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As electric bills rise, evidence mounts that data centers share blame

Amid rising electric bills, states are under pressure to insulate regular household and business ratepayers from the costs of ...

DTE, Consumers join AI race with efforts to power Michigan data centers

The power provision agreements the utilities are negotiating have the potential to drive up costs for ratepayers in years to ...

Electricity rates surge amid heat waves, AI data center expansion. How prices spiked in Tennessee

Electricity rates have increased across the U.S. amid heat waves and demand from AI data centers. Here's how prices have ...

$15B Central PA AI data center project promises jobs, raises environmental questions

The $15B PAX-1 data center project in Middlesex Township promises jobs and tax benefits but raises environmental and resource ...

Google agrees to curb power use for AI data centers to ease strain on US grid when demand surges

Google has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of ...

Google to Reduce AI Data Center Power Use During Peak Demand

In new agreements with two US utilities, Google has committed to rescheduling or pausing non-urgent AI workloads when the ...

AMD, Super Micro shares slide as AI bets falter on data center results miss

Shares of chip company Advanced Micro Devices and server maker Super Micro Computer tumbled in early trading on Wednesday ...

As AI power needs surge, a Bay Area data center bets on hydrogen as a sustainable alternative

As artificial intelligence fuels a surge in electricity demand, a Bay Area startup is betting on hydrogen to power the next ...

Spending on AI data centers is so massive that it’s taken a bigger chunk of GDP growth than shopping—and it could crash the American economy

As Rusty Foster, author of the widely read media blog Today in Tabs, puts it: “Our economy might just be three AI data ...

Navitas Semiconductor: A High-Stakes Gamble On The Future Of AI Data Centers

Navitas Semiconductor shifts focus to AI data centers, aiming for $615M revenue by 2030. Read how NVTS' GaN & SiC tech drives potential amidst near-term challenges.