A proposal to build a water-guzzling data center near Tucson, Arizona, led the city to put some regulations on water use.

(Reuters) -Meta has tapped U.S. bond giant PIMCO and alternative asset manager Blue Owl Capital to spearhead a $29 billion ...

Meta Platforms Inc. has selected Pacific Investment Management Co. and Blue Owl Capital Inc. to lead a $29 billion financing ...

The Tucson City Council voted unanimously to kill Project Blue, a large data center proposed for land near I-10 and Houghton.

"This battle is just the beginning for Tucson,” said Councilmember Rocque Perez as the council voted against the Project Blue mega data center plan.

Project Blue. What a catchy name. Evokes images of clear skies. And water. Which, in the desert, are mutually exclusive.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) has tapped Pacific Investment Management Co. and Blue Owl Capital to lead a $29 billion financing for its data center expansion in rural Louisiana, Bloomberg News reported ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — If you live in or around Tucson, it's hard to avoid hearing about Project Blue. The large proposed data center would be built on 290 acres near the Pima County Fairgrounds.

But it's unlikely to be the last the Tucson area hears of the project. A day before the vote, Councilmember Nikki Lee said she believed after meeting with Project Blue leaders that the data center ...

Blue energy, created by mixing seawater and fresh water, could be the perfect solution for providing cheap and eco-friendly power to edge data centers. Credit: Benkrut / Getty Images ...

Blue Owl Capital just got into the data center game this year, but it is wasting no time building up a portfolio. Its latest move: a $3.4B JV to build in Texas.

The build-up of dark data is an indication of inefficiency within the digital systems. "We are moving on to a society where we have 'plastic knowledge,'" said Jackson.