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Researchers in the Industrial Organization (IO) program study consumer and firm behavior, competition, innovation, and government regulation. This report begins with a brief summary of general ...

About 20% of all the data centers in the U.S. are located in eight states around the Great Lakes. As of 2024, the region had 525 data centers — with another 224 planned by 2030, according to data ...

In these politically divisive times, there’s one thing we all agree on—we don’t want a giant data center in our backyard. Behold, the hyperscale data center! Massive structures, with thousands of ...

Nonfarm payrolls rose a seasonally adjusted 50,000 in December, lower than the downwardly revised 56,000 in November and short of the Dow Jones estimate for 73,000. The unemployment rate fell to 4.4%, ...

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Taylor Frazier McCollum remembers when Landover Mall in her Prince George’s County neighborhood was a staple in family moments. It was the place where she felt safe trick-or-treating in a costume for ...

If you have been thinking of upgrading your aging laptop or replacing your cracked smartphone, here’s some friendly advice: Don’t wait too long. Right now, we’re in the middle of a brief window where ...

Maryland lawmakers cleared the way for a report on the impact of data centers, overriding Gov. Wes Moore’s veto. During the special session convened on Tuesday, the Maryland General Assembly voted for ...

Google began offering “dark web reports” a while back, but the company has just announced the feature will be going away very soon. In an email to users of the service, Google says it will stop ...

Oracle denies delaying OpenAI data centers to 2028 due to shortages Investors worried about Oracle's debt-fueled AI infrastructure buildout Market sensitive to AI delays, scrutinizing spending payoffs ...

Oracle (ORCL) shares erased some losses on Friday after the company pushed back on a report that it was delaying some data centers tied to OpenAI (OPENAI). Oracle initially declined to comment on the ...