data centers
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Data Centers
The Overlooked Contributor to AI’s Climate Impact: Cooling Fluids
Artificial intelligence is evolving rapidly, and so is the demand for the infrastructure behind it. From the explosive growth of generative models to the rise of AI-driven data analytics, companies are scaling up data centers at an unprecedented pace. But for the sustainably-conscious, this rapid growth sparks a real “down the rabbit hole” question, “what […]
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Commentary
Powering the Future Without Paralyzing It
The future of energy is rapidly evolving. The explosion of artificial intelligence (AI) and the enormous energy infrastructure it demands will continue to drive unprecedented electricity needs. Goldman Sachs projects that U.S. power demand could grow by as much as 20% by the decade’s end, in large part due to the construction of data centers. These […]
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Commentary
AI on the Edge: Can Distributed Computing Disrupt the Data Center Boom?
As artificial intelligence (AI) usage and sophistication grows, questions about the sustainability of the traditional model of utilizing huge, centralized data centers are frequently raised. Hyperscale data centers handle most AI workloads today, but they come with high energy demands and environmental costs.
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Trends
Out of Sync: The Infrastructure Misalignment Undermining the U.S. Grid
U.S. power infrastructure—the intricate physical fabric that laces together generation, transmission, and distribution—is under intensifying strain. Outdated and overextended, it must now absorb relentless growth from electrification and data centers or risk escalating reliability threats, surging costs, and a weakened global competitive edge. POWER examines the dysfunction and what it will actually take to future-proof […]
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Data Centers
ABB, Applied Digital Launch Power Solution for Data Centers
Applied Digital, a builder and operator of next-generation data centers, has launched an infrastructure partnership with ABB at the company’s Greenfield 400-MW campus in North Dakota. TRhe collaboration will innovate fast, reliable, energy-efficient solutions to meet the rapid advancement of artificial intelligence (AI).
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Nuclear
Meta Deal with Constellation Will Keep Illinois Nuclear Plant Open
Technology group Meta, the parent of Facebook and Instagram, has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Constellation Energy to take about 1.1 GW of electricity from Constellation’s Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. Meta and Constellation on June 3 said the contract means the power plant will continue to operate beyond its expected closure in 2027.
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Data Centers
UK’s National Grid Investing Billions for Substation Site to Power Data Centers
National Grid in the UK has begun construction of a new Uxbridge Moor substation complex in Buckinghamshire, a project designed to connect more than one dozen new data centers to the electricity provider’s network.
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Data Centers
Rolls-Royce Commits $24 Million for U.S. Data Center Power Systems
Rolls-Royce said it will more than double its production of backup power generation systems for data
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Data Centers
Natural Gas, Energy Storage at Heart of New Group’s Data Center Power Concept
A startup company led by former executives with major technology and energy groups is betting on the use of natural gas and battery energy storage to provide data centers with on-site power, freeing those sites from reliance on the traditional power grid.
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Data Centers
PG&E, Smart Wires Enhance Grid Reliability, Capacity for California Data Centers
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) and Smart Wires have announced a project to enhance grid reliability and meet energy commitments for data centers connecting in San Jose, California. North Carolina-based Smart Wires will deploy its advanced power flow control (APFC) technology to help PG&E mitigate thermal overloads, redirect power flow, and increase available capacity at its Los Esteros electric substation.
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