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AI trends in energy management, optimization, and sustainability.

Texas Orders Data Center Audits Before Grid Connections, Signaling a Tougher Era for AI Power Demands

Texas ordered a data center audit before grid hookups, a move aimed at protecting the grid as AI demand surges.

Texas orders data center audits as ERCOT’s queue hits 474 GW, raising questions about power, water, and grid reliability.

Runware launches a modular data center pod for faster, cheaper AI inference, betting portability can beat traditional buildouts.

Data center backlash is spreading nationwide as AI buildouts spark fears over power, water, land use and Big Tech control.

OpenAI influencer trip backlash erupts after a luxury retreat in New York, fueling debate over AI marketing, data centers and public trust.

SpaceX says xAI turbines powering Memphis-area data centers will stay until July 2027 as lawsuits and a new gas plant reshape the fight.

Amazon’s AI spending surged as AWS revenue jumped 37%, boosting shares nearly 10% and highlighting investor appetite for cloud-backed AI growth.

PJM will allow temporary data center power cuts from June 2027 as the largest U.S. grid struggles to meet soaring AI-driven demand.

A PJM grid disturbance showed how AI data centers can amplify faults. Here’s why AI data centers are becoming a power-system challenge.

IBM says the IBM mainframe slump was caused by delayed customer purchases as AI-driven hardware costs reshaped IT budgets.