data centers
-
Tech News
Google paid startup Form Energy $1B for its massive 100-hour battery
Google announced earlier this week that it was building a new data center in Minnesota that would be powered by…
Read More » -
Tech News
As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck
Power, rather than compute, is fast becoming the limiting factor in scaling AI data centers. That shift has prompted Peak…
Read More » -
Tech News
New York lawmakers propose a three-year pause on new data centers
New Yorker state lawmakers have introduced a bill that would impose a moratorium of at least three years on permits…
Read More » -
Tech News
Elon Musk is getting serious about orbital data centers
On Friday, when SpaceX filed plans with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a million-satellite data center network, you might…
Read More » -
Tech News
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 he wants…
Read More » -
Tech News
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 industry’s biggest…
Read More » -
Tech News
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 big to…
Read More » -
Tech News
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 from a…
Read More » -
Tech News
Why the electrical grid needs more software
One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when…
Read More » -
Tech News
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 building profitable…
Read More » -
Tech News
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 the invisible…
Read More » -
Tech News
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 billion in…
Read More »