Energy needs for data centers is significant and rising, stressing traditional power plants that rely on hydroelectric, coal, oil and natural gas. According to a 2024 report by the Lawrence Berkeley ...

And that may be part of the allure for Big Tech companies looking to the heavens for their data center solutions. Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin and Elon Musk’s SpaceX are working on plans to launch orbital ...

Hard-drive lead times have gone from a few weeks to more than a year due to AI demands, and enterprise flash storage prices are expected to rise with surging demand. After GPUs, storage capacity has ...

With data center developers in Texas and most other states now commonly deploying fossil fuel generators as backup power sources, a nascent industry from the renewable side of power generation—battery ...

REVIEW COMMITTEE APPROVED THE PROJECT IN JUNE. TONIGHT, WE’RE GETTING THE FACTS ABOUT WHAT DATA CENTERS ARE AND WHY THEY’RE SO CONTROVERSIAL. ADDIE MEINERS GOT SOME ANSWERS FROM AN EXPERT. ADDIE RICK, ...