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People across the country are pushing for moratoriums, and electeds who approve projects are being punished Lenoxdatacenter.com went live in May, promoting what it called a “proposed advanced technology and data center campus” in Michigan. The site did not state who wanted to build the center. Lenox
The startup has contracts to supply AI computing power for the likes of Meta and Oracle, the report said, as technology giants spend billions of dollars on data centers to meet the massive computing requirements for GenAI.
The department gave a major grid manager the green light to require data centers to rely on backup power.
The debut adds to signs that investor appetite for companies supporting the AI buildout remains robust, as hyperscalers and technology firms pour billions into expanding data centers to meet soaring demand for AI computing.
The Environmental Integrity Project reviewed 74 gas-fired US power plant projects proposed or planned to provide electricity directly to data centers, which would sidestep the process to connect to the US electric grid.
Bitcoin miners have the power sites AI companies need, but turning old mining campuses into real data center revenue is no easy pivot.
Northern Virginia is where the internet physically lives, and a large piece of it just changed hands. Digital Realty has agreed to buy Blackstone’s majority stake in three fully leased data centres in the region, in a transaction that values the assets at $7.8 billion. It is the kind of number that
In 1993, she squeezed a $333m settlement from a Californian energy company in a scandal over contaminated water. Three decades later, she has a new target in her sights – and it’s global When Erin Brockovich woke to find 30 emails from people from the same town, she realised something was going on.
The Federal Trade Commission has cleared Elon Musk to acquire Mesh Optical Technologies, a startup founded by three former SpaceX engineers who build optical transceivers for AI data centers. The FTC granted early termination of its antitrust review on Wednesday, according to a pattern of Musk acqui
Data center backlash is becoming a potent political force.
Microsoft announced Wednesday that over the past two decades, it has become dramatically more efficient in its use of water… Read More
Oracle is spending billions on data center infrastructure to support AI.
Next-generation artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC) chips routinely exceed 1000 W Thermal Design Power (TDP). Simply put, standard air cooling cannot manage these extreme heat loads. The alternative — retrofitting entire data center facilities with chilled water loops —
