Opinion
Data centers are good, actually
Those that give in to fear and shut the doors to data centers, like others did with nuclear power in the past, are likely to miss out on major economic opportunities.
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Meta-Corning deal puts NC at center of AI infrastructure push
The deal highlights NC’s dual position in the data center economy, hosting major facilities while also manufacturing critical components that support projects nationwide.
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Biogen is the latest entrant in NC’s corporate investment surge
Biogen Inc. announced July 21 its plans for investing $2 billion in its manufacturing facilities located within North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park (RTP).
Opinion
Leadership on $2.75 trillion digital economy at stake in NC’s Senate race
States that lead in digital technologies will set the pace for American economic competitiveness. NC is positioned to be one of those states. We can choose Senate representation that matches the moment.
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Amazon plans $10B AI data center in Richmond County
Amazon announced on Wednesday that it plans to invest $10 billion to launch a new high-tech cloud computing and artificial intelligence (AI) innovation campus in Energy Way Industrial Park in Rockingham, Richmond County.
Opinion
NC’s digital goldmine: Capturing billions through vertical integration
By aligning our natural resources, educational excellence, technological infrastructure, and financial capital, NC can harness the economic potential of the digital age.
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Regulation of Big Tech
Some think that the internet's future may be as a public utility. Not so fast, say experts who argue it could lead to overregulation, and fundamentally change how the online world operates.
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Ohio bank claims 100 percent renewable power from N.C. solar project
Update: This story was updated 11:08 June 4, with a statement from Jordan McGillis, a spokesman for the Institute for Energy Research. Ohio-based Fifth Third Bank claimed in a March press release it’s the “first Fortune 500 company and first bank to contract for 100 percent renewable power through a single new project.” The project is...
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Amazon perpetuates misleading claims about wind farm
ELIZABETH CITY — Amazon claims its large-scale wind farm near Elizabeth City will produce enough electricity “to power more than 61,000 U.S. homes,” but neither the online company nor its wind farm operator Avangrid will share data supporting that claim. Amazon continues to perpetuate the misleading notion that the electrical grid can take power from...
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Analysts Call Apple Renewable Energy Claims ‘Lies’
RALEIGH — California-based Apple promotes its 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, N.C., by saying it runs “100 percent” on renewable energy even though the facility continues to get all of its electricity from Duke Energy, a public utility that primarily generates electricity using coal, nuclear power, and natural gas.
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Amazon’s Wind Farm Links Nonexistent
RALEIGH — When Amazon Web Services, a division of online retailer Amazon, announced in July its involvement in North Carolina’s first major wind farm, the company stated the power would be used for its data centers in Northern Virginia, but the centers will continue to purchase electricity entirely from Dominion Virginia Power, the public utility that currently supplies the Amazon data centers.
