Oklo targets 12 gigawatts of new nuclear power through agreement with data center operator

• Big Oil wants to help Big Tech power artificial intelligence data centers

  Exxon and Chevron see natural gas and carbon capture technology playing a key role in meeting AI's power needs.
  
  CNBC - 4d
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  Exxon Plans to Sell Electricity to Data Centers

  The country’s largest oil company is designing a natural gas power plant outfitted with carbon capture technology to meet the voracious power demand of technology companies.
  
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  12-year-old boy dead, girl injured after falling through ice at New York park

  A 12-year-old boy is dead and an 11-year-old girl is in critical condition after they fell through ice at a park Saturday in Albany, New York.
  
  NBC News - Dec. 8

• The aging U.S. power grid is slowing Big Tech’s data centers and AI’s future

  The Trump administration and state policymakers should ease regulations on utilities.
  
  MarketWatch - Dec. 7
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  SafeSport Center changes targeted in new bill aimed at sex abuse in sports

  A bipartisan bill introduced by four members of Congress seeks changes at the U.S. Center for SafeSport
  
  ABC News - Dec. 6

• Data centers proliferate nationwide, encroaching on cities, suburbs

  Abutting homes, schools an parks, the sprawling warehouses are a huge drain on local resources and major pollutant.
  
  CBS News - Dec. 5
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  AI Data Centers Sprout and Grow With Increased Demand

  Meta plans to build $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana as Elon Musk expands his Tennessee AI facility.
  
  Inc. - Dec. 5
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  As data centers proliferate, conflict with local communities follows

  The sprawling, windowless warehouses that hold rows of high-speed servers powering almost everything the world does on phones and computers are increasingly becoming fixtures of the American ...
  
  ABC News - Dec. 5

• Florida becomes a new center of power with Trump's reelection

  President-elect Donald Trump's "winter White House" is becoming a new hub of power in the U.S. Dave Levinthal, contributor at Business Insider, joins "America Decides" to discuss why lobbyists are ...
  
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