Rich Miller

Google Alum Joe Kava on Building Data Centers Responsibly at Gigawatt Scale

Rumor about the football team having second thoughts leaving Chicago damaged the legislative effort to help the Bears move to the suburbs.

Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas released a “study” last week about the state megaprojects proposal including a new Bears stadium complex that was mostly uncritically received by local news media. But it's not her best work, to say the least.

Google to Rent AI Compute Power from SpaceX, Quantum Computing IPO is Upsized

Six days before the last day of the spring state legislative session, Sen. Bill Cunningham (D-Chicago) gave me two big reasons why it was so difficult to push a Bears stadium bill across the finish line. Cunningham, as you know, is the chief sponsor of the Senate's Bears bill.

Hyperscaler Working With Voltus to Deploy 100 Megawatts of Power on the PJM Grid

Gov. JB Pritzker last week squarely placed the responsibility for passing a Chicago Bears stadium bill on the team itself and had some unsolicited lobbying advice for the Bears as he attempted to brush off his own session attendance issues.

The Bears failure will overshadow everything else and highlight his national ambitions. And his low attendance rate in Springfield does him no favors.

Three companies building next-generation power conversion technology have raised a combined $280 million in the past year, while another has been acquired by a major power vendor.

Gov. JB Pritzker last week squarely placed the responsibility for passing a Chicago Bears stadium bill on the team itself and had some unsolicited