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US datacenters face further backlash over wastewater pollution

From rare bacteria to ‘forever chemicals’, a series of cases of violations or alleged pollution has prompted alarm

The Guardian - US

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will create 'hundreds of thousands' of new jobs—including for people who want to ‘make things with their hands’

Unlike Bill Gates, the billionaire Nvidia CEO is bullish that AI will create more jobs than it eliminates—and skilled trade professionals stand to benefit.

Fortune

How a Pennsylvania couple turns struggling hog farm into $22 million fortune

Rural American land values are rapidly increasing due to AI data center expansion. A Pennsylvania family sold their hog farm for over twenty-two million dollars. This significant land acquisition by QTS highlights the demand for power infrastructure. The development is expected to create thousands of new jobs in the region.…

The Economic Times

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Pennsylvania families sell 1,700 acres for $586 million; AI data center boom helps one couple earn over $22 million for their 89-acre hog farm

The AI data center boom has transformed a quiet Pennsylvania farming community into a real estate hotspot. As 96 families sold 1,700 acres for a combined $586 million to a Blackstone-backed developer, one couple received more than $22 million for their 89-acre hog farm. The life-changing deal helped them clear…

The Times of India

Blackstone-owned QTS abandons planned world’s largest data center campus after years of lawsuits — 2,100-acre Virginia Digital Gateway project dies over a newspaper-notice technicality

Blackstone-owned QTS has withdrawn its final appeal for Virginia’s 22-million-square-foot Digital Gateway campus, ending the massive data center project.

Tom’s Hardware

One of the biggest data center projects in the US found to be sucking up 29 million gallons of water over 15 months — and local residents only found out after complaining of low pressure, when they were initially told to stop watering their lawns

Fayette County declined to fine QTS after hidden water usage surfaced following complaints about weak residential water pressure locally.

TechRadar

Blackstone COO Jon Gray predicts ‘huge boom’ in blue-collar jobs—his own data center company is hiring 30,000 new roles

As AI threatens office jobs, Blackstone’s COO says it’s also creating thousands of high-paying trades jobs.

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America's data centers are thirsty. Rural towns are paying the price—from tanked water pressure to stolen desert groundwater

Residents in different states were curious why their water was being diverted to data centers instead of their homes in water-fraught communities.

Fortune

AI data center project secretly sucked 29 million gallons of water over 15 months before detected by residents complaining about low water pressure — officials refuse to fine builders of massive 6.2 million-square-foot facility over unauthorized water use

QTS says the extra 29 million gallons were consumed during temporary construction activities, including concrete work, dust control, and site preparation.

Tom’s Hardware

UK’s largest proposed datacentre ‘understating planned water use’

Analysis suggests consumption at Northumberland site could be 50 times higher than US operator QTS estimates

The Guardian - UK

Blackstone Continues To Expand Its Data Center Footprint On The Heels Of A $3.5 Billion Refinancing Deal

Blackstone (NYSE:BK) continues to expand its daat center footprint as artificial intelligence elevates demand for these buildings. Lenders also feel optimistic about data centers, based on Blackstone's being able to refinance 10 data centers owned by subsidiary QTS in a $3.5 billion deal, according to BisNow.

Benzinga

Jamaican teachers at leading UK academy chain paid less than their British colleagues

Schools that are part of the Harris Federation accused of taking too long to help staff get UK teaching qualification

The Guardian - UK

Police weren't chasing teens killed in crash: coroner

A coroner has found four teenagers killed in a stolen car believed that police were chasing them but officers had earlier decided against a pursuit.

AAP

‘We’re mowed over’: colossal data centers are taking over the US countryside

New developments for cloud computing could threaten civil-war era and post-emancipation historical sites in rural Virginia

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Daily Record

Wealthy Scots rail tycoon fell victim to multi-billion dollar PPE scam

Alan McLeish - who made £80m when he sold his QTS rail company - is trying to recover the money in a court action.

Daily Record

QTS unveil Prestwick girl Lisa McKellar as latest appointment to rail firm's board of directors

The marketing guru is stepping up to take on a key role on the company's board.

Glasgow Live

Daughter of rail tycoon targeted at Hamilton gym with graffiti slurs

The graphic messages targeted at Jennifer McLeish, whose father is railway maintenance firm QTS founder, Alan McLeish, occurred just weeks after a car was firebombed outside her home.

Daily Record

Scots tycoon's daughter targeted with vile graffiti slurs at posh gym weeks after car firebombed

Graffiti appeared outside the David Lloyd gym in Hamilton on Thursday morning.

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Atlanta rapidly grows data center footprint amid fervent competition

ATLANTA — About a mile west of Georgia Tech’s campus, a pair of buildings that combined are nearly the size of Buckhead’s Lenox Square mall bear the letters “QTS.”

Edinburgh Live

Edinburgh friends will run makeshift food bank during Queen's funeral as others close

Jack and Julie say that they were horrified to discover that people may have been left without food as food banks announced they would close for the Queen's funeral.

Daily Record

QTS launch partnership with mental health charity as new group launches

Time to Tackle, which was co-founded by ex-footballer, Aaron Connolly and his wife Siobhan, focuses on helping those struggling with mental health through the medium of sport.

Daily Record

School of Rugby to launch as part of tie up between QTS Group and Ayr Rugby Club

The partnership between QTS Group and Ayr Rugby Club will aim to identify up and coming stars.

Daily Record

Generous rail firm clear dumped fridge and wheelie bins from river at Kilmarnock beauty spot

A team of rope access operatives from the QTS Group climbed into action to help remove fly-tipped debris from Dean Castle Country Park.

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