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Gov. Wes Moore forms task force to review Maryland data center proposals
A new executive order bans state NDAs and creates a public dashboard to track environmental impacts, energy use and economic terms.
Mapped: Virginia data centers’ thousands of backup generatorsÂ
Loudoun County houses nearly half of Virginia’s data center backup generators, per nearly 200 air permits, fueling resident noise complaints and calls for stricter oversight.
Data center cooling startup Glacian Technologies wins $10k at Pittsburgh Tech Week pitch competition
The company uses AI digital twins to cut facility energy use, already landing its first client and $8 million in research backing to build its software.
The physical footprint behind AI and cloud computing: A breakdown of data center types
Whether streaming Netflix or training massive algorithms, different digital tasks require radically different physical infrastructure.
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To improve chronic care, this Durham startup tracks life outside the doctor’s office
Through anonymized mobile surveys, rXperius helps health orgs account for non-medical factors affecting patient well-being.
A 70-year-old North Philly funeral home shows how end-of-life rituals change alongside its community
In Strawberry Mansion, Kenneth DuPree honors a 1956 family legacy by adapting to modern client preferences and industry networks.
In Baltimore, ‘Pava’ is a word synonymous with entrepreneurship
Three years after losing LaPere, a Johns Hopkins and EcoMap colleague reflects on how her vision lives on through local grants, accelerators and student startups.
Emissions tracking platform GreenIRR takes top prize at Philadelphia’s third Startup World Cup
Founder Celine King secured $25,000 for international growth as she heads to the global stage.
The Nexus Technology Cup returns to Baton Rouge with a bigger prize pool for local tech talent
Applications close Oct. 25 for Louisiana developers, entrepreneurs and students competing across three tracks for $150,000 in funding.
‘The Last Mile’ — a delivery bots poem by Alicia Cook
“No one here wants to concede how quickly we adapted to machines crowding sidewalks.”
Skild AI plans real-world deployment of its S1 general-purpose robot brain by 2027
After testing S1 at NVIDIA’s Houston factory, the Pittsburgh startup says the new software cuts training time to just hours and could support US manufacturing.
Top AI leaders traded full-blown optimism for apprehension at Pittsburgh’s premier tech summit
Growing cybersecurity threats, societal backlash and regulation dominated the conversation on how to use AI for good at AI Horizons 2026.
For Horizon Worlds creators, leaving Meta isn’t as simple as logging off
Inside Meta’s sidelined metaverse, longtime creators are still performing, playing cards, running businesses and figuring out where to go next.
Vheda Health plans targeted acquisitions and national growth following a $47M raise
The Columbia, Maryland, startup will use its first institutional investment from Agora to expand its chronic and maternity care platform beyond 18 states.
Ready to raise millions? Applications open for Louisiana’s ninth VILLAGEx cohort
The Idea Village program has produced successful startups like Hello Gravel and CampusKnot. Apply by Nov. 6.
Get ready for Devopsdays Philly 2026: Where platforms, people and possibility converge
The community-run tech conference returns to the Science History Institute in Old City on Oct. 1–2. Here’s what’s on the agenda this year.
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