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Tech Loves Nukes?!
Daily Standup Top Stories Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI July 1, 2024 Stu Turley Largest tech companies are looking to buy nuclear power directly from plants, which could sap the grid […]
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Tech Industry Wants to Lock Up Nuclear Power for AI
Largest tech companies are looking to buy nuclear power directly from plants, which could sap the grid of critical resources Tech companies scouring the country for electricity supplies have zeroed in on a key target: […]
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Opinion: AI will be incompatible with anti-fossil energy activism
Like it or not, the era of artificial intelligence has arrived, morphing from a science fiction fantasy to the cornerstone of the future world economy. AI and other ground-breaking technologies like quantum computing will soon […]
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Data centers offer energy peril and promise, with the Midwest increasingly in the crosshairs
Southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago area are emerging as major players in the national data center explosion, most notably with Microsoft’s $3.3 billion planned data complex near Racine, Wisconsin. Clean energy advocates in the region […]
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Data centers offer energy peril and promise, with the Midwest increasingly in the crosshairs
Southeastern Wisconsin and the Chicago area are emerging as major players in the national data center explosion, most notably with Microsoft’s $3.3 billion planned data complex near Racine, Wisconsin. Clean energy advocates in the […]
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Africa Energy Bank to Fun Oil and Gas
Daily Standup Top Stories Rye Development Converting Former Kentucky Coal Mine into 287 MW Pumped Storage Hydropower Facility June 4, 2024 Mariel Alumit Rye Development will receive $81 million in funding from the Department of Energy […]
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The Big-Tech Clean Energy Crunch Is Here
Big Tech’s appetite for energy is just about visible from the east coast of Scotland. Some 12 miles out to sea sits a wind farm, where each of the 60 giant turbines has blades roughly […]
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Singapore Looks to Have More Gas-Fired Power Plants to Meet Rising Demand
Singapore is seeking proposals from companies to build and operate two new natural gas-fired power plants by the end of the decade as it looks to have more generation capacity to meet soaring electricity demand. […]
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In threat to climate safety, Michigan to woo tech data centers with new laws
Michigan Democrats are poised to pass legislation aimed at attracting big-tech data centers, but opponents say the bills would destroy nation-leading climate laws the same legislators approved in November because the centers consume massive amounts of electricity. […]
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Southwest power outage causes widespread flight delays
Numerous Southwest Airlines flights were delayed as the company reported a power outage hit its data centers in the Dallas area on Wednesday. Why it matters: While a Southwest Airlines spokesperson said it had “resolved a brief technology […]