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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 ...
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Data centers are causing problems for their neighbors
The BBC’s Michelle Fleury reports from Georgia on how the boom in data centers is raising environmental and sustainability ...
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 ...
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 ...
DTE, Consumers join AI race with efforts to power Michigan data centers
The power provision agreements the utilities are negotiating have the potential to drive up costs for ratepayers in years to ...
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 ...
Cheyenne to host massive AI data center using more electricity than all Wyoming homes combined
A massive AI data center proposed near Cheyenne, Wyoming, would use more electricity than all homes in the state combined.
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 ...
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 ...
Are AI data centers influencing electricity costs in Maine?
The artificial intelligence boom is reportedly driving up electricity costs throughout the country. So far, Maine has been spared, and officials are working to mitigate future impacts.
AI Amplifies Data Centers’ Impact—Let’s Make Sure It’s For Good
Like hospitals where life-saving procedures are performed, schools where innovators are educated and farms where sustenance ...