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Thursday 5 November

Americans hate data centers. Tech needs them

All the money Elon Musk spent couldn't win him an election.

AI-generated summary The midterms have been dubbed the AI election following serious anti-tech sentiment around data centers and an open question for Anthropic regarding compute and costs. A Gallup and UMass Amherst poll from earlier this year showed more than 70% of Americans oppose data center construction while tech investments and funding rounds continue.

Also covered by The Intercept
Earlier: Data Centers as Unpopular Stimulus Programs

More than half of US hyperscale data center projects face 'regulatory friction' after 2026 midterm elections - report

AI-generated summary Analysts at BMI report that over half of the US hyperscale data center pipeline faces heightened regulatory friction following the recent midterm elections. Cleanview estimates that newly elected governors could pause forty-one percent of planned data centers across the country.

Earlier: After the midterms, a bigger clash over data centers could be coming

NVIDIA DLSS 5 Gives Astral Chain's Native PC Port Richer Textures and Moodier Lighting, as PlatinumGames' Switch Exclusive Starts Looking Like a Remaster

AI-generated summary PlatinumGames and Nintendo Switch exclusive Astral Chain has been released in a native PC port utilizing NVIDIA DLSS 5 neural rendering. The video shows that neural rendering enhances the environments with more detailed textures and slightly moodier lighting for the game.

Renewable Innovations joins US DOE lab project on fuel cell power for AI data centers

AI-generated summary Renewable Innovations announced it has joined a US DOE-backed research project to develop fuel cell power systems for AI data centers. The initiative will test how tightly coupled fuel cell and compute-rack architectures cope with the dynamic power profiles of AI workloads and includes a field demonstration at the Sky Data Centers site in Santa Rosa, California.

Elon Musk Is Afraid Of Power Being "Concentrated" In My Hands, Says Sam Altman, Even As Both Have Similar Fears About AI

AI-generated summary OpenAI makes products available while Sam Altman and Elon Musk develop competing technologies amidst ongoing concerns regarding concentrated power. Sam Altman states that Elon Musk and former coworkers build rival systems because they believe high stakes require multiple competing approaches.