Technology

Data centers are in Ashburn in Loudon County, Virginia, on Sunday, July 16, 2023. The centers house the computer servers and hardware required to support modern internet use, including artificial intelligence. The county is home to the world's largest concentration of data centers. Tech companies like to place the centers here, partly because the region's proximity to the nation's traditional internet backbone allows the servers in those data centers to save nanoseconds crucial to support financial transactions, gaming technology and other time-sensitive applications.

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Guests including Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai, and Elon Musk, arrive before the 60th Presidential Inauguration in the Capitol Rotunda in Washington, Monday, Jan. 20, 2025.

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