by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 3, 2026 | AI
If you’d wandered into the Marietta, Ga., planning meeting without knowing the agenda, you might have thought someone was proposing to build the Death Star. People spoke of “the data center” the way previous generations whispered about nuclear...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jul 2, 2026 | AI
A journalist develops an annoying habit after enough years in the business. We don’t stop reading when everyone else does. We follow the footnotes. This week someone posted an infographic titled “Water and Data Centers: The Least Understood Risk.” It...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 26, 2026 | AI
Every now and then, someone asks a question that refuses to leave your head. This week, it came from a woman in an online discussion about artificial intelligence and data centers. She wrote, “My question is always, do we need more?” Then she added...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 24, 2026 | AI
The internet has given us many gifts. Cat videos. Conspiracy theories. People who believe the Earth is flat while using GPS satellites to drive to Walmart. And now, according to social media, China apparently has giant AI data centers floating in space, sucking up...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 24, 2026 | AI
I’ve been a reporter long enough to know that whenever somebody begins a sentence with, “They don’t want you to know this,” I immediately want to know two things. First, who exactly is “they”? Second, did anybody actually read the...
by Isaac Cubillos | Jun 22, 2026 | AI, Journal
It started with a puddle. Not one of those biblical homeowner catastrophes where water is shooting through the ceiling and the neighbors gather in lawn chairs to watch the excitement. Just a puddle. Clear water. Under the air conditioner handler in my garage. The unit...
