FIFA taps Stats Perform for betting data, live-streaming rights ahead of World Cup

FIFA has selected sports AI firm Stats Perform as their first official betting data and betting streaming rights distributor, which includes live streams for all matches at the 2026 World Cup, world ...

Stats Perform confirmed as FIFA’s first-ever official worldwide betting data and betting streaming rights distributor

Landmark agreement includes exclusive FIFA World Cup 2026™, FIFA Women’s World Cup™, and thousands of other member ...

FIFA’s First Betting Data Partner Signals a New Era for Global Soccer

From World Cup odds to live streams, FIFA’s partnership with Stats Perform reveals how data, betting, and AI are reshaping ...
The Hill

What ‘data center alley’ portends for America’s AI-powered future

As data centers hurtle to the forefront of the national debate over AI and energy costs, Northern Virginia offers a preview of the political fights that will play out in communities across the country ...
MLive

Michigan’s largest AI data center can move ahead after DTE wins key approval

LANSING, MI - Michigan’s first “hyperscale” data center has a path to power. On Thursday, Dec. 18, state regulators cleared the way for a massive artificial intelligence server warehouse for ChatGPT ...
Wall Street Journal

Just How Big Is the Data-Center Boom?

That's the estimated value of new data-center construction in North America from this year through 2030, according to JLL. With spending set to overtake outlays on office buildings, investors in ...
MLive

Kent County residents halt Microsoft data center plan

KENT COUNTY, MI — Another data center planning meeting in Kent County has been taken offline by a flood of residents. The Gaines Township Planning Commission intended to host a public hearing on ...
The New York Times

U.S. Inflation Slowed to 2.7% in November as Shutdown Distorts Data

Data collection issues skewed the latest Consumer Price Index report, economists warned, clouding the picture for the Federal Reserve as it also grapples with a cooling labor market. By Colby Smith ...
Barron's

Odds of a Fed Rate Cut Jump After CPI Data

Another quarter-point rate cut could be on the table as soon as January. After the consumer price index for November rose at a 2.7% annual rate, below expectations at 3%, odds of a January cut rose to ...
Live Science

'Putting the servers in orbit is a stupid idea': Could data centers in space help avoid an AI energy crisis? Experts are torn.

Google’s proposal to explore space-based AI infrastructure raises fundamental questions about energy, physics and feasibility – and whether Earth has really run out of options. When you purchase ...
Barron's

Stock Futures Rise as Investors Turn Positive on Jobs Data

Stocks looked set to rise on Wednesday, with investors deciding that delayed jobs data would strengthen the case for the Federal Reserve to carry on cutting interest rates in 2026. Futures tracking ...