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Trump administration wants tech companies to buy $15B of power plants they may not use
The Trump administration wants the largest electricity grid to add $15 billion worth of new power generation — and…
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Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up
Although public backlash against data centers has been intense over the past twelve months, all of the tech…
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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is launching its own AI infrastructure initiative
When Meta announced capital expenditure projections last year, the company made it known that it planned to spend…
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Meta signs deals with three nuclear companies for 6-plus GW of power
Meta today announced three deals to provide its data centers with nuclear power: one from a startup, one…
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Why the electrical grid needs more software
One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works…
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MayimFlow wants to stop data center leaks before they happen
The mania around data centers has a lot of companies looking to become “picks and shovels” providers, by…
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The year data centers went from backend to center stage
There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long…
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Alphabet to buy Intersect Power to bypass energy grid bottlenecks
Google parent Alphabet has agreed to buy Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy developer, for $4.75…
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Nuclear startup Last Energy raises $100M for its steel-encased micro reactor
After years in the wilderness, it’s a good time to be a nuclear startup. “For the first half…
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Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers
Aircraft startup Boom Supersonic said Tuesday it will start selling a version of its turbine engine as a…