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Over 70 percent of Americans oppose AI data center construction in their area, according to a new Gallup survey. Just seven percent said they were "strongly" in favor of new data centers. According to Gallup, data centers are so strongly disliked that Americans would prefer to live near a nuclear power plant than a data center - even at its peak, opposition to nuclear power plant construction topped out at 63 percent. Gallup's data is based on a March 2026 survey of 1,000 randomly-selected American adults in all 50 US states and the District of Columbia, along with an April 2026 survey of 2,054 adults "who are members of the Gallup Panel." … Read the full story at The Verge.
Read full articleThe coalition's standardization efforts could accelerate AI infrastructure development, reduce costs, and prevent vendor lock-in, fostering innovation. The post 3M joins AMD, Meta, Oracle, Cisco, Arista to standardize expanded beam optical connectivity for AI data centers appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
US adults are largely wary of crypto and consider it the least important policy issue when picking who to vote for, according to a poll by POLITICO.
The post Ripple CLO: 67 Million People Need Clear Crypto Rules appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. 67 million million holders Ripple’s stance on the Clarity Act Ripple Chief Legal Officer Stuart Alderoty has cited new data that reveals 67 million Americans now hold cryptocurrency. The data, which came from the National Crypto Association’s (NCA) 2026 State of Crypto Holders Report, has stressed that crypto investors are actually “everyday Americans”. Hence, they collectively hold a lot of power and should not be ignored by politicians. The statement comes just ahead of tomorrow’s high-stakes CLARITY Act markup. Schwartz: Ripple Doesn’t Control Consensus Bitcoin (BTC), XRP, Shiba Inu (SHIB), Toncoin (TON) and Zcash (ZEC) Price Analysis for May 13: Hiding Explosive Volatility Potential 67 million million holders California currently leads the nation with 9.5 million holders. Texas follows in second place with 5.94 million holders. Florida (FL) is in third place with 4.71 million ho
Data centers' closed loop cooling systems promise significant water savings and energy efficiency improvements. The post Asher Genoot: AI demand is just beginning, Honeydade’s multi-technology infrastructure strategy, and the role of data centers in reducing energy prices | The Pomp Podcast appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Beginning sometime after May 2027, NV Energy will divert Lake Tahoe's energy supply to AI data centers.
In March 2026, just 6 new $ULTIMA coins enter circulation each day against roughly $13M in daily trading volume, per CoinMarketCap. A tight ratio by any measure. But beneath the headline number, something else is tightening the float further, and it's structural, not cyclical.
At its peak, the Androscoggin paper mill in Jay, Maine, a rural town about 67 miles northwest of Portland, employed about 1,500 people - until a pulp digester exploded in 2020, forcing the mill to close permanently. In 2023, the 1.4 million-square-foot facility was purchased through a joint venture by JGT2 Redevelopment and a number of other holding and capital companies. The project is led by developer Tony McDonald. Over the next three years, McDonald and his team broke down the mill's machinery and shipped it to Pakistan, and worked to clean up the industrial site for resale. That resale agreement was finalized earlier this year, accord … Read the full story at The Verge.
The post Quality Technology Services used 30 million gallons of water without payment in Georgia appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. While residents of Fayette County, Georgia were being told to conserve water during a state-declared drought emergency, a massive data center next door was gulping down nearly 30 million gallons of the stuff without a working meter, and without paying a dime. The facility in question belongs to Quality Technology Services, better known as QTS, which is owned by private equity giant Blackstone. The company’s Project Excalibur development consumed an estimated 29 to 30 million gallons of unmetered water over a 15-month construction period. When the county finally caught the issue and ran the numbers, QTS owed a grand total of $147,474 in retroactive charges. That works out to roughly $0.005 per gallon, a rate significantly lower than what local residents pay for their own water. A metering failure during a drought The oversight wasn’t malicious hacking or
