Tag: power
Data Center Opponents Push Back Against “Superhuman” AI
The rush to build more and bigger data centers to power the AI revolution is getting pushback from an array of opponents in the US.
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Electricity Scarcity Meets Aluminum Tariffs, and American Citizens Pick Up the Bill
A collision between AI data centers being built—in the current AI bubble and with full throated support by the Trump Administration—and aluminum smelters for electricity is no longer theoretical. Utilities across the United States are facing binding constraints on generation and transmission. When presented with competing requests for hundreds of … [continued]
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Donald Trump’s AI Order Could Cost Iowans & Georgians Big Time
Yesterday, I covered Donald Trump’s latest effort to pretend he’s king and violate states’ rights, an AI executive order. (Apologies if he’s already tried to act like king in some other way and I’ve missed that.) The executive order tries to force fossil fuel pollution on more people, among other … [continued]
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NLR Analysis Identifies Reservoir Thermal Energy Storage as a Solution for Data Center Cooling Needs
RTES System Cuts Energy Consumption and Costs Over a Simulated 20-Year Period By Hannah Halusker, NLR The rise of artificial intelligence, cloud platforms, and data processing is driving a steady increase in global data center electricity consumption. While running computer servers accounts for the largest share of data center energy … [continued]
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She Wanted To Write Fantasy. Now, She Is Rewriting Recycling.
Meet Taylor Uekert, the Gymnast-Turned-Nanoengineer Who Harnesses Molecular Machines To Remake Plastics, Chemicals, and More By Caitlin McDermott-Murphy, NLR Three days after 9-year-old Taylor Uekert moved to the foothills outside San Diego, her parents woke her and her brother in the middle of the night. “Get up and get to the car,” … [continued]
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