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You Can’t Blame Data Centers in Seattle for Our Skyrocketing Electricity Prices
This post was originally published on GeekWire on April 20, 2026. I had noticed this “data centers in Seattle” PR op under way and flagged it in last week’s newsletter. After a vague report that some companies were seeking to build “large” data centers in Seattle, Mayor Katie Wilson is exploring a moratorium on new…
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Platformonomics TGIF #67: October 4, 2024
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email News CAPEX: You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet Jordan Novet at CNBC digs into Microsoft’s future CAPEX commitments in the form of finance leases (mostly for servers). Those…
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Platformonomics TGIF #66: September 27, 2024
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email A busy week for many of our favorite recurring characters: energy abundance, companies that masquerade as technology companies, the superpower of cheese, Chinese fellow travelers, and pernicious…
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Platformonomics TGIF #65: September 20, 2024
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email Fun week! News An Even More Nuclear-Powered Cloud Previous: The Nuclear Power Vibe Shift Continues, Cloud Power Up, Not That Kind of Nuclear Cloud, Better Late Than…
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Platformonomics TGIF #64: September 13, 2024
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email Friday the 13th edition! News Oracle’s Data Center Difficulties: FY25 Q1 Database vampire and cloud laggard Oracle reported earnings for Q1 this week. Wall Street likes the…
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Platformonomics TGIF #63: September 6, 2024
Platformonomics TGIF is a weekly roll-up of links, comments on those links, and perhaps a little too much tugging on my favorite threads. Get Platformonomics Updates By Email News Oracle’s Data Center Difficulties Most glorious company in universe report earnings next week. After missing their own (minuscule) CAPEX guidance last year, can database vampire and…