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Big TechElon Musk’s dream merger is a nightmare for SpaceX shareholders

But Tesla shareholders should be cheering on the combination, especially if they get paid a fat premium.

By Shawn TullyOctober 22, 2026
Elon Musk’s SpaceX-Tesla merger math doesn’t add up
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX-Tesla merger math doesn’t add up
By Jim EdwardsOctober 22, 2026
Markets sell off worldwide as further conflict looms in the Middle East and Elon Musk cuts capex guidance
Investing
Markets sell off worldwide as further conflict looms in the Middle East and Elon Musk cuts capex guidance
By Jim EdwardsOctober 22, 2026
Jeff Bezos reportedly added a $69.5 million beach house to his $237 million Miami compound. A broker says that’s how billionaires live now
Real Estate
Jeff Bezos reportedly added a $69.5 million beach house to his $237 million Miami compound. A broker says that’s how billionaires live now
By Sydney LakeOctober 22, 2026
Latest
Merck Animal Health SVP: to promote human health, invest in protecting animals15 minutes ago
Central banks around the world are quietly stockpiling four times more gold than usual and are moving it out of the U.S.20 minutes ago
The biggest hurdle to a SpaceX merger with Tesla isn’t Elon Musk. It’s Tesla’s shareholders31 minutes ago
Elon Musk’s SpaceX-Tesla merger math doesn’t add up48 minutes ago
Taiwan blocks Grab’s $600 million Foodpanda deal, citing Uber’s 13.1% stake in the Southeast Asian super app
Asia
Taiwan blocks Grab’s $600 million Foodpanda deal, citing Uber’s 13.1% stake in the Southeast Asian super app
By Jay GanglaniOctober 22, 2026
Investors are still betting on AI, but doubts are piling up
Newsletters
Investors are still betting on AI, but doubts are piling up
By Diane BradyOctober 22, 2026
Bono on U2 ticket prices: Floor spots start around $160 on the new tour, and the band has ‘no problem’ letting rich fans pay $1,500
Travel & Leisure
Bono on U2 ticket prices: Floor spots start around $160 on the new tour, and the band has ‘no problem’ letting rich fans pay $1,500
By James LaForgeOctober 22, 2026
Jeff Bezos reportedly added a $69.5 million beach house to his $237 million Miami compound. A broker says that’s how billionaires live now
Real Estate
Jeff Bezos reportedly added a $69.5 million beach house to his $237 million Miami compound. A broker says that’s how billionaires live now
By Sydney LakeOctober 22, 2026
Kathy Hochul defies her own party on Trump’s $26 billion school choice bet: ‘I’m not going to leave money on the table’
Politics
Kathy Hochul defies her own party on Trump’s $26 billion school choice bet: ‘I’m not going to leave money on the table’
By Lara Murray-SterzelOctober 22, 2026
Gen Z and millennials expect to inherit $124 trillion—but retired boomers are ‘spending their kids’ inheritance’ to go on vacation instead
Success
Gen Z and millennials expect to inherit $124 trillion—but retired boomers are ‘spending their kids’ inheritance’ to go on vacation instead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 22, 2026
The next K-pop? POPS founder Esther Nguyen hopes TikTok can make Southeast Asian music a global phenomenon
Arts & Entertainment
The next K-pop? POPS founder Esther Nguyen hopes TikTok can make Southeast Asian music a global phenomenon
By Angelica AngOctober 22, 2026
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Big Tech
Zuckerberg told Meta directors he might leave California, where he could lose billions to a wealth tax. Meta answered with a new class of stock
By Amanda GerutOctober 21, 2026
Newsletters
Term SheetBy Morgan Chittum
The biggest hurdle to a SpaceX merger with Tesla isn’t Elon Musk. It’s Tesla’s shareholders
MarketsBy Jim Edwards
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX-Tesla merger math doesn’t add up
Fortune TechBy Andrew Nusca
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A SpaceX-Tesla merger: The ins, outs, and what-have-yous
CEO DailyBy Diane Brady
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Investors are still betting on AI, but doubts are piling up
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‘We all feel that something has changed’: Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In says tradwife content is hurting women at work
CIO IntelligenceBy John Kell
Nonprofits are embracing AI to advance their missions, but few have a road map for adoption
Fortune Daily Episodes
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Mrs. Dow Jones: Why the Old Money Rules Don't Work Anymore | Fortune DailyOctober 20, 2026
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Is Kalshi Gambling? The Billionaire Founder Answers | Fortune DailyOctober 19, 2026
