by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 10, 2026 | Data Centers
Jacob Coxon managed to scare the hell out of a lot of people this week. Coxon isn’t some guy sitting in his basement asking ChatGPT whether the machines are coming for him. He worked on artificial intelligence at OpenAI and Anthropic, two companies at the front...
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 10, 2026 | Data Centers
Rendering of the proposed $10 billion Imperial Valley Computer Manufactoring data center near Imperial, Ca. A Superior Court judge has overturned the county approvals for the project and ordered the development to undergo environmental review as a whole. There is a...
by Isaac Cubillos | Sep 2, 2026 | Data Centers, Journal
The light comes through one window at Bogeys and Stogeys, and that’s where I sit. I don’t smoke. This is not necessarily an advantage at Bogeys. Cigarettes. Cigars. Smoke hanging in the darker reaches of the room and wandering through the shaft of Florida...
by Isaac Cubillos | Aug 31, 2026 | Journal
A few years ago, my buddy, Paul, finally surrendered. For years, Paul had resisted the smartphone revolution. He had his flip phone. It made telephone calls. People could call him. He could call them. As far as Paul was concerned, Alexander Graham Bell had pretty much...
by Isaac Cubillos | Aug 27, 2026 | Journal
President Donald Trump has renamed Lake Ontario. It is now, according to the United States government, Lake America. Well, sure. Why not? We have apparently reached the point in international diplomacy where the State Department can be replaced by a label maker. There...
