AI data center boom pushes Caterpillar, Ford, and other US firms into new businesses
Powering AI is becoming big business
Refuse a data center transmission line on your property, and power companies may force it through anyway
AI's growing hunger for land and electricity is pushing eminent domain law into new, contested territory
The world's largest private laser just fired up in race to make fusion power real
Prototype is an early step toward cheaper, laser-driven fusion energy
What just happened? The world's largest privately owned laser has switched on in Denver, though it's not part of a Bond villain's plan to carve their name into the moon, sadly. Fusion startup Xcimer Energy has begun operations at Phoenix, a prototype system designed to test whether laser-driven fusion could one day produce commercial electricity.
This startup wants to build data centers inside floating offshore wind platforms
The design combines offshore wind, seawater cooling, and built-in space for servers
EPA shuts down xAI's off-grid turbine loophole at Colossus data center in Memphis
EPA says gas turbines must meet federal clean air rules
Trump says tech giants, not consumers, must pay higher electricity costs tied to AI data centers
Microsoft could respond later today as pressure over AI data centers grows
Big Tech's AI boom is reviving America's nuclear power debate
Federal money and deregulation are accelerating nuclear restarts
AI data centers may run on nuclear reactors from retired Navy aircraft carriers and submarines
The concept repurposes Cold War-era technology for modern computing needs
Waymo's robotaxis froze when San Francisco's traffic lights went dark
Autonomous vehicles stalled at intersections when traffic signals went dark, forcing the company to pause city operations
Senators probe whether AI data centers are driving up electricity costs
Warren, Van Hollen, and Blumenthal question whether tech companies are shifting grid costs to local communities
US opens Cold War plutonium stockpile to jump-start next-gen nuclear reactors
The Energy Department is offering 19 metric tons of weapons-grade plutonium to companies pursuing advanced nuclear fuel
TSMC reports progress on A14 node with 15% performance boost and 30% power reduction
With yields tracking ahead of projections, TSMC is targeting 2028 production for the new process
Microsoft turns to gas generators to keep Mexico data center running
Company says grid connection won't be ready until 2027
A shortage of high-voltage power cables could stall the clean energy transition
A cable crunch is coming, warns NKT CEO Claes Westerlind
SilverStone's 2,500W PSU powers up to four RTX 5080s - or three 5090s - without breaking a sweat
Just make sure your wall socket can keep up
Chinese artificial sun shatters world record with 1,066-second plasma confinement
A crucial milestone in fusion research
Thermaltake unveils massive 2000W PSU, but it's too powerful for US outlets
Power-hungry GPUs spark a new wave of ultra-wattage PSUs
Former Google CEO on AI data centers: "We're not going to hit the climate goals anyway"
"I'd rather bet on AI solving the problem than constraining it and having the problem"
Reopening Three Mile Island nuclear plant for Microsoft data centers could cost taxpayers $1.6 billion
AI, the worst nuclear accident in US history, and billions of tax dollars: a winning combination
Windows 11 Canary build adds much needed new Power Mode options to Settings
Microsoft's latest attempt at making Windows 11 more user-friendly
A natural enzyme can produce clean energy from thin air
Mycobacterium smegmatis can literally turn hydrogen into electricity
The first small modular nuclear reactor has been approved for use in the US
Sustainable energy or an expensive risk?
Small nuclear reactors could solve data centers' sustainable power problem
Less refuelling but more waste than standard reactors
Forward-looking: Data centers have become a massive industry, but many of them aren't very environmentally friendly due to their huge power demands, which are often met through the burning of fossil fuels. One proposed answer to this problem is for the facilities to use their own sustainable power sources in the form of miniature nuclear reactors.
The Rise of Power: Are CPUs and GPUs Becoming Too Energy Hungry?
Every few years new processors with ever-higher demands for energy are launched. Is 250W for a CPU too high? Should any GPU need 450W? Let's peel off the heatsinks to look at the truth behind power numbers.
