Tag: energy
Voters in nine states put a fence around the AI buildout
Ballot measures and midterm upsets turned server farms into one of the most punishing issues of the 2026…
Envision pushes 800-volt power straight into a working AI campus
The company says live computing load is now running on an all-direct-current power chain at its Ulanqab campus…
The xAI data center case that will not go away
A federal judge refused to dismiss the NAACP's suit over the gas turbines powering xAI's Memphis data center,…
New Jersey hits a data center with a $1.1M generator fine
Drone footage showing 62 unpermitted gas generators at a Vineland campus produced the state's largest enforcement action against…
Goldman sees a $1.2T tab for the 2027 AI buildout
Five hyperscalers will outspend Wall Street consensus by $100B, according to a forecast that leans on debt to…
Boom loses the turbine launch order that started its power business
The data center builder walked away from the launch order that was meant to open a new market…
Oracle flags a payment pause if its New Mexico AI campus slips
Oracle has filed a force majeure notice on the Project Jupiter Stargate site, citing events outside its control.
Google plans to run AI gear in orbit on solar power
A fridge-sized satellite launching on October 1 is the first test of a much larger plan to move…
Virginia ties data center growth to a new AI task force
Executive Order 22 bans secrecy clauses, ends by-right approval for large projects and orders a rapid AI response…
House votes 417-3 to shift grid upgrade costs onto data centers
The House has passed the Ratepayer Protection Act, which tells state regulators to make large data center customers…
Rune raises $40M to put GPUs at solar farms
Rune has raised $40M for a data center design that installs behind the meter at renewable plants, capturing…
Nvidia pitches power efficiency as the new AI data center metric
At a Santa Clara event that doubled in size, Nvidia pitched a power optimization layer it says delivers…