Artificial Intelligence
UCLA Researchers Warn AI Data-Center Debt Could Shake the Broader Economy
In their September 2026 Economic Letter, UCLA Anderson Forecast and Ziman Center researchers warn that the heavily leveraged financing behind the national AI...
The First Footprints in the Snow
AI’s hit to jobs looks like a rounding error—until you see who’s in the oven: gutted call centers and vanishing entry-level work. Narrow...
San Diego Leads Southern California’s Uneven AI Adoption as Business Use Tops 33%
Federal survey data reveal a widening gap inside Southern California, where San Diego businesses have raced past the national AI-adoption rate while Los...
Southern California Sidelined in Data Center Boom as CBRE Reports Record 1.4% Vacancy
Even as a CBRE webinar detailed record-low vacancy and an unprecedented scramble for computing capacity across the country's primary data center markets, Southern...
LA and San Diego Anchor Southern California Tech Talent as AI Realignment Sorts the Region
Southern California's tech talent markets diverged sharply in CBRE's latest rankings, with Los Angeles-Orange County and San Diego holding places in the upper...
Southern California Trails Data Center Boom as Capacity Flows to Arizona and Texas
Southern California ranks among the smallest data center markets in the western United States at roughly 355 megawatts, trailing neighboring Phoenix and Las...
Southern California’s 5 GW Data Center Wave Meets Record Power Rates and a Ballot-Box Ban
While PG&E openly courts AI data centers in the north, Southern California Edison is quietly holding roughly 5 gigawatts of data center load...
Brokers Turn to Autonomous AI Agents to Automate Rent Comp Tracking
Commercial real estate brokers are increasingly handing rote market research to autonomous AI agents that assemble proprietary comp databases and monitor rival properties...
San Diego VC Funding Nears $5B by Midyear as AI Overtakes Life Sciences in Record 2026 Pace
Venture capital is flooding into San Diego startups at a record clip in 2026, but the money is chasing a different kind of...
California Clinches Nation’s No. 2 GDP Growth at 3.7% in First Quarter
California’s economy grew at a 3.7 percent annualized rate in the first quarter of 2026, the second-fastest pace in the country, as a...
Los Angeles Slips Behind in the AI Office Race as Bay Area Captures 80% of U.S. Venture Capital
CBRE’s 2026 Tech Gateway report ranks Los Angeles in the bottom tier for tech office leasing growth, even as the metro retains a...
Prime Data Centers Launches 33MW AI-Focused Facility in Vernon, Calif.
Prime Data Centers has unveiled a 33MW state-of-the-art data center in Vernon, California, marking a key milestone in the company’s expansion strategy. The...
