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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Boom Supersonic raises $300M to build natural gas turbines for Crusoe data centers
Aircraft startup Boom Supersonic said Tuesday it will start selling a version of its turbine engine as a stationary power…
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Environmental groups call for halt to new data center construction
As energy demand for data centers soars, environmental groups are calling for a moratorium on the approval and construction of…
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