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Power stories behind the technology, from grid strain and data center demand to batteries, nuclear restarts and the cost landing on your bill.
Google is putting €13 billion into Finnish AI infrastructure and has signed a 22-year deal for up to half of the Loviisa nuclear plant’s output. The agreement rescues a reactor from retirement, and Finland’s opposition is not entirely thrilled.
A national emergency declaration restricts foreign made transformers, breakers, inverters and grid control software. The catch is that a replacement transformer already carries a 128 week wait, and US power demand is climbing for the first time in fifteen years.
Cherokee Nation banned hyperscale data centers on tribally owned and trust land after a task force found 64% of citizens opposed them. The same survey found 73% of those citizens use generative AI, and the report says so out loud.
Venture capitalists have placed increasingly bigger bets on AI startups, investing over half a trillion dollars into the sector over…
Google announced earlier this week that it was building a new data center in Minnesota that would be powered by…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman addressed concerns about AI’s environmental impact this week while speaking at an event hosted by The…
As AI data centers drive up electricity prices, London-based startup Tem thinks AI might be able to help solve it,…
Researchers on Friday said that Poland’s electric grid was targeted by wiper malware, likely unleashed by Russia state hackers, in…
The Department of Energy has instituted a long list of banned words at the direction of a Trump appointee, including…
