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01 / EXPLORE THROUGH TIME

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20261,153 stories
The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution↗ capitalbnews.org · HN · 403 comments · 511 points · Sep 11, 2026
45°C cooling design cuts data center water use to near zero↗ blogs.nvidia.com · HN · 429 comments · 488 points · Jun 24, 2026
Farmer donates land for a park, city sells it for $10M as data center land↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 3 comments · 476 points · Jun 10, 2026
A Farmer Donated Land to Turn into a Park. The City Is Building a Data Center↗ 404media.co · HN · 540 comments · 491 points · Jun 08, 2026
Data centers in space makes no sense↗ civai.org · HN · 1346 comments · 1118 points · Feb 03, 2026
2025665 stories
Datacenters in space aren't going to work↗ taranis.ie · HN · 437 comments · 498 points · Nov 29, 2025
Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage↗ tomshardware.com · HN · 206 comments · 266 points · Nov 12, 2025
Microsoft cancels leases for AI data centers, analyst says↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 339 comments · 402 points · Feb 24, 2025
Stargate Project: SoftBank, OpenAI, Oracle, MGX to build data centers↗ apnews.com · HN · 1538 comments · 1021 points · Jan 21, 2025
So you want to build your own data center↗ blog.railway.com · HN · 276 comments · 596 points · Jan 17, 2025
2024337 stories
How oxide cuts data center power consumption in half↗ oxide.computer · HN · 178 comments · 195 points · Nov 21, 2024
Amazon buys stake in nuclear energy developer in push to power data centres↗ ft.com · HN · 345 comments · 139 points · Oct 16, 2024
Data center emissions probably 662% higher than big tech claims↗ theguardian.com · HN · 65 comments · 114 points · Sep 16, 2024
Major data center power failure (again): Cloudflare Code Orange tested↗ blog.cloudflare.com · HN · 46 comments · 214 points · Apr 08, 2024
AWS acquires Talen's 960MW nuclear data center campus in Pennsylvania↗ datacenterdynamics.com · HN · 114 comments · 196 points · Mar 04, 2024
2023158 stories
Overheating datacenter stopped 2.5M bank transactions↗ theregister.com · HN · 7 comments · 29 points · Nov 07, 2023
The Day Elon Musk Decided to Rip Servers Out of a Data Center↗ techdirt.com · HN · 3 comments · 12 points · Sep 14, 2023
Why Host Datacenter in Kosovo?↗ basehost.eu · HN · 0 comments · 18 points · Jul 23, 2023
Free data-center heat is allegedly saving a struggling public pool $24K a year↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 0 comments · 11 points · Mar 16, 2023
2022197 stories
Shouting in the Datacenter (2008) [video]↗ youtube.com · HN · 78 comments · 437 points · Aug 18, 2022
FedEx to close data centers, retire mainframes↗ datacenterdynamics.com · HN · 559 comments · 492 points · Jul 05, 2022
Yandex data center in Finland loses power due to contract termination↗ datacenterdynamics.com · HN · 325 comments · 327 points · May 04, 2022
We unplugged a data center to test our disaster readiness↗ dropbox.tech · HN · 57 comments · 259 points · Apr 25, 2022
Meta suspends Netherlands data center due to political pushback↗ datacenterdynamics.com · HN · 178 comments · 185 points · Mar 30, 2022
2021104 stories
The virtual data center – a 1401 3D simulation↗ rolffson.de · HN · 4 comments · 78 points · Aug 17, 2021
The slow rise of robots in the data center↗ datacenterdynamics.com · HN · 72 comments · 103 points · Jun 26, 2021
Pijul – Datacenter on Fires↗ pijul.org · HN · 31 comments · 103 points · Jun 04, 2021
Fire declared in OVH SBG2 datacentre building↗ travaux.ovh.net · HN · 589 comments · 1141 points · Mar 10, 2021
One of OVH's datacenter in Strasbourg, France is literally on fire↗ twitter.com · HN · 7 comments · 27 points · Mar 10, 2021
2020177 stories
Oracle Moving HQ to Austin↗ sec.gov · HN · 437 comments · 361 points · Dec 11, 2020
Microsoft's underwater data centre resurfaces after two years↗ bbc.co.uk · HN · 373 comments · 775 points · Sep 14, 2020
Photos from Bell Labs Datacenter in 1960s (2019)↗ rarehistoricalphotos.com · HN · 71 comments · 242 points · Aug 10, 2020
Our data centers now work harder when the sun shines and wind blows↗ blog.google · HN · 189 comments · 507 points · Apr 22, 2020
AMD is determined to gets its rightful datacenter share↗ nextplatform.com · HN · 115 comments · 206 points · Mar 06, 2020
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02 / CATCH UP

The conversation now

Popular stories, with attention fading over roughly two weeks.

The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution↗ capitalbnews.org · HN · 403 comments · 511 points · Sep 11, 2026
Oracle on the hook to pay data centre investors even if site has no electricity↗ ft.com · HN · 153 comments · 156 points · Sep 25, 2026
Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on controversial data center↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 151 comments · 151 points · Sep 24, 2026
New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 29 comments · 94 points · Sep 24, 2026
What It's Like to Work in One of America's Data Centers↗ wsj.com · HN · 74 comments · 83 points · Sep 20, 2026

03 / GO DEEPER

Follow your curiosity

Find a particular story, revisit a year, or see what resonated.

Highest rated · the last 30 days

The EPA is planning to scrap public review rules for data center pollution↗ capitalbnews.org · HN · 403 comments · 511 points · Sep 11, 2026
Oracle on the hook to pay data centre investors even if site has no electricity↗ ft.com · HN · 153 comments · 156 points · Sep 25, 2026
Oracle cites 'force majeure' to shield itself on controversial data center↗ bloomberg.com · HN · 151 comments · 151 points · Sep 24, 2026
'People are going to get screwed' Pennsylvania voters unite against data centres↗ ft.com · HN · 199 comments · 107 points · Sep 04, 2026
New Jersey fines data center $1.1M after drone pics expose 62 gas generators↗ arstechnica.com · HN · 29 comments · 94 points · Sep 24, 2026
What It's Like to Work in One of America's Data Centers↗ wsj.com · HN · 74 comments · 83 points · Sep 20, 2026
Wall Street is growing skeptical of the data center boom↗ nytimes.com · HN · 87 comments · 72 points · Sep 21, 2026
The moral panic over data centres is foolish↗ economist.com · HN · 196 comments · 61 points · Sep 05, 2026
Texas Data Center Map: See where data centers are operating or planned↗ kxan.com · HN · 30 comments · 34 points · Sep 03, 2026
Oracle invokes force majeure on New Mexico AI data center↗ qz.com · HN · 1 comments · 28 points · Sep 24, 2026

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