Digital Realty is showing officials, residents and students how data centers work at a Virginia server showroom, as operators facing concerns over pollution and higher bills make a public case for new projects and tax incentives to win back community trust.
Dallas has put AI cameras on garbage trucks to flag possible code violations, identifying more than 21,000 properties. Critics say the system could hit lower- and fixed-income homeowners hardest and call it a “money grab.” Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani agreed to advance talks on 12,000 homes above western Queens’ Sunnyside Yard, but the plan has no funding or timeline; local leaders are skeptical it will move forward.
Christian Bale opened Together California, a nonprofit foster-care village in Palmdale with six town houses for up to 72 children and caregivers, designed to keep siblings together. Oakland’s Radish communal-living compound, where up to 20 adults shared meals and childcare, is for sale at $3.95 million after eight years. New York’s Gaetano Pesce Foundation will preserve the late designer’s archive and support exhibitions, research, partnerships and authorized editions.
