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This photo taken from high above shows a Meta data center in Ashburn, Virginia, in 2025. It is a large, long light-colored building with few windows, and it's nestled among trees and a few other buildings with a similar shape.

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Data center disputes have been local. But the midterms might change that

by Anusha Mathur April 20, 2026April 20, 2026

Anger over the data center boom has spilled into politics with voters unseating local politicians who support them. It’s become an issue hard to ignore in the midterm elections.

Abdulwahab Omira, 28, stands in front of his destroyed family home in Damascus, Syria. Omira and his family fled Syria's civil war in 2012 when he was a teenager. Now a U.S. citizen and a graduate student at Stanford, Omira recently returned to his home country to look for ways the tech industry could help rebuild it.

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He fled Syria’s war as a teenager. He went back to help launch a tech industry

by Greg Myre March 11, 2025March 11, 2025

Abdulwahab Omira escaped Syria’s war with his family as a teenager. He recently returned as a Stanford graduate student and a budding entrepreneur, hoping to help jumpstart the country’s tech industry.

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6 unsettling thoughts Google’s former CEO has about artificial intelligence

by Steve Inskeep February 5, 2025February 5, 2025

Neither the public or the tech giants pushing artificial intelligence understand its long-term implications, warns former Google CEO Eric Schmidt.

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