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Steven Bartlett Built an Audience of Millions. What Does He Owe Them? | Fortune DailyOctober 18, 2026
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Why OnlyFans Won’t Let AI Take Over | Fortune DailyOctober 14, 2026
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How to Build 1,000 Next-Gen Leaders | Fortune DailyOctober 13, 2026
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How Taskrabbit is Changing Work | Fortune DailyOctober 12, 2026
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The New Blueprint for Power: MPW Kicks Off | Fortune DailyOctober 11, 2026
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The Big Mac Dilemma: Can McDonald's Fix Sales? | Fortune DailyOctober 7, 2026
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The Rise of AI Agents: Meta vs. OpenAI | Fortune DailyOctober 6, 2026
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The Future of Financial Advice ft. Penny Pennington | Fortune DailyOctober 5, 2026
AI
The U.S. market has never been more focused on one single bet—but AI’s payoff will likely take decades
Commentary
The U.S. market has never been more focused on one single bet—but AI’s payoff will likely take decades
By Ming LuOctober 21, 2026
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Big Tech
Meta’s revenue surges to $64.6 billion, but billions in settlements and skyrocketing AI spending turn screws on profit, free cash flow
By Amanda GerutOctober 21, 2026
AI tools discovered the PHP vulnerability that could take down 70% of the internet. Now, the race is on to patch it before AI-powered hackers attack
Cybersecurity
AI tools discovered the PHP vulnerability that could take down 70% of the internet. Now, the race is on to patch it before AI-powered hackers attack
By Emily ForliniOctober 21, 2026
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Innovation
GM simulated 300,000 EV battery designs—using 34,000 years of computer time—before building a single cell. Now comes the physical part
By Nick LichtenbergOctober 21, 2026
Great Place to Work Rankings
Best Workplaces in Transportation
Best Workplaces in Transportation
By FortuneOctober 20, 2026
Best Large Workplaces in Retail
Best Large Workplaces in Retail
By FortuneOctober 20, 2026
Best Large Workplaces in Health Care
Best Large Workplaces in Health Care
By FortuneOctober 13, 2026
Best Large Workplaces in Technology
Best Large Workplaces in Technology
By FortuneOctober 13, 2026
Fortune 500: Titans and Disruptors of Industry
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Workday CEO Predicts AI Job Displacement And Which Roles May Be SafeOctober 13, 2026
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Sam Altman: Safety Standards 'Not at a Place' to Push AI Capabilities Much FurtherSeptember 11, 2026
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Why GM's CEO Mary Barra is Still Bullish on Electric VehiclesSeptember 9, 2026
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Bill Ackman's takes on Mamdani, Trump and investing in the age of AIAugust 4, 2026
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FedEx CEO on How AI Can Fix a $1.8 Trillion Global Supply Chain ProblemJuly 14, 2026
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$4 Trillion Savings Gap: TIAA’s CEO on The Retirement Crisis June 16, 2026
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Qualcomm's AI takeover | Titans and DisruptorsMay 5, 2026
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Delta: Bankrupt to Billions | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 31, 2026
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The End of Work: Vinod Khosla's Bold AI Prediction | Titans and DisruptorsMarch 3, 2026
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Google’s AI boss made OpenAI issue code red. Now he wants to solve disease. | Titans and DisruptorsFebruary 10, 2026
Success
Gen Z and millennials expect to inherit $124 trillion—but retired boomers are ‘spending their kids’ inheritance’ to go on vacation instead
Success
Gen Z and millennials expect to inherit $124 trillion—but retired boomers are ‘spending their kids’ inheritance’ to go on vacation instead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 22, 2026
Jimmy Donaldson smiles at the camera in front of a blue background.
Arts & Entertainment
‘You’re no longer an influencer … you’re a cofounder’: MrBeast’s business resembles a Fortune 500 holding company, investor Steven Bartlett says
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 21, 2026
Martha Stewart
Success
Martha Stewart says people need to get it through their ‘thick skulls’ that there’s ‘no such thing as balance’—even at 85 she starts work at 7 a.m.
