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Data centers use massive energy and water. Here’s how to build them better
The race to build AI infrastructure is draining power grids and water supplies. But with the right innovation, tomorrow’s ...
Spending on AI data centers is so massive that it’s taken a bigger chunk of GDP growth than shopping—and it could crash the American economy
As Rusty Foster, author of the widely read media blog Today in Tabs, puts it: “Our economy might just be three AI data ...
As AI power needs surge, a Bay Area data center bets on hydrogen as a sustainable alternative
As artificial intelligence fuels a surge in electricity demand, a Bay Area startup is betting on hydrogen to power the next ...
Meta Taps PIMCO, Blue Owl For $29 Billion Louisiana Data Center Buildout As AI Infrastructure Race Heats Up
Meta is partnering with PIMCO and Blue Owl to raise $29 billion for its data center expansion, with PIMCO handling debt and ...
Google agrees to curb power use for AI data centers to ease strain on US grid when demand surges
Google has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of ...
Apollo buys Stream Data Centers in bet on AI infrastructure boom
Apollo agreed to buy a majority interest in Stream Data Centers (SDC), the alternative asset manager said on Wednesday, in a ...
Electricity rates surge amid heat waves, AI data center expansion. How prices spiked in Tennessee
Electricity rates have increased across the U.S. amid heat waves and demand from AI data centers. Here's how prices have ...
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Data center growth tempered by water, power considerations
The data centers host the computer systems that run these massive models, and in order to do so require city-sized levels of ...
Google to Reduce AI Data Center Power Use During Peak Demand
In new agreements with two US utilities, Google has committed to rescheduling or pausing non-urgent AI workloads when the ...
A Former GM and Lordstown Motors Factory Might Become an AI Data Center
From classic cars to failed EV dreams to a new AI future. We trace the history of the Lordstown factory and explore its new ...
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AI data centers are using more power. Regular customers are footing the ...
Data centers house the physical infrastructure to power most of the computing we do today, but many AI models and the large AI companies that power them, like Amazon, Meta and Microsoft use vastly ...