Data centers — large-scale artificial intelligence server hubs — are a hot topic right now, in Sacramento and beyond. Our POLITICO data team colleagues Catherine Allen, Rosmery Izaguirre and Claudine Hellmuth did a deep dive into the data around data centers.
It comes as Stargate, a joint venture between San Francisco-based OpenAI and other big technology players, is investing $500 billion toward expanding data center infrastructure over the next four years, POLITICO’s Technology: California Decoded newsletter reports. California is among 16 states being reviewed for data center sites.