By Preston ForeOctober 21, 2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
Success
As billionaires fight a tax hike, Jensen Huang says paying $8 billion is a ‘privilege’: ‘I’m just afraid of being poor’
By Emma BurleighOctober 20, 2026
Term Sheet Podcast
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How Anduril Reached a $61 Billion Valuation Building AI WeaponsOctober 11, 2026
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This Billion-Dollar Soda Brand Founder Explains Why Fortune 500s Can’t Win Gen ZSeptember 23, 2026
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Inside Wonder's Plan to Automate Restaurants: From Robotic Kitchens to Drone Delivery | Term SheetAugust 25, 2026
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This Mentalist Says He’s Training ChatGPT to Hypnotize People | Term SheetAugust 13, 2026
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The $11.5B Startup 100 Investors Turned Down | Term SheetJuly 28, 2026
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How this multi-millionaire investor spots billion-dollar ideas | Term SheetJune 23, 2026
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The Investor Who Bet on SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic Before You Could | Term SheetJune 10, 2026
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The $2B AI tool automating Wall Street | Term SheetMay 27, 2026
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This creator investor on the truth about the AI gold rush | Term SheetMay 13, 2026
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From a Palo Alto closet to $1 billion revenue: how Gusto cracked small business software | Term SheetMay 7, 2026
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How to raise a CEO: The "Godmother of Silicon Valley" Esther Wojcicki | Term SheetApril 21, 2026
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The Startup Fighting to Save the American Farm with Modern Finance | Term SheetApril 7, 2026
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How Winston Weinberg built his $11 billion AI Company | Term SheetMarch 17, 2026
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Why revenue is an outdated metric | Term SheetFebruary 18, 2026
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Chemistry cofounder: “more talented founders than ever” are moving into health care | Term SheetFebruary 3, 2026
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Exelon CEO on if our utilities can handle the AI boom | Term SheetJanuary 21, 2026
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OpenAI Researcher turned VC on what we’re missing on the AI Bubble January 13, 2026
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“Healthcare isn't working for anybody,” says Cityblock Health’s Dr. Toyin Ajayi | Term SheetNovember 4, 2025
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Vet care for the 21st century with Modern Animal’s Steven EidelmanOctober 29, 2025
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“Success disasters,” data privacy, and unlocking growth with Oura CEO Tom HaleOctober 21, 2025
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"Bubbles have almost always preceded some important technological shift”: OpenAI's COOOctober 6, 2025
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The Sociology of Startup Success with VC Powerhouse Hans TungOctober 1, 2025
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The “Egoless” Company Culture that Powers Supabase with CEO Paul CopplestoneSeptember 24, 2025
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Inside Phia's $8 Million Seed RoundSeptember 16, 2025
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Klarna CEO Sebastian Siemiatowski on the IPO, Loving Walmart, and Embracing AISeptember 10, 2025
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The Brave New World of AI Cyber Crime with Evan Reiser from Abnormal AIAugust 27, 2025
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Vibe Coding, Tech Jobs, & Democratizing the Web with Vercel’s Guillermo Rauch | Fortune Term SheetAugust 20, 2025
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Nvidia + AMD’s Deal & Unfiltered Chat with OG VC, Canvas Prime’s Rebecca LynnAugust 13, 2025
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OpenAI Raises More Capital, Joby Aviation’s Air Taxi Play & The Power of Community in TechAugust 6, 2025
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Figma IPO: What Investors Need to Know, and Understanding Defense TechJuly 30, 2025
From the Magazine
MagazinePalo Alto Networks’ Nikesh Arora is building a defense against the dark side of AI

Cybersecurity’s AI reckoning has arrived, and Arora has become a go-to advisor to CEOs.

By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 30, 2026
In the high-stakes game of chicken between CEOs and states, who blinks first?
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In the high-stakes game of chicken between CEOs and states, who blinks first?
By Ruth UmohSeptember 30, 2026
Your 401(k) is funding the AI boom. Here’s what that means for your retirement
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Your 401(k) is funding the AI boom. Here’s what that means for your retirement
By Allie GarfinkleSeptember 28, 2026
The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own right
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The making of Tim Cook: How Apple’s departing CEO went from ‘the genius behind Steve Jobs’ to a star in his own right
By Indrani SenSeptember 27, 2026
How social media remade the luxury watch market
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How social media remade the luxury watch market
By Adam EraceSeptember 26, 2026
Energy
Japan’s trade deficit hits record $17.8 billion as Iran war sends oil import prices soaring
Asia
Japan’s trade deficit hits record $17.8 billion as Iran war sends oil import prices soaring
By The Associated Press and Yuri KageyamaOctober 21, 2026
UK Treasury chief vows to give families ‘some breathing space’ as inflation runs hot, highest in a year
Economy
UK Treasury chief vows to give families ‘some breathing space’ as inflation runs hot, highest in a year
By The Associated Press and Pan PylasOctober 21, 2026
Australians also don’t like data centers: NextDC shares fall 42% after community opposition stalls a grid upgrade
Big Tech
Australians also don’t like data centers: NextDC shares fall 42% after community opposition stalls a grid upgrade
By Jay GanglaniOctober 21, 2026
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Personal Finance
Current price of oil as of October 21, 2026
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Fortune Rankings
Change the World
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Leadership
Investors are still betting on AI, but doubts are piling up
Newsletters
Investors are still betting on AI, but doubts are piling up
By Diane BradyOctober 22, 2026
Gen Z and millennials expect to inherit $124 trillion—but retired boomers are ‘spending their kids’ inheritance’ to go on vacation instead
Success
Gen Z and millennials expect to inherit $124 trillion—but retired boomers are ‘spending their kids’ inheritance’ to go on vacation instead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 22, 2026
Man in a suit and tie
Big Tech
Zuckerberg told Meta directors he might leave California, where he could lose billions to a wealth tax. Meta answered with a new class of stock
By Amanda GerutOctober 21, 2026
Jimmy Donaldson smiles at the camera in front of a blue background.
