Category Energy

AI trends in energy management, optimization, and sustainability.

AI Data Centers Are Fueling a Fossil Fuel Rebound in the U.S.

AI data centers are driving a U.S. fossil fuel comeback as new report warns of higher emissions, costs and grid risks.

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker warns AI could reshape jobs, privacy, and power unless government sets stronger guardrails.

WindBorne wins an Air Force contract worth up to $49 million, boosting AI weather forecasting with data from its balloon fleet.

Amazon joins Microsoft in ending data center NDAs, a shift that could reshape AI infrastructure battles with communities and local governments.

Amazon ends NDAs in data center deals as AI backlash grows, raising new questions about trust, transparency and public approval.

Amazon ends data center NDAs as AI agents push for inbox and credit card access, raising new questions about trust, privacy and infrastructure.

AI infrastructure is now the bottleneck. Disrupt 2026 will explore where power, data centers and cooling are creating new opportunities.

TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 unveils a major stage lineup on AI, robotics, startups and venture capital in San Francisco this October.

Rural data centers could gain a major tax break in 2027, raising questions about jobs, costs and Big Tech subsidies.

Amazon says it no longer uses NDAs as data center backlash grows over transparency, water use, power costs and pollution.