Goldman Sachs: just 33 US counties accounted for ~72% of all US data center capacity as of July; buildouts like AWS' in Oregon have transformed tiny communities
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal :
A look at OpenAI's search for the sites of its Stargate data centers in the US; OpenAI has received 800+ applications since January and has ~20 finalist sites
It wasn't how Keith Heyde envisioned celebrating the holidays. Rather than hanging out with his wife back home in Oregon …
Intel announces top executive changes, including the departure of Intel Products CEO Michelle Johnston Holthaus, and establishes a new central engineering group
company also establishes new custom chip design unit Prasanth Aby Thomas / Computerworld : Intel announces leadership overhaul, underscoring long road to recovery Jacob Fox / PC Gamer : Intel reshuffl...
US federal prosecutors charge an Oregon man with operating the Rapper Bot, one of the most powerful DDoS botnets ever, which knocked X offline earlier in 2025
Today the U.S. Department of Justice announced charges against the operator of Rapper Bot, a massive IoT-based DDoS botnet. … Forums: r/Eugene : Eugene Man Charged with operating one of the largest bo...
Filing: Intel is laying off 5,000+ employees across California, Oregon, Texas, and Arizona; California cuts affect 1,935, more than double the initial estimates
new report says retreating operation could become a liability to the state Clare A. Fonstein / Silicon Valley Business Journal : Intel to lay off over 1,000 employees in California, with deepest cuts ...
X experienced a significant outage globally on Saturday morning, after a fire reportedly broke out in an Oregon data center owned by X on Thursday
Feeds aren't loading on X following a reported data center fire earlier in the week. … Elon Musk's X appears to be in the midst of a significant outage.
Oregon sues Coinbase, alleging the exchange is selling unregistered securities; Coinbase CLO Paul Grewal says it's a “copycat case” of SEC's now-dropped lawsuit
While winning legal victories at the federal level, the crypto industry still faces regulatory hurdles at the state level in the United States.
The US awards Intel up to $7.865B under the CHIPS Act to help build or expand chip plants in Arizona, New Mexico, Ohio, and Oregon, including $1B+ later in 2024
Government grant is less than originally expected because the chip giant is also receiving separate funding for defense
Oregon's governor signs the first US right-to-repair bill banning manufacturers from using “parts pairing” to dictate what replacement components owners can use
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek has now signed one of the strongest US right-to-repair bills into law after it passed …
PE firm Francisco Partners agrees to acquire Portland, Oregon-based Jama Software, which helps companies develop complex tech products, for $1.2B
Mike Rogoway / Oregonian :