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Oracle sent a force majeure notice to delay payments on its New Mexico Stargate data center if it misses its 2028 online target, while New Jersey fined a data center $1.1 million after drone photos exposed 62 unpermitted gas generators.
🐿️ Oracle's force majeure claim conveniently shields it from schedule penalties, while New Jersey's drone-based fine shows regulators are now using aerial surveillance to police backup power emissions.
US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035, driven by AI demand. Separately, Iranian strikes on Amazon data centers caused permanent customer data loss.
🐿️ The same AI arms race fueling data center growth is also creating a single point of failure for global cloud services.
SpaceX's orbital data center plans could create a new category of e-waste, while Starcloud raised $250 million for similar projects. A novel cooling method using urine is being explored to reduce water consumption in data centers.
🐿️ While orbital data centers promise reduced latency, the real satellite dish is figuring out how to recycle e-waste and pee efficiently.
