AI’s Data Center Boom Is Testing Power Grids And Local Communities

Data centers are an economic boom in some areas and are behind the artificial intelligence economy. However, the cost to ...

Data Centers Are About to Use as Much Power as Japan—and the Solutions Are Getting Weird

The insatiable demand for data center power and materials is turning formerly marginal ideas into economical ones—from ...

Data centers for AI use huge amounts of electricity, water, driving up costs and climate concerns

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water ...

As electricity costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up their tab. But how?

Politicians from President Donald Trump to local lawmakers agree that tech companies should cover the power costs of ...

Could the Treasure Coast be Florida's data center capital?

The Treasure Coast is emerging as a hub for data centers. One was built in a former Cold War-era nuclear bunker.

Power, Pollution, and Protests: The Growing Revolt Against AI Data Centers

At PowerGen, attended by TechRepublic, industry leaders addressed rising community opposition to AI data centers and the ...

Electricity prices rising by double the rate of inflation. Data center demand means no relief ahead, analysts say

The impact of the AI industry on electricity prices has turned into a major political flashpoint ahead of the midterm elections this November.
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Meta breaks ground on $10 billion, 1GW data center in Indiana to power AI growth

Meta is breaking ground on a 1 gigawatt data center campus in Lebanon, Indiana, ...
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AI, GPU, And HPC Data Centers: The Infrastructure Behind Modern AI

HPC data centers solved many of the technical challenges AI now faces: low-latency interconnects, advanced scheduling, liquid cooling, and CFD -based thermal modeling. AI data centers extend these ...
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Here’s how AI data centers affect the electrical grid

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand. The country’s aging electrical grid could struggle to keep ...
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AI Data Centers Pushing Electric Grid Into Meltdown

AI data centers on the East Coast are gobbling up so much juice that nonprofit grid operator PJM may be forced to enact rolling blackouts on its customers during both heat waves and exceptionally cold ...

SpaceX seeks go-ahead from the FCC to put up to a million data center satellites in orbit

SpaceX is asking the Federal Communications Commission to approve a plan to put up to a million satellites in orbit to process AI data.