AGP Executive Report
Last update: 8 hours agoData Center Shake-Up: Chicago-based SecondBloom Auctions is expanding into sales of stranded data center equipment as the sector faces cancellations; Heatmap data cited in its announcement puts canceled 2026 projects at more than $260 billion through early October. Clean-Energy Jobs: A Chicago program is training people transitioning from prison for solar careers, part of Illinois’ effort to widen access to jobs created by its clean-energy laws. AI in Heart Care: Research presented at the American Heart Association meeting in Chicago found AI-assisted heart scans led to cholesterol medication prescriptions for 75% of chest-pain patients, versus 47% after standard stress tests; researchers say more results are still to come. Research and Computing: The University of Chicago won a $10 million grant to advance AI weather forecasting for lower- and middle-income economies. Chicago will also host SC26, a major high-performance computing conference, Nov. 15–20.
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