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The promise of data centers as local economic engines is getting a closer look. A new analysis suggests that while these facilities require massive capital investment, the actual job creation at the local level tends to be modest — raising real questions about the tax breaks and land deals communities offer to land them.
On a graver note, the fusion energy boom is generating an unexpected geopolitical headache. As private companies race to harness fusion reactions, officials are growing concerned that the same research and equipment pipeline could be quietly exploited by actors seeking to advance nuclear weapons programs — a reminder that dual-use technology rarely comes with clean edges.
And for anyone who needs serious machine learning horsepower, HP has announced what it's calling the most powerful Windows AI workstation ever built. The ZGX Fury, built around Nvidia's GB three hundred chip, offers seven hundred eighty four gigabytes of unified memory — enough to run models with one trillion parameters. The catch, as always, is the price tag, which HP is not rushing to advertise.
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