Texas has long attracted data centers with its pro-business policies and abundance of land. Today, it’s one of the biggest data center hubs in the country, but residents are starting to push back over issues like transparency, water use and power bills. CNBC traveled to Texas to learn how the growing backlash has made data centers a key issue in the upcoming race between Ken Paxton and James Talarico–and in midterm elections across the country.

Reporter: Justin Papp
Produced and Shot by: Macklin Fishman
Edited by: Andrea Miller
Animation: Emily Park, Jason Reginato
Additional Camera: Andrew Evers
Additional Editing: Rowan Buck, Christian Nunley
Senior Managing Producer: Shawn Baldwin
Additional Footage: Getty Images

» Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC
» Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision

About CNBC: From ‘Wall Street’ to ‘Main Street’ to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more.

Want to get ahead at work? Then you need to learn how to make effective small talk. In CNBC’s new online course, How To Talk To People At Work, expert instructors teach you how to use everyday conversation to gain visibility, build meaningful relationships and advance your career. Sign up now: https://cnb.cx/4sGlSkh

Connect with CNBC News Online
Get the latest news: https://www.cnbc.com/
Follow CNBC on LinkedIn: https://cnb.cx/LinkedInCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Instagram: https://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Facebook: https://cnb.cx/LikeCNBC
Follow CNBC on Threads: https://cnb.cx/threads
Follow CNBC News on X: https://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC
Follow CNBC on WhatsApp: https://cnb.cx/WhatsAppCNBC

#CNBC

Inside Texas’s Growing Political Fight Over Data Centers

source

Manpower is key for making enough chips to power AI, but a new report shows the U.S. faces a shortage of up to 157,000 semiconductor workers by 2030. Samsung sits down for a rare interview with CNBC’s Katie Tarasov about why it’s “concerned” as it prepares to open a new logic fab in Texas, within months of other U.S. fabs coming online from TSMC, Intel, Micron and SK Hynix. For now, U.S. chipmakers like Micron hold hiring sprees in Asia, which has dominating the industry for decades and offers chip jobs with bonuses upwards of $500,000. CNBC finds out what chipmakers and U.S. schools like Purdue and Arizona State University are doing to entice the next generation of U.S. students to study chip engineering, in hopes of creating a talent pipeline that will keep from crippling U.S. ambitions to lead in AI.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
2:28 Chip manufacturing in the U.S.
4:47 Front-end fabs, thousands of workers
7:44 Creating the pipeline
10:27 Other incentives

Producer and Reporter: Katie Tarasov
Edited by: Erin Black, Andrew Evers
Camera: Alex Bedoya, Robert Lampe, Evan Reinhardt
Additional Production: Mallory Leonard
Senior Director of Video: Jeniece Pettitt
Animation: Jason Reginato, Emily Park
Additional Footage: Intel, Micron, Getty Images, SK Hynix, Samsung, TSMC, College of Western Idaho

» Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC
» Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision

About CNBC: From ‘Wall Street’ to ‘Main Street’ to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more.

Want to get ahead at work? Then you need to learn how to make effective small talk. In CNBC’s new online course, How To Talk To People At Work, expert instructors teach you how to use everyday conversation to gain visibility, build meaningful relationships and advance your career. Sign up now: https://cnb.cx/4sGlSkh

Connect with CNBC News Online
Get the latest news: https://www.cnbc.com/
Follow CNBC on LinkedIn: https://cnb.cx/LinkedInCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Instagram: https://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Facebook: https://cnb.cx/LikeCNBC
Follow CNBC on Threads: https://cnb.cx/threads
Follow CNBC News on X: https://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC
Follow CNBC on WhatsApp: https://cnb.cx/WhatsAppCNBC

#CNBC

America’s AI Chip Talent Crisis — Why The U.S. Needs 157,000 More Workers

source

While investors focus on Tesla’s Cybercab and Waymo’s robotaxis, autonomous trucking has been quietly gaining traction. Aurora Innovation has begun commercial freight runs in Texas and is expanding its fleet of driverless semitrucks. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau spoke with Aurora CEO Chris Urmson to learn more about why he believes autonomous freight is nearing a turning point.

Reporter: Phil Lebeau
Produced by: Meaghan Reeder
Edited by: Erin Black
Senior Managing Director: Tala Hadavi

» Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC
» Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision

About CNBC: From ‘Wall Street’ to ‘Main Street’ to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more.

Want to get ahead at work? Then you need to learn how to make effective small talk. In CNBC’s new online course, How To Talk To People At Work, expert instructors teach you how to use everyday conversation to gain visibility, build meaningful relationships and advance your career. Sign up now: https://cnb.cx/4sGlSkh

Connect with CNBC News Online
Get the latest news: https://www.cnbc.com/
Follow CNBC on LinkedIn: https://cnb.cx/LinkedInCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Instagram: https://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Facebook: https://cnb.cx/LikeCNBC
Follow CNBC on Threads: https://cnb.cx/threads
Follow CNBC News on X: https://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC
Follow CNBC on WhatsApp: https://cnb.cx/WhatsAppCNBC

#CNBC

Exclusive: Ride-Along Inside Aurora’s Self-Driving Semitruck

source

Key features include 4-day battery life, an enhanced heart rate monitor and automatic tracking. CNBC’s Harriet Taylor checks it out.
» Subscribe to CNBC: http://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC

About CNBC: From ‘Wall Street’ to ‘Main Street’ to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more.

Connect with CNBC News Online
Get the latest news: http://www.cnbc.com/
Find CNBC News on Facebook: http://cnb.cx/LikeCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Twitter: http://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Google+: http://cnb.cx/PlusCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Instagram: http://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC

First Look At Fitbit’s Long-Awaited $300 Ionic Smartwatch | CNBC

source

AI doomerism hit a fever pitch after former OpenAI and Anthropic researchers warned that AI could kill us, and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk joined the cause. As runaway AI fears reached a crescendo, policymakers renewed calls for a magic stop button for AI or a kill switch, which would require model makers to build a capability to shut down access when an agents go awry. CNBC speaks to experts to find out what it would take to build an AI kill switch.

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
1:55 Car we create an AI kill switch?
2:51 Hardware-based soltuion
3:14 Kill switch regulation
5:31 The EU AI Act
7:21 Self regulation
8:44 Are we too late?

Reporter: Samantha Subin
Senior Director of Video: Jeniece Pettitt
Edited by: Erin Black, Andrew Evers
Additional Footage: Getty Images

» Subscribe to CNBC: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBC
» Subscribe to CNBC TV: https://cnb.cx/SubscribeCNBCtelevision

About CNBC: From ‘Wall Street’ to ‘Main Street’ to award winning original documentaries and Reality TV series, CNBC has you covered. Experience special sneak peeks of your favorite shows, exclusive video and more.

Want to get ahead at work? Then you need to learn how to make effective small talk. In CNBC’s new online course, How To Talk To People At Work, expert instructors teach you how to use everyday conversation to gain visibility, build meaningful relationships and advance your career. Sign up now: https://cnb.cx/4sGlSkh

Connect with CNBC News Online
Get the latest news: https://www.cnbc.com/
Follow CNBC on LinkedIn: https://cnb.cx/LinkedInCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Instagram: https://cnb.cx/InstagramCNBC
Follow CNBC News on Facebook: https://cnb.cx/LikeCNBC
Follow CNBC on Threads: https://cnb.cx/threads
Follow CNBC News on X: https://cnb.cx/FollowCNBC
Follow CNBC on WhatsApp: https://cnb.cx/WhatsAppCNBC

#CNBC

Why It’s So Hard To Build An AI Kill Switch

source