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Solar to dominate energy by 2035, but AI data centers will keep fossil fuels in business
Solar will become the largest source of power in the next decade, surpassing coal, oil and natural gas, according to…
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Power prices are up 76% on America’s biggest grid, and a watchdog is pointing fingers
The largest electrical grid in the U.S., the PJM Interconnection, saw prices nearly double over the last year, according to…
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Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 gas turbines unchecked at its Mississippi data center
Elon Musk’s xAI is running nearly 50 natural gas turbines at its Mississippi data center, power plants that the state…
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Microsoft’s AI data center push is colliding with its clean power goals
Microsoft is weighing whether to delay or scale back one of its most ambitious clean energy goals as its rapid…
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Coatue has a plan to buy up land for data centers, possibly for Anthropic
Coatue, one of the biggest names in venture capital and hedge funds, has a new plan to generate bigger returns…
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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs
Tech companies, including Microsoft and Meta, have been falling in love with natural gas lately, rushing to build power plants…
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Feds will require data centers to show their power bills
The Energy Information Agency (EIA) told two U.S. Senators that it plans to require data centers to disclose details about…
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AI data center startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
Fluidstack, a startup that builds specialized data centers for AI companies, is in talks to raise a $1 billion round…
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Firmus, the ‘Southgate’ AI data center builder backed by Nvidia, hits $5.5B valuation
Asia AI data center provider Firmus on Monday announced a fresh $505 million raise led by Coatue at a $5.5…
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AI companies are building huge natural gas plants to power data centers. What could go wrong?
Who doesn’t love a good round of FOMO? From dot-com to Web 2.0, virtual reality to blockchain, the tech industry…
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People would rather have an Amazon warehouse in their backyard than a data center
As data centers have grown and proliferated, so too has the backlash. A new Harvard/MIT poll found 40% of people…
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Meta’s natural gas binge could power South Dakota
Data centers have gotten so large that their power demands now rival entire U.S. states. Take Meta’s Hyperion AI data…
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