// Policy
Judge rules xAI must face the NAACP's pollution lawsuit over its Memphis turbines
The company argued its gas turbines were mobile and exempt from permits. The court said the power plant feeding its data center is not.
// TAG
#data centers
// Startups & Money
Saudi Aramco buys 49% of Humain as the kingdom bets oil money on AI
The oil giant puts about $2.6 billion and its own AI tech into the state-backed firm building 3 gigawatts of data centers by 2030.
// Policy
Data centers are unpopular, so OpenAI may try calling them 'AI compute campuses'
Ahead of the midterms, OpenAI's policy chief floated a rebrand along with AI 'speed limits' and global standards, per Axios.
// Startups & Money
Nvidia may cosign the loans on Nscale's Anthropic data center
A reported guarantee would leave the chipmaker holding the keys if Nscale can't pay to build its West Virginia campus. The AI buildout now runs on vendor-backed credit.