In a post on Threads this week, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg touts the build-out of a data center called Hyperion. That center, he shares, is expected to supply its new AI lab with five gigawatts (GW) of computational power.

Compass Datacenters' location will consist of eight data centers that will be constructed over an eight-year period.

In the race to develop artificial intelligence, tech giants are building data centers that guzzle up water. That has led to problems for people who live nearby.