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One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.
A power line went down outside of Washington, DC, this week. Normally, the grid would only need a…
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OpenAI’s AI spending spree has ballooned to $750B
OpenAI announced Wednesday that it will spend $750 billion on infrastructure through 2030, some 25% more than it…
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Data centers expected to use 4x more electricity by 2035
Data centers are expected to use one-fifth of the electricity generated in the U.S. by 2035, four times…
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New York State halts construction of all new data centers
New York became the first state to halt data center construction after Gov. Kathy Hochul signed an executive…
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin enters the space data center game
Blue Origin, the space conglomerate founded by Amazon chair Jeff Bezos, has asked the U.S. government for permission…
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K2 to launch its first high-powered satellite for space compute
An ambitious satellite builder will launch one of the highest-powered spacecraft ever built in the weeks ahead to…
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Anori, Alphabet’s new X spinout, is tackling one of the world’s most expensive bureaucratic nightmares
For more than a decade, Alphabet’s X moonshot factory has been quietly trying to fix one of the…
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Google’s data center power playbook comes into focus
Google may have signed on to President Trump’s toothless power pledge, but it’s clear the company started working…
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Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries
The electrical grid has changed more in the last decade than in the preceding five. Solar, wind, and…
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Sandberg, Clegg join Nscale board as this ‘Stargate Norway’ startup hits $14.6B valuation
Amid growing demand for data centers that can deliver AI compute at scale, Nvidia-backed British AI infrastructure company…