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Chinese researchers discover new salty cooling solution that can drop temperatures by more than 50 degrees Celsius in seconds — depressurizing saturated fluid triggers massive amounts of heat transfer (tomshardware.com)

2026-02-01 | by Jowi Morales | related products | tags: ammonium thiocyanate, electricity, pressure

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'Reverse Solar Panel' Generates Electricity at Night (slashdot.org)

2026-01-31 | related products | tags: earth, electricity, generate

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The winter storm tested power grids straining to accommodate AI data centers (theverge.com)

2026-01-27 | by Justine Calma | related products | tags: electricity, energy, power

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Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-24 | related products | tags: attack, electricity, malware

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Poland's energy grid was targeted by never-before-seen wiper malware (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-24 | related products | tags: attack, electricity, malware

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Solar and Wind Overtake Fossil Fuels in the EU (slashdot.org)

2026-01-23 | by Posted | related products | tags: electricity, ember, fossil

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The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To (wired.com)

2026-01-21 | by Molly Taft | related products | tags: center, centers, data centers

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US electricity demand surged in 2025 – solar handled 61% of it (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-17 | by Michelle Lewis | related products | tags: demand, electricity, electricity demand

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Trump and Mid-Atlantic governors want tech companies to pay for new power plants (theverge.com)

2026-01-16 | by Justine Calma | related products | tags: auction, centers, data centers

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UK secures record supply of offshore wind projects (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-14 | related products | tags: clean, electricity, government

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Microsoft announces glut of new data centers but says it won’t let your electricity bill go up (techcrunch.com)

2026-01-13 | by Lucas Ropek | related products | tags: center, centers, electricity

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Microsoft vows to cover full power costs for energy-hungry AI data centers (arstechnica.com)

2026-01-13 | related products | tags: center, data center, data centers

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America's Biggest Power Grid Operator Has an AI Problem - Too Many Data Centers (slashdot.org)

2026-01-13 | by Posted | related products | tags: centers, data centers, electricity

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Microsoft to overhaul AI data center building with community-first approach — says it will 'be a good neighbor' to communities, cover energy cost increases, and replenish water (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Jowi Morales | related products | tags: centers, data centers, electricity

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What a year of solar and batteries saved us in 2025 (news.ycombinator.com)

2026-01-13 | by Scott Helme | related products | tags: electricity, export, peak

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Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill (wired.com)

2026-01-13 | by Molly Taft | related products | tags: bills, centers, country

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Microsoft says communities won't see energy price hikes near data centers as utility costs rise (cnbc.com)

2026-01-13 | by Jordan Novet | related products | tags: centers, data centers, electricity

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Trump says that AI tech companies need to ‘pay their own way’ when it comes to their electricity consumption — says major changes are coming to ensure Americans don't 'pick up the tab' for data centers (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-13 | by Jowi Morales | related products | tags: electricity, grid, infrastructure

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Trump Says Microsoft To Make Changes To Curb Data Center Power Costs For Americans (slashdot.org)

2026-01-13 | related products | tags: bills, centers, data center

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Microsoft scrambles to quell fury around its new AI data centers (theverge.com)

2026-01-13 | by Justine Calma | related products | tags: center, centers, data center

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Meta Is Going Nuclear to Power Its AI Data Centers (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-01-09 | related products | tags: electricity, megawatts, meta

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PG&E outages in S.F. leave 130k without electricity (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-21 | related products | tags: electricity, leave, leave electricity

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Senators Count the Shady Ways Data Centers Pass Energy Costs On To Americans (slashdot.org)

2025-12-17 | related products | tags: center, costs, data center

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Who should pay for the power grid’s race to keep up with data centers? (feeds.feedburner.com)

2025-12-16 | related products | tags: built, built electricity, cancellations

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Elizabeth Warren, other U.S. senators concerned about big tech pushing up electricity costs — demands explanation from Amazon, Google, Meta as AI data centers drive up residential energy bills (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-16 | by Stephen Warwick | related products | tags: centers, data centers, electricity

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Could This Technology Prevent Blackouts? (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-15 | by Qing-Chang Zhong | related products | tags: electricity, energy, grid

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Electricity Is Now Holding Back Growth Across the Global Economy (slashdot.org)

2025-12-15 | by Posted | related products | tags: country, electricity, grid

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Bitcoin Miners on the Run After Stealing $1.1 Billion in Electricity (futurism.com)

2025-12-06 | by Victor Tangermann | related products | tags: bitcoin, bitcoin mining, electricity

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Solar’s growth in US almost enough to offset rising energy use (arstechnica.com)

2025-11-26 | related products | tags: demand, electricity, growth

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Engineers are Building the Hottest Geothermal Power Plant on Earth - Next to a US Volcano (slashdot.org)

2025-11-23 | by Posted | related products | tags: degrees, electricity, energy