AV2 brings more data savings for mobile video, hits key milestone
Rita El Khoury / Android Authority TL;DR The definitive specs for the AV2 codec have been released by the Alliance for Open Media. AV2 is a video codec and a…
Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk commits to investing $30B in India by 2030, with plans to develop 5GW of new data center capacity in the country (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
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AirTrunk commits $30B to build 5GW of AI data centers in India
Blackstone-backed data center operator AirTrunk said on Thursday it would invest $30 billion in India by 2030, adding to a wave of commitments from technology and infrastructure groups seeking to…
data center developer Switch is in talks to raise billions of dollars from PE firms including Brookfield and KKR at a $50B+ valuation (The Information)
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Elon Musk petitioned the FTC in May to end its 2022 order restricting Twitter’s data use, claiming Twitter no longer exists as X merged with xAI and then SpaceX (Ashley Belanger/Ars Technica)
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Meta steals a tactic from Tesla and builds data centers in tents
Just when you thought the AI data center boom couldn’t get any crazier, Meta has gone and built data centers in tents. The strategy appears to borrow in equal parts…
Arizona Public Service, the state’s largest utility, proposes a 45% electricity-rate increase for data centers to ensure “that they are paying their fair share” (Jennifer Hiller/Wall Street Journal)
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just 26% of Americans support increased data center construction, the lowest share among 15 large countries, including the UK, Japan, and Canada (Financial Times)
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Google’s ‘Dreambeans’ experiment turns your data into bite-sized personalized stories
TL;DR Google is rolling out a new Labs experiment called “Dreambeans.” Dreambeans uses Personal Intelligence and Nano Banana 2 to generate personalized stories based on information gathered from connected apps.…
Ultrahuman says hackers accessed customers’ wellness data via internal tool
Wearable health-tech startup Ultrahuman said hackers gained unauthorized access to customers’ wellness data after stealing an employee’s credentials through malware. On Wednesday, the India-based startup informed affected customers of the…