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Data Centers Are Making North Carolina Hotter, New Study Reveals
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (338+ words) Your summer electric bill keeps climbing, and now researchers know one reason why. A new University of Cambridge study analyzing satellite data from 2004 to 2024 found that AI-focused data centers create significant heat islands, raising local land surface temperatures an average…...
Central North Carolina communities pause to consider data center development
4+ mon, 2+ week ago (754+ words) Data centers are top of mind for county and municipal leaders in central North Carolina as we see an AI boom across the world. North Carolina is already home to several massive data centers, and many more are attempting to…...
The hidden costs of North Carolina’s data center boom
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (1516+ words) The windowless buildings rising across North Carolina look more like warehouses than engines of climate change. Across the state, proposals for hyperscale data centers built to support artificial intelligence and cloud computing are driving unprecedented demand for electricity and water....
Embracing the AI moment — Building North Carolina’s innovation future
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (502+ words) Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant future — it is reshaping every industry, every job, and every community right now. Last week, at the All Things Open AI Conference in Durham, North Carolina’s tech leaders, civic innovators and business professionals…...
Google to invest $1 Billion in North Carolina over two years
5+ mon, 4+ week ago (371+ words) WWAYTV3 Google to invest $1 Billion in North Carolina over two years LENOIR, N.C. (WWAY) — Google has announced a new $1 Billion investment within the next two years in North Carolina, to grow its data center infrastructure in Lenoir, among other commitments to the…...
As Raleigh grows, the city uses AI to rethink traffic management
8+ mon, 2+ week ago (809+ words) At a busy downtown intersection where cars, scooters, cyclists and pedestrians cross paths, Raleigh traffic engineers are testing a new approach to managing congestion as the city continues to grow. Using existing traffic cameras paired with artificial intelligence and mapping…...
Raleigh startup makes glasses that captions human speech for folks who are hard of hearing
10+ mon, 1+ day ago (337+ words) "This product has to be simple," said Alex. "If it's any more complicated than 'push a button,' our population is just not going to be able to use it." "We work with a lot of older adults who live in…...
North Carolina mulls how to manage power demand from data centers
10+ mon, 2+ week ago (1271+ words) From AI to Facebook to Google Maps, the nation’s demand for computing power is growing, with households in the U.S. now averaging a whopping 21 devices — think smartphones, TVs, and thermostats — all connected to the internet. That was one of many…...
The ‘Future of Work’: Gov. Josh Stein along with local business leaders in Raleigh speak about AI and the future of the job industry
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (141+ words) Governor Josh Stein joins local business leaders in Raleigh discussing the future of work in Raleigh. With rapid innovations in technology and AI transforming advanced manufacturing, leaders say the need for workers with skills to fill technical manufacturing jobs is…...