Tech companies are increasingly building private power plants to fuel off-grid data centers, a move some warn has reliability challenges and hurts climate goals
Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.
As data center development puts pressure on power grids, US officials propose requiring data centers to power down or switch to a backup as blackout risks rise
Power-grid operators are asking tech companies to supply their own electricity or go dark at times, but many are pushing back
US data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom
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US data center developers, facing grid access wait times of up to seven years, are turning to aeroderivative turbines and diesel generators to power the AI boom
Supply chain shortages drive developers to use smaller and less efficient power sources to fuel AI power demand
Meta forms a JV with Blue Owl to fund the $27B, 2GW Hyperion data center in Louisiana, its largest ever private capital deal; Meta will retain a ~20% equity
Meta (META.O) has struck a $27 billion financing deal with Blue Owl Capital to fund its biggest data center project globally …
A look at some US energy companies linked to AI infrastructure, such as Sam Altman-backed Oklo, whose stocks have soared despite having little to no revenue
Concept stocks with no revenue have soaring valuations — Forget about the froth in tech valuations. The real excess might be building up in energy stocks. X: @aaronback . Linked...
Analysis: US wholesale electricity now costs as much as 267% more for a single month than it did in 2020 in areas located near significant data center activity
Wholesale electricity costs as much as 267% more than it did five years ago in areas near data centers. That's being passed on to customers.
Elon Musk says xAI acquired X in an all-stock deal valuing xAI at $80B and X at $33B; xAI was reportedly in talks to raise funds in February at a $75B valuation
Elon Musk said on Friday that his startup xAI has merged with X, his social network, in an all-stock transaction that values …
SEC whistleblower complaint: an ex-executive who is launching a book alleges Facebook built a censorship system for the CCP in a bid to enter China in the 2010s
Meta went to extreme lengths, including developing a censorship system, in a failed attempt to bring Facebook to millions …
A whistleblower complaint claims Amazon paid $380M for licensing robot maker Covariant's tech and hiring its staff, and the deal merits antitrust scrutiny
www.washingtonpost.com/technology/ 2... John Kostyack / @kostyack : Whistleblower files complaints about Amazon's alleged concealment of antitrust issues with acquisition of AI com...