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Privacy pragmatist. @nytimes journalist. Author of YOUR FACE BELONGS TO US. Named after the Led Zeppelin song.
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When we first reported this, Meta gave us a GLOMAR response. Now it says: “Unlike traditional data centers, AI-optimized data centers are inherently new and require extensive testing and experimentation that cannot be simulated in order to get the design and build right.”

nytimes.com/2026/10/14/tec…
www.nytimes.com Senators Question Meta’s Data Center Tax Strategy Democrats on the Senate Finance Committee sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg, Meta’s chief executive, questioning the company’s $6.6 billion in tax breaks.
Kashmir Hill Verified account @kashhill Sep 30
In the summer of 2024, an employee at Meta had a daring idea to save the company billions of dollars on its A.I. data centers: Claim they were 'experimental' to tap a lucrative tax credit meant to inspire companies to tackle novel challenges.

Gift link to investigation by @JesseDrucker, @elitanjourno, @MikeIsaac, and me:
nytimes.com/2026/09/30/tec…
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Kashmir Hill Verified account @kashhill
Mike’s such a wonderful colleague. I’m so bummed by this news. Atlantic folks, you are very lucky!

Mike, we’ll always have the Panama Playlists.
rat king 🐀 Verified account @MikeIsaac Oct 5
some news:

after 12 years and a lot of bylines, im leaving The Times

it is bittersweet. i will miss my colleagues and am proud of the work we did together.

im joining The Atlantic in December to cover Silicon Valley for the magazine! could not be more thrilled to get started
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