The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations

The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations

Sam Altman and Jony Ive have a secret project

The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations – Mnnofa

In the high desert east of Reno, Nevada, construction crews are flattening the golden foothills of the Virginia Range, laying the foundations of a data center city. Google, Tract, Switch, EdgeCore, Novva, Vantage, and PowerHouse are all operating, building, or expanding huge facilities nearby. Meanwhile, Microsoft has acquired more than 225 acres of undeveloped property, and Apple is expanding its existing data center just across the Truckee Riv…