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The Denver City Council approved a one-year moratorium on new data center construction Monday as the city prepares to study what regulations it may impose for the facilities.

As CNBC recently reported, some of the resistance to large AI data center construction is pushing the market to consider a more distributed model, including small compute systems designed for residential settings. The story pointed to pilot-stage thinking among companies such as PulteGroup, Nvidia, and Span, suggesting this is no longer just a home-lab fantasy or a fringe edge-computing thought experiment. It is now credible enough to be discussed by experts in housing, energy management, and economic infrastructure. It’s certainly not mainstream, but it is worth serious examination. Economic forces at work The timing is not accidental. Homes are expensive, especially for those who bought at the elevated prices and interest rates of late. Mortgage payments are a heavy burden; insurance and taxes continue to climb. In this housing market, homeowners are increasingly interested in turning underutilized parts of their properties into sources of recurring income. Spare rooms have become sh

The post Qualcomm signs major data center customer, expands market reach beyond mobile chips appeared on BitcoinEthereumNews.com. Qualcomm has landed a major hyperscale customer for custom data center silicon, marking the company’s most aggressive push into server infrastructure since it abandoned that market entirely in 2018. Shipments of the new custom chips are expected to begin in December 2026. From mobile giant to data center contender Qualcomm launched its Centriq server processors in 2017, positioning ARM-based chips as a power-efficient alternative to Intel’s dominance. By 2018, the entire effort was shuttered. The AI inference play Rather than trying to compete head-on with NVIDIA’s training GPUs, Qualcomm is targeting a specific slice of the AI compute stack: inference. The company is developing custom ASIC-based AI accelerators designed to handle inference workloads at lower power consumption than GPU-heavy alternatives. Qualcomm signaled this strategic direction in August

Qualcomm's data center expansion could diversify its revenue streams, challenging established players and reshaping the AI inference market. The post Qualcomm signs major data center customer, expands market reach beyond mobile chips appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

Reno became the first local government in Nevada to pause new data center applications following a council vote in a packed special meeting that reflected the divisiveness of the issue across the nation.

“This is a public trust and transparency issue.”

In a court filing, the administration signaled support for Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company in a lawsuit challenging xAI’s generators at a huge Mississippi data center.

In a court filing, the administration signaled support for Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company in a lawsuit challenging xAI’s generators at a huge Mississippi data center.