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Data center dispute says Texas firm tricked Montana company

As artificial intelligence and data centers dominate conversations about technology, energy needs and political regulation, few things illustrate how deeply those issues have penetrated, even in Montana, than the fight that is happening in Broadview. Broadview, population 139, sits 31 miles from Billings, the state’s largest city. But a

How a company quietly acquired 5,100 acres for a data center in Eastern Montana

When a little-known company called Montana Property LLC purchased 5,000 acres — around eight square miles — just south of Broadview in 2024, the acquisition didn't necessarily make waves. But roughly one year later, the purchaser's parent company Quantica Infrastructure announced development plans for a sprawling

Where are Southeast Asia's data centres?

Where are Southeast Asia's data centres?

New data centres are springing up worldwide as demand soars for artificial intelligence and cloud computing, with Asia one of the sector's fastest growing regions. Land and power shortages in connectivity hub Singapore have driven a tech infrastructure boom in nearby countries where the growing business user base

Where AI lives: Southeast Asia's data centre boom

Where AI lives: Southeast Asia's data centre boom

Nonstop buzzing fills a windowless Microsoft data centre near Jakarta, part of a tech construction boom sweeping Southeast Asia that promises economic opportunities but is also hungry for resources. As demand for artificial intelligence heats up, technology giants are racing to invest billions of dollars in the region, attracted by

Sheehy mocks ‘socialist’ Green New Deal, but runs his house on solar

Montana’s junior U.S. Sen. Tim Sheehy has frequently criticized renewable energy, but his own Gallatin County Home appears to run on “green energy crap,” which most people would likely call a solar and battery storage system. Sheehy’s choice of power seems to be at odds with his

Italy's Enel to invest 20bn euros in renewables by 2028

Italy's Enel to invest 20bn euros in renewables by 2028

Italian power giant Enel said Monday it was boosting investment in renewables, with planned spending of 20 billion euros ($23.6 billion) by 2028 focused on Europe and the United States. The company said in a strategy plan that it wanted to invest a total of 53 billion euros between

'Solar sheep' help rural Australia go green, one panel at a time

'Solar sheep' help rural Australia go green, one panel at a time

Australian farmer Tom Warren's solar panels look like any other -- until you spot the dozens of sheep grazing and napping, helping the country transition to green energy and earning him a decent income while doing it. More than 30,000 solar panels are deployed across approximately 50 hectares