Reuters

Microsoft exploring using advanced power lines to make data centers more energy-efficient

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is exploring using superconducting power lines in its data centers, which could potentially accelerate its massive U.S. build-out of the server ...
The New York Times

Data Centers and Your Power Bill

New A.I. sites could drive up your power bill. We look at possible solutions. By Claire Brown Tech companies are investing billions of dollars to build energy-hungry data centers at a time when demand ...
Reuters

PJM plan could accelerate data center power deals, analysts say

Feb 13 (Reuters) - A plan from PJM Interconnection, the largest power grid operator in the U.S., to manage burgeoning power demand from data centers could accelerate deal-making between data-center ...
The Washington Post

Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

The GW Ranch project approved on 8,000 windswept acres of West Texas will look like many of the other data centers that have sprung up across the country to support Silicon Valley’s ambitions for ...
TechCrunch

As AI data centers hit power limits, Peak XV backs Indian startup C2i to fix the bottleneck

Power, rather than compute, is fast becoming the limiting factor in scaling AI data centers. That shift has prompted Peak XV Partners to back C2i Semiconductors, an Indian startup building ...
Wall Street Journal

How Jet Engines Are Powering Data Centers

Shares of Caterpillar, the maker of mining and construction machinery, are up more than 30% since year-end, making it the biggest contributor to the Dow Jones Industrial Average. WSJ’s Jonathan Weil ...
Forbes

AI’s Data Center Boom Is Testing Power Grids And Local Communities

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
Seeking Alpha

BorgWarner's shift to data center power generation presents substantial revenue opportunity -- analyst

BorgWarner (BWA) shares continued to gain altitude on Thursday as fourth quarter results, and more importantly a deal to provide power generation for the data center market, earned an upgrade at ...
The State Journal-Register

Lawmakers propose new regulations for data centers in Illinois

Lawmakers in Springfield have introduced legislation create regulations for data centers. Several acts would be amended as part of the proposed legislation. The Senate bill was filed by State Sen. Ram ...
Houston Public Media

ERCOT to update planning process for connecting data centers, other large loads to Texas power grid

The control room at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas on May 15, 2018. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, is changing the way it evaluates its transmission capacity to ...
Electrek

Google secures 1 GW solar deal as Texas data‑center load surges

TotalEnergies just landed a massive solar deal to power Google’s expanding Texas data centers. The company signed two long‑term power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 1 gigawatt (GW) of capacity, or ...