Category Energy

AI trends in energy management, optimization, and sustainability.

Virginia Moves to Tighten Data Center Rules and Create AI Task Force

Virginia’s new data center rules could slow approvals, boost transparency and create an AI task force to study privacy, jobs and harms.

A data center plushie called Bezzy turns AI noise into satire, highlighting power use, community backlash and the cost of infrastructure.

Satellite data and machine learning could improve flash flood warnings, giving forecasters earlier alerts and communities more time to respond.

Google, Nvidia and Anthropic back Emerald AI’s data center power alliance to unlock grid space and ease AI infrastructure bottlenecks.

Al Gore says the AI data centers debate misses the bigger risk: insider warnings about jobs, safety and deceptive systems.

A new report says AI e-waste could hit 617 million tons by 2050 as data centers and supporting hardware drive a hidden waste crisis.

Apple servers may return in 2029 as AI demand grows, with rumors of M8 Ultra chips and possible Nvidia NVLink Fusion support.

SK Hynix is reportedly weighing a US memory chips deal with Intel, as AI demand and Washington’s push for domestic production accelerate.

Data center gas demand could hit 18 bcf/day by 2035, reshaping U.S. power markets, prices and emissions as AI infrastructure expands.

AI agents are driving a new data center power boom as tech giants build for longer, costlier workloads and search for reliable electricity.