do i know any lawyers on here who might want to look at a trade libel lawsuit and tell me if it's BS or not? shoot me a dm or email me :) [email protected]

Bless this Wired lede so hard. "Wednesday’s episode of the Musk v. Altman trial kicked off on Wednesday with a unique proposition: OpenAI wanted to bring its ass into the courtroom, and lay it bare before the jury. It’s a good thing lady justice wears that blindfold." www.wired.com/story/musk-a...

important to note that it's colossus 1 that's in boxtown, not colossus 2 — colossus 2 is about a 20 minute drive over the border in mississippi

A 10-year-old wrote MAGA Congresswoman Virginia Foxx for a school project. He chose to write about an electric vehicle tax credit. He thought it was good for the environment. Virginia responded by attacking him and his teacher for being propagandized. These people have power over your life.

btw, regulators confirmed to us this morning that the 19 new turbines (and the 27 already on site) are not part of an air permit granted in March, meaning xAI has more than 1 GW of unpermitted gas power at Colossus 2 right now

NEW: xAI appears to have added more than 500 MW (!) of unpermitted gas turbines to its Colossus 2 campus in a matter of weeks, according to internal emails between the company and regulators

NEW: xAI appears to have added more than 500 MW (!) of unpermitted gas turbines to its Colossus 2 campus in a matter of weeks, according to internal emails between the company and regulators

NEW: i took a look at a chevron power plant designed to power a data center that is asking for a school district tax break in texas — the plant's probable client is microsoft, which made a series of promises around tax breaks in january my dive into tax breaks for data center power:

gonna be on tv tonight talking data centers — tune in :)

So excited to have Brian running the @wired.com Science ship…wonderful things ahead!

I CANT EXPRESS HOW GREAT THIS IS. PITCH US BOTH

hey uh anyone know what’s going on near New Bedford, mass?

Scoop for @heatmap.news: HHS Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr is asking the federal government to review & study the health effects of noise and EMF radiation from data centers

I listened to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s new HHS podcast so you don't have to: www.wired.com/story/rfk-jr...

What a STUNNING quote: “I just think the American market is ahead of us [and] the same thing is going to happen here....it just will take a bit longer and it will be a bit harder because more people will be saying, ‘hang on a minute, we don’t want to be burning greenhouse gasses"

One of the many findings in my story on talks between Gov. Josh Shapiro’s admin & Amazon… Pennsylvania offered Amazon “exclusive early access” to a permitting fast track program Months before it was available to the public In a memo labeled covered by a NDA ❓❓❓❓❓❓❓❓❓❓

EXCLUSIVE My big behind-the-scenes look into how Gov. Josh Shapiro has courted Amazon amid the mounting backlash to data centers Complete with internal emails, memos, an “exclusive” offer for help with faster permitting and a NDA no one would explain to me. My latest for @heatmap.news 😌

a story publishing imminently about a major rumored 2028 presidential contender & their inner talks with data center developers / big tech

For @slate.com & @economichardship.bsky.social, I reported on how chaos and changes surrounding SNAP benefits are taking a toll. People described endless fear and worry over feeding their kids, where their next meal will come from, and whether SNAP could become even more difficult to access.

Not the most important thing, but there will be a determined effort to connect BlueSky with the shooter, framing it as a hotbed of dangerous radicals.

this is a good example of why breaking news situations are difficult. this one happened in a room full of journalists and i’ve seen at least three different and conflicting narratives

look I'm all for roasting the correspondents who went to the dinner but it does usually take more than 10 minutes to report news accurately

3 things can be true at once: 1) Forecasts of data center energy demand are "frothy" & unlikely to fully materialize; 2) Those forecasts are driving decisions w/lasting effects here and now; 3) Even lower bound forecasts are disruptive to near-term decarbonization. www.wired.com/story/new-ga...

I hadn't realized that Glenna Goldis has been put in charge of these investigations. That's a major red flag. At the FTC hearings on this issue last year (before she was hired), she basically claimed all gender-affirming care (at least for minors, but maybe more generally) is inherently deceptive

Thanks to the FTC spokesperson who suggests that @wired.com “Stick to computers.” But no.

These people are such unrepentant dipshits

Wanna know what one of the poster children for data center noise sounds like? Turn sound on to hear Vantage’s VA2 in Sterling, Virginia. Reports indicate the noise is from gas turbines operating on site for off-grid power.

incredibly important story from my colleague @telliotter.bsky.social about how the FTC, of all agencies, is on a rampage against trans care providers:

NEW: The state of New Jersey has canceled its agreement with a grid operator to build crucial infrastructure for offshore wind. If you were hoping they'd build the wires and then wind turbines could come after Trump, that's not the case. My latest @heatmap.news #greensky #energysky #climatesky

when @mollytaft.com showed me the permit estimates and was like "but also, take look at the numbers for these ENTIRE COUNTRIES" my jaw dropped. a must read: www.wired.com/story/new-ga...

This post appeared under this Techmeme headline:

sure these numbers are less scary! but two points: 1. the US is a global emissions giant — i think pieces reminding ppl of that fact are good 2. this is for just 11 potential data centers. less than a dozen!! they will also not be connected to the grid. context is important for that 2% number too

"Even if the actual emissions from these power plants end up being half of the emissions numbers on the permits, they still could create more greenhouse gas emissions than the country of Norway emitted in 2024" Wild new @mollytaft.com @wired.com piece: www.wired.com/story/new-ga...

NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math. less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)

New gas-powered data center projects linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI could emit more greenhouse gases than entire nations, according to a @wired.com investigation from @mollytaft.com -- happy earth day, don't miss this one!

A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year. www.wired.com/story/new-ga...

Really proud of us at @wired.com for this. The work we did on DOGE is some of the work I am personally proudest of, and it's amazing to see that work and impact recognized. www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...

Thrilled that Wired's newsroom has been honored for our DOGE reporting with a Hillman Prize for magazine journalism! www.hillmanfoundation.org/hillman-priz...

New documents reveal the U.S. deal with TotalEnergies canceling offshore wind leases actually required no new investment from the company, contradicting the Trump admin’s claims it will lead to new fossil fuel investments Via @heatmap.news @emilypont.bsky.social

As someone who has recently been tasked with digging for this kind of information about data centers, believe me when I tell you that the regulatory landscape for these things is basically the wild west

I am.........v v surprised by this @mollytaft.com exclusive revealing that the US EIA will force data centres to disclose energy use. I am worried the only reason this is allowed to happen is they're collecting *something* but *not enough* info to be really meaningful www.wired.com/story/the-us...

EXCLUSIVE: the US's energy information agency is planning to implement a nationwide survey of data centers to collect information on energy use, infrastructure, cooling techniques, and other info would be the first such survey of data centers of its kind

I spoke with one of the world’s leading experts on anti-tech extremism about the rising violence against executives and politicians who support AI data centers. Our conclusion? Expect a lot more future violence over AI data centers, period. My latest for @heatmap.news

Anyone interested in this topic should really try to find a copy of Powerline by Paul Wellstone and Barry Casper. This kind of industrial sabotage of unwanted energy infrastructure has a long history.

excited to be joining @kqedforum.bsky.social again today at 10am PT / 1pm ET to talk all things data center opposition :)

You're invited to WIRED@Night! Ben McKenzie joins WIRED senior correspondent Andy Greenberg for a no-holds-barred conversation on the facts and fiction of cryptocurrency. Tickets and more info here: events.wired.com/at-night/