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AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse
A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity ...
X is experiencing a data center outage
If you had trouble using X today, you're not alone. DownDetector reports that over 5,000 people have reported issues ...
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Protective Devices and GaN Modules Help Power Data Centers
Power density, efficiency, safety, and redundancy have become increasingly important factors as data centers handle AI ...
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The Download: the desert data center boom, and how to measure Earth’s elevations
The corporate race to amass computing resources to train and run artificial intelligence models and store information in the ...
Hays County residents are fighting a proposed data center. It'll likely be built anyway
Hays County residents packed a courtroom Tuesday to hear some of the first information related to a planned 96-acre, up to ...
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With soaring summer temps ahead, AI data centers could strain electricity supplies in the Delaware Valley
Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware are among 13 states serviced by PJM Interconnection. Federal regulators say the growing ...
OpenAI's biggest data center secures $11.6 billion in funding, WSJ reports
A data center in Texas that startup Crusoe is building for OpenAI has secured $11.6 billion in funding to expand from two to ...
Climate goals vs. computing growth: How tech can expand data centers and support clean energy
Sightline Institute explores the climate impact and solutions for data center-driven energy demands in the Pacific Northwest.