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Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local pr...

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Microsoft caves to AI data center revolt, pledges full power costs and no tax breaks

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Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover full power costs and reject local tax breaks

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Microsoft swears off local subsidies as worry over AI power crunch looms

Who’s going to pay for the artificial intelligence boom?

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Gov. DeSantis delivers State of the State address

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Tech Weekly: Apple and Google do a deal, Glasses for the Blind

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Microsoft’s Brad Smith pushes Big Tech to ‘pay our way’ for AI data centers amid rising opposition

Microsoft is trying to win over communities concerned about AI data centers. The company's president, Brad Smith, is meeting with federal lawmakers to emphasize that the industry, not taxpayers, should cover the costs of these centers.

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Microsoft’s Project Strong ARMed wants AI agents that auto-port x64 codebases to Arm64 on Windows (likely not client for now)

Microsoft is internally mulling a new project codenamed “Project Strong ARMed,” according to a new job listing.

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Anthropic, Microsoft announce new AI data center projects as industry’s construction push continues

Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure on Wednesday that will include new data centers in Texas and New York. Microsoft also on Wednesday announced a new data center under construction in ...

Trump Warns Microsoft: Don’t Make Americans Pay for AI Electricity

President Donald Trump pressures Microsoft and Big Tech to cover the costs of powering AI data centers as rising electricity bills spark consumer concerns.