Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover ...
2 days ago · The tech giant's new "community first" initiative includes pledges to pay full power costs, reject local tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses — a response to growing …
Microsoft scrambles after AI data center revolt, promises 100 ...
Microsoft is racing to contain a growing backlash against the power-hungry data centers that fuel its artificial intelligence ambitions. After months of local anger over rising utility demands and ...
Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI ...
1 day ago · 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 …
Microsoft tells communities it will ‘pay its way’ as AI data ...
1 day ago · Resource-heavy AI data centers have been facing backlash across the US as big tech is increasingly having to answer to locals irate about skyrocketing power usage and utility …
Microsoft's president wants Big Tech to 'pay our way' for AI ...
2 days ago · Microsoft is trying anyway. The software giant’s president, Brad Smith, is meeting with federal lawmakers Tuesday to push forward an approach that calls for the industry, not …
Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data ...
1 day ago · Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers It made five pledges to address concerns that have stymied plans to build out new AI data centers.
Microsoft vows to ‘pay its way’ as it seeks to defuse data ...
1 day ago · Microsoft is pledging to “pay its way” for its AI data centres, as soaring US electricity prices and water use bring a backlash against tech companies and the Trump administration’s …