AI data center boom isn't going bust, but the 'pause' is trending
Sprawling, power-thirsty data centers have become as much a staple of suburbia in some places as shopping malls and soccer fields. However, when Microsoft pulled the plug on planned data centers in Ohio last month, it added to questions about whether the nascent data center boom had already gone bust. A Wells Fargo report last Monday saying some data centers planned by Amazon Web Services were being reconsidered added to market anxiety.But the bust may have been over before it ever began. And if anything, a ...