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Virginia data centers consume too much water, and things will only get worse with AI

TechSpot

The Commonwealth of Virginia, particularly Northern Virginia, hosts the largest data center market in the world. The state is home to around 300 facilities, according to recent data, and these centers require vast amounts of electricity and water to keep global internet services running. Water usage, in particular, is becoming.

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GE Vernova’s Scott Strazik aims to rekindle the entrepreneurial zeal of the power company’s former parent

Fast Company Tech

It can be the supply-chain team I had at his factory in West Virginia last week or the commercial leader thats meeting with his commercial team this week to help them understand contracting with a different type of customer than theyre used to.

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Banks, brokerages, PSN, the Steam Store, and more went down in massive internet outage

The Verge

You may be unable to access several digital tools, including [link] and MYmta, because of the global Akamai outage right now. Pingdom’s live map shows that the issue was global. Larger outlets included the New York Metro Transportation Authority and The Times of India , who tweeted that their service outages were due to Akamai.

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These buyout firms are bidding to acquire Family Dollar

Fast Company Tech

Private equity firms Apollo Global Management and Sycamore Partners are among the bidders who are competing to acquire Family Dollar , a discount retail chain operated by Dollar Tree , according to people familiar with the matter. Shares of Dollar Tree, which has a market value of about $16.5 Apollo, Brigade and Sycamore declined to comment.

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QED Investors closes on $1.05B across two funds to invest in fintech companies globally

TechCrunch

Clearly, Alexandria, Virginia-based QED was investing in fintech before fintech was “cool.” Why global investors are flocking to back Latin American startups. That’s especially true as the COVID-19 pandemic continues to (sadly) rage on.

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Bookshare.org and Lobster

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

The first is the initial international changes as we take Bookshare.org global. can easily see which books have global permissions, which are required when we can't rely on our copyright exemption (which only works inside the U.S.). Crucial first steps on the road to taking this service global!

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Comcast is yet again delaying its data cap rollout to 12 states, this time until 2022

The Verge

These caps will be familiar if you don’t live in Comcast’s Northeast region, which consists of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachusetts, Maryland, Maine, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Vermont, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia, (along with parts of North Carolina and Ohio).