Big Tech is building its own ‘power grid’ to help fuel data centers desperately needed for AI

It is catastrophic for climate goals,’ Michael Thomas, founder of Cleanview, an energy industry research group ...

Data Centers and Your Power Bill

Data centers can increase energy costs in two main ways. They have to be connected to the grid, which can require extra ...

Upstart Novra Power to build gas turbine fleet for data center fast power using additive manufacturing

Novra Power’s CEO Volker Schulte talks to CBS during the Davos World Economic Forum and discusses the current challenges that the unprecedented build-out in AI data centers, so-called AI factories, ...
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Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.
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The rush to build Ohio data centers tells us everything that’s wrong with local and state government

Driven in part by generative AI, companies like Meta, AWS (Amazon Web Services), and others are frantically building new data ...

Big Tech should sell America on AI data centers, not the other way around

Ultimately, America must win the AI race, and to do that, we must build data centers. Communities are right to demand that ...

Meta expands Nvidia deal to use millions of AI chips in data center build-out, including standalone CPUs

Meta expands partnership with Nvidia in a deal likely worth tens of billions, for deploying millions of GPUs and new ...

U.S. AI Data Center Development Reaccelerates in January as Multi-Gigawatt Projects Advance Nationwide

January saw renewed construction, permitting, and power-linked site activity as Microsoft, Amazon, Crusoe, and TeraWulf ...

Adani pledges $100B to build AI data centers as India seeks bigger role in the global AI race

Adani's plan targets up to 5 gigawatts of capacity, with data centers planned alongside partnerships with Google, Microsoft, ...