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Washington state’s data center regulation bill fails following pushback from tech industry

Microsoft last week publicly came out in opposition to the bill, which garnered support from environmental groups, tribal nations, and ratepayer advocates warning that the rapid expansion of data centers risked driving up utility bills and straining limited water supplies. Read More

Microsoft urges major changes to Washington data center regulations as bill nears final vote

After weeks on the sidelines, Microsoft publicly declared its opposition to a bill that aims to rein in the environmental and economic impacts of the data center boom. Read More

‘Meaningless’ theater? As tech giants pledge ratepayer protections in D.C., others question real-world impact

While the tech companies pledge to cover data center energy costs, some industry veterans say they’re solving a problem that doesn’t exist. Read More

Water, power, and transparency: Amazon’s $12B data center deal signals a new era of accountability

Amazon announced a $12 billion data center project in Louisiana in which the company vowed to pay its own way for energy and other infrastructure. Read More

Washington state has embraced data centers – but now it’s looking to set terms of engagement

Washington’s House on Saturday approved a slate of rules for data centers around energy costs and transparency. The measure now goes to the Senate for consideration. Read More

Starlink satellites with Venus and the Pleiades

SpaceX seeks go-ahead from the FCC to put up to a million data center satellites in orbit

In bullish regulatory filing, SpaceX says huge satellite constellation would be a first step toward ‘ensuring humanity’s multiplanetary future amongst the stars.’ Read More

Blue Origin unveils TeraWave, a global satellite network designed to handle terabits of data center traffic

Proposed 5,408-satellite constellation promises data speeds of up to 6 terabits per second — and raises questions about competition with Starlink and Amazon Leo. Read More

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Amazon fixes Alexa ordering bug, Microsoft rethinks AI data centers, and cameras capture every fan

Amazon fixes an Alexa voice-ordering bug after a listener spotted a misleading comment on the GeekWire Podcast. We dig into the limits of voice commerce, Microsoft’s new “community first” approach to AI data centers, and what it says about growing backlash over power and water use. Read More

Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover full power costs and reject local tax breaks

The tech giant’s new “community first” initiative includes pledges to pay full power costs, reject local tax breaks, and replenish more water than it uses — a response to growing backlash against AI infrastructure expansion. Read More

Seattle-area nuclear company TerraPower signs deal with Meta for up to 8 reactors

The Bill Gates-backed company will build up to eight small modular reactors in the U.S. for Meta, with the first coming online as soon as 2032. Read More

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The stories that defined 2025: AI dreams, brutal realities, and Seattle tech at a turning point

The past year may go down as one of the most consequential in technology history — in Seattle and beyond. On this special year-end episode of the GeekWire Podcast, we look back at the stories that defined 2025, from AI’s rapid rise and massive infrastructure bets to layoffs, shifting tech jobs, and what it all means for Seattle’s future. Read More

Cloud and AI infrastructure company Crusoe opens new office space in downtown Bellevue

The 7,400-square-foot space in the Key Center building is currently home to 15 employees, with room to accommodate 20 and expand further to meet market demands. Read More

Google looks to buy its way out of the AI power crunch with $4.75B Intersect acquisition

Google parent Alphabet’s $4.75 billion acquisition of clean energy developer Intersect is a major Pacific Northwest exit that shows how cloud giants are racing to secure the power needed to fuel their AI data center ambitions. Read More

Starcloud co-founders Philip Johnston, Ezra Feilden and Adi Oltean in white suits

Starcloud plans its next power plays after training first AI model in space

Space startup’s CEO talks about putting tens of thousands of satellites in orbit to serve as networked data centers — an effort that could become a multibillion-dollar business. Read More

Senators probe AI tech giants over electric bills; Amazon says its data centers pay more than their share

Amazon says its data centers aren’t raising power bills for residential customers, releasing a white paper as three U.S. senators launched an investigation into whether tech companies are doing exactly that. Read More

Amazon to invest $50B to expand AI infrastructure for U.S. government agencies

Amazon plans to invest up to $50 billion to expand AI and advanced computing infrastructure for U.S. government agencies, the… Read More

Inside Microsoft’s new ‘Experience Center One’: What we learned at the edge of the AI frontier

In the glowing demo rooms of Microsoft’s new Experience Center One, the company is making a high-stakes pitch for the potential of AI agents — attempting to get businesses on board with its vision of the future. Read More

Amazon’s Anthropic investment boosts its quarterly profits by $9.5B

Amazon’s third-quarter profit jumped 38% to $21.2 billion, boosted in part by a $9.5 billion paper gain on its investment in AI startup Anthropic, maker of the Claude chatbot. Read More

AWS outage hits major apps and services, resurfacing old questions about cloud redundancy

Amazon Web Services is recovering after an outage that disrupted Facebook, Snapchat, Fortnite, Coinbase and other major platforms, once again illustrating the internet’s heavy reliance on the cloud giant and a lack of redundancy in online services. Read More

data centers

Washington state’s data center regulation bill fails following pushback from tech industry

Microsoft urges major changes to Washington data center regulations as bill nears final vote

‘Meaningless’ theater? As tech giants pledge ratepayer protections in D.C., others question real-world impact

Water, power, and transparency: Amazon’s $12B data center deal signals a new era of accountability

Washington state has embraced data centers – but now it’s looking to set terms of engagement

SpaceX seeks go-ahead from the FCC to put up to a million data center satellites in orbit

Blue Origin unveils TeraWave, a global satellite network designed to handle terabits of data center traffic

Amazon fixes Alexa ordering bug, Microsoft rethinks AI data centers, and cameras capture every fan

Microsoft responds to AI data center revolt, vowing to cover full power costs and reject local tax breaks

Seattle-area nuclear company TerraPower signs deal with Meta for up to 8 reactors

Cloud and AI infrastructure company Crusoe opens new office space in downtown Bellevue

Starcloud plans its next power plays after training first AI model in space

Senators probe AI tech giants over electric bills; Amazon says its data centers pay more than their share

Amazon to invest $50B to expand AI infrastructure for U.S. government agencies

Aarden AI emerges from stealth with $4M to help landowners navigate data center, clean energy deals

Fresh off $50M round, this Seattle startup cuts data center cooling energy and eyes a bigger prize

Jeff Bezos says orbital data centers will be the ‘next step’ for space ventures that make Earth better

Phaidra raises $50M to help AI data centers ‘run smarter, not just harder’ by boosting energy efficiency

AI-powered robots are helping AWS extend the life of data center electronics

Microsoft inks AI infrastructure deal worth up to $19.4B with data center company Nebius

Washington’s data center boom fuels tax windfalls — and energy struggles

Trump’s mega bill blasted by Washington leaders: Clean energy cuts threaten AI boom, hike costs

Tariffs slow Group14’s battery production plans — but data center demand opens potential new growth

As data center demand soars, Amazon expands use of recycled waste water to cool its cloud