A rush by large tech players to build so many data centers for AI may end up being "irrational," and there's particular risk in building small nuclear reactors to run them, a prominent tech investor warned Wednesday.

Amazon plans to invest $10 billion toward building a campus in North Carolina to expand its cloud computing and artificial intelligence infrastructure, bringing a massive shot in the arm to a region where many textile and apparel jobs dried up a generation ago.

Amazon's massive new data center campus in North Carolina is part of a broader tech industry trend reshaping the state's economy. Triangle Forward Our next panel discussion in the Triangle Forward series will focus on technology,