EDUCAUSE Review

#4: Building a Data-Centric Culture Across the Institution

Using data for improved planning and decision-making is most effective when access is coordinated and shared across the ...
Wired

Fans Call on Taylor Swift to ‘Do Better’ After Accusations of Using AI for Promo Videos

A scavenger hunt campaign to promote Taylor Swift’s new album, The Life of a Showgirl, resulted in a viral #SwiftiesAgainstAI campaign. “The first sign that it was AI was that it didn’t look great,” ...
Engadget

OpenAI has disrupted (more) Chinese accounts using ChatGPT to create social media surveillance tools

OpenAI has disclosed that a now-banned account originating in China was using ChatGPT to help design promotional materials and project plans for a social media listening tool. OpenAI says that this ...
The Independent

NHS trust suggests coeliac children use food banks after cancelling prescriptions to cut costs

Children in the North West with coeliac disease will no longer get gluten-free food on prescription to cut costs – with health bosses instead suggesting they could turn to food banks for help. Around ...
Atlanta Blackstar

‘Do You Live Here?’: Property Managers Demands Black Resident ID Himself In Gym Even Though He Use Access Key to Get In, Video Shows

A Black man’s visit to the gym at his apartment complex turned on its head when he was harassed by his property managers and asked for his ID and apartment number. A now-viral video set to the popular ...
Columbus Dispatch

Data centers create jobs in central Ohio, but not in ways you might expect

As central Ohio's data center industry keeps booming, critics often lament that the gigantic server warehouses directly employ only several dozen people. But while the number of employees collecting a ...