Electrek

Data centers are becoming power plants – this NJ project proves it

Calibrant Energy has signed a definitive agreement with Iron Mountain to build, own, and operate a 23-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery at the latter’s New Jersey data center. Data center as a clean energy ...
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 ...
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 ...
Grist

Data centers are scrambling to power the AI boom with natural gas

Boom Supersonic wants to build the world’s first commercial supersonic airliner. Founded in 2014, the company set out to make air travel dramatically faster — up to twice the speed of today’s ...
The Conversation

Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand

Nikki Luke is a fellow at the Climate and Community Institute. She receives funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She previously worked at the U.S. Department of Energy. Conor Harrison receives ...
CNBC

Big moves in an AI data center power stock. What we want from Tuesday's earnings

Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a "Morning Meeting" livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here's a recap of Monday's key moments. 1. The S & P 500 was higher to start the new month ...
Fox Business

Chevron CEO details strategy to shield consumers from soaring AI power costs

Chevron CEO Mike Wirth detailed the company’s strategy to harness U.S. natural resources to meet soaring artificial intelligence power demand — without passing the cost along to consumers. "As data ...
Hosted on MSN

OpenText selling analytics database Vertica to Rocket Software for US$150M

OpenText Corp. says it is selling its analytics database Vertica to Rocket Software Inc. for US$150 million. Waterloo, Ont.-based OpenText says the sale includes Vertica's software, customer contracts ...
The Business Journals

Data center developer appeals to public for STAMP site project

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min Data center developer Stream is ...
Reuters

Microsoft rolls out initiative to limit data-center power costs, water use impact

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...
Wall Street Journal

The Fight Over Making Data Centers Power Down to Avoid Blackouts

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...
Morning Call PA

Feds pave the way for Big Tech to plug data centers right into power plants in scramble for energy

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants, issuing a long-awaited order Thursday, as the Trump ...