data center energy

Meta released Glimmer, an open-weight AI model for local deployment, contrasting sharply with its proprietary flagship Muse Spark, and timed…

Form Energy raised $750 million to scale up its West Virginia manufacturing, driven by surging energy storage demand from AI…

Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered a halt to new power grid connections for data centers, requiring a comprehensive audit…

Oil and gas giants are reporting record quarterly profits, driven by high crude prices and a new revenue stream: surging…

A fallen power line near Washington, DC caused over 3 gigawatts of data center load to drop off the PJM…

Senator Ed Markey has introduced a package of bills to shift AI regulation from piecemeal state laws to a comprehensive…

Climate tech IPOs are gaining traction, exemplified by nuclear startup X-energy's $1 billion public offering with a 25% first-day share…

The US government is launching a mandatory survey to collect comprehensive data on electricity usage from data center operators, addressing…

The conflict involving Iran highlights that cloud computing costs are fundamentally linked to global energy market stability and geopolitical predictability,…

A bipartisan effort led by Senators Warren and Hawley is pushing for mandatory federal reporting on data center energy use…

A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is pushing federal regulators to mandate comprehensive, annual energy-use reporting from data centers, arguing…

The rapid growth of AI data centers is dramatically increasing energy consumption, with projections showing they could use 12% of…

Major tech firms like Amazon, Google, and Microsoft have voluntarily pledged to fund new power generation and grid upgrades for…

Major tech firms, including Google and Microsoft, have pledged to cover the costs of new power infrastructure for their AI…

President Trump announced a "rate payer protection pledge" requiring major tech companies to build or finance new electricity generation for…

Tech companies' claims that AI will significantly reduce global emissions by 2030 are based on unverified, non-peer-reviewed consulting reports, not…

Power consumption, not computing power, is now the primary bottleneck for scaling AI data centers, driving investment into energy-efficient solutions.…

A novel method of extracting hydrogen directly from iron-rich rock formations offers a potential clean, low-cost energy source for industries…

Surging data center electricity demand is driving a massive expansion of natural gas power in the U.S., with over a…

The rapid growth of AI-driven data centers is projected to cause a 60-80% increase in U.S. electricity demand by 2050,…