Arts & Entertainment
‘You’re no longer an influencer … you’re a cofounder’: MrBeast’s business resembles a Fortune 500 holding company, investor Steven Bartlett says
By Sasha RogelbergOctober 21, 2026
Takeaways from the Fortune AIQ 75
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AIFrom Pfizer to UPS, the newest members of the AIQ 75 share the secrets to upping their AI game

How Pfizer, Lumen, Cisco, UPS, Palo Alto Networks, and Thermo Fisher are moving AI beyond pilots—using it to reshape drug discovery, networks, logistics, cybersecurity, and daily work.

By John KellSeptember 29, 2026
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AI
How bottom-line-focused financial firms are finding ROI in AI
By John KellSeptember 29, 2026
How 111-year-old HVAC company Carrier leaped to the top 10 of the Fortune AIQ 75
AI
How 111-year-old HVAC company Carrier leaped to the top 10 of the Fortune AIQ 75
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
How Netflix is using AI to personalize streaming
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How Netflix is using AI to personalize streaming
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
Agentic AI early adopters have failed, pivoted, and learned these 3 lessons 
AI
Agentic AI early adopters have failed, pivoted, and learned these 3 lessons 
By Sage LazzaroSeptember 29, 2026
Features
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri’s unfinished business
AI
Workday CEO Aneel Bhusri’s unfinished business
By Andrew NuscaOctober 13, 2026
Sam Altman on the burden of leading OpenAI amid AI safety concerns: ‘You get used to anything’
AI
Sam Altman on the burden of leading OpenAI amid AI safety concerns: ‘You get used to anything’
By Fortune EditorsSeptember 15, 2026
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Exclusive: Sam Altman addresses AI doomsday fears in new interview
By Alyson ShontellSeptember 12, 2026
Exclusive: OpenAI’s Sam Altman hints at pact with other AI companies to address safety risks
AI
Exclusive: OpenAI’s Sam Altman hints at pact with other AI companies to address safety risks
By Alexei OreskovicSeptember 12, 2026
Real Estate
Jeff Bezos reportedly added a $69.5 million beach house to his $237 million Miami compound. A broker says that’s how billionaires live now
Real Estate
Jeff Bezos reportedly added a $69.5 million beach house to his $237 million Miami compound. A broker says that’s how billionaires live now
By Sydney LakeOctober 22, 2026
Mortgage rates today, Oct. 22, 2026: Rates mostly hold steady
Personal Finance
Mortgage rates today, Oct. 22, 2026: Rates mostly hold steady
By Glen Luke FlanaganOctober 22, 2026
Current refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 22, 2026
Personal Finance
Current refi mortgage rates report for Oct. 22, 2026
By Glen Luke FlanaganOctober 22, 2026
Today’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 22, 2026
Personal Finance
Today’s home equity loan and HELOC rates, Oct. 22, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerOctober 22, 2026
Commentary
AnimalsBy Robert Kelly
Merck Animal Health SVP: to promote human health, invest in protecting animals
ProductivityBy Ming Lu
The U.S. market has never been more focused on one single bet—but AI’s payoff will likely take decades
ElectricityBy H.E. Dr Abdulla Saif Al Jarwan
The way we consume energy is changing. Abu Dhabi’s integrated system has already embraced that change 
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Kroger and Albertsons: the food fight every dealmaker should be watching
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Former Trump, Biden officials: America’s security depends on startups. Weak patent policy is undermining them
Data centersBy Adhum Carter Wolde-Lule
Don’t vilify data centers for the wrong reasons — just demand better ones
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