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Texas governor orders audit of new data centers after realizing over 400 gigawatts of power is a lot (engadget.com)

2026-08-04 | by Anna Washenko | tags: texas utility commissions, public utility commission of texas, electric reliability council of texas

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Teacher arrested for clapping in support of opposition at an AI data center meeting — gigawatt-scale project gets approved anyway despite community resistance (tomshardware.com)

2026-07-29 | by Jowi Morales | tags: ai data center, emporia kansas, lux claridge

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SoftBank to Plow $52 Billion Into French Data Centers (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2026-05-30 | get French Data Center Server → | tags: softbank, french data centers, gigawatts

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LG Energy Solution's shares surge as much as 16% after landing major U.S. battery storage deal (cnbc.com)

2026-05-28 | by Justina Lee | get Tesla Powerwall Battery → | tags: lg energy solution, dte energy, battery storage

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Google To Invest Up To $40 Billion In Anthropic (slashdot.org)

2026-04-24 | get Anthropic AI Research Kit → | tags: anthropic, google, ai lab

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Oracle expands Bloom Energy deal days after receiving $400 million stock warrant (cnbc.com)

2026-04-13 | by Jordan Novet | get Bloom Energy Server → | tags: oracle, bloom energy, fuel cell

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OpenAI’s Latest Thing It’s Bragging About Is Actually Kind of Sad (futurism.com)

2026-04-12 | by Victor Tangermann | get OpenAI ChatGPT Mug → | tags: openai, anthropic, data centers

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California just hit an inflection point for batteries (feeds.feedburner.com)

2026-04-03 | get Tesla Powerwall Battery → | tags: california, hoover dam, electric grid

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Globally, 86 percent of the new generating capacity was renewable in 2025 (arstechnica.com)

2026-04-02 | get Renewable Energy Power Bank → | tags: ireland renewable energy agency, solar capacity, gigawatts

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Almost Half of US Data Centers That Were Supposed to Open This Year Slated to Be Canceled or Delayed (futurism.com)

2026-04-02 | by Joe Wilkins | get Data Center Cooling System → | tags: data centers, helium, bloomberg

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The US Had a Big Battery Boom Last Year (wired.com)

2026-02-23 | by Molly Taft | get Battery pack → | tags: seia report, us energy storage, renewable energy

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CoreWeave stock jumps 6% as Nvidia invests $2 billion to expand AI data center capacity (cnbc.com)

2026-01-26 | by Ashley Capoot | get Data Center → | tags: billion, cnbc, coreweave

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China’s Renewable Energy Revolution Is a Huge Mess That Might Save the World (wired.com)

2026-01-20 | by Jeremy Wallace | get Solar Power → | tags: capacity, china, energy

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Meta sets up 'Meta Compute' organization for gigawatt-scale AI data centers — initiative is said to consume hundreds of gigawatts over time (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Anton Shilov | get Compute → | tags: compute, gigawatts, hardware

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Meta sets up 'Meta Compute' organization for gigawatt-scale AI data centers — initiative is said to consumer hundreds of gigawatts over time (tomshardware.com)

2026-01-12 | by Anton Shilov | get Compute → | tags: compute, gigawatts, hardware

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Meta announces a slew of nuclear energy agreements (engadget.com)

2026-01-09 | get Nuclear Reactors → | tags: agreement, early, gigawatts

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IBM CEO warns that ongoing trillion-dollar AI data center buildout is unsustainable — says there is 'no way' that infrastructure costs can turn a profit (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-03 | by Luke James | get Cloud → | tags: billion, gigawatts, hardware

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IBM CEO says there is 'no way' spending on AI data centers will pay off (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-02 | by Henry Chandonnet | get Cloud → | tags: gigawatts, krishna, spending

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OpenAI is making its own AI chips with Broadcom's help (engadget.com)

2025-10-31 | get travel guide book → | tags: 10, broadcom, gigawatts

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AMD stock skyrockets 30% as OpenAI looks to take stake in AI chipmaker (cnbc.com)

2025-10-31 | by Mackenzie Sigalos | get fitness tracker → | tags: 10, amd, deal

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OpenAI’s New Data Centers Will Draw More Power Than the Entirety of New York City, Sam Altman Says (futurism.com)

2025-10-31 | by Victor Tangermann | get Amazon Echo Dot → | tags: ai, data, gigawatts

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OpenAI and Nvidia’s $100B AI plan will require power equal to 10 nuclear reactors (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get wifi router → | tags: 10, gigawatt, nvidia

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OpenAI and partners are building a massive AI data center in Texas (arstechnica.com)

2025-10-31 | get travel guide book → | tags: capacity, gigawatts, infrastructure

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Meta Is Building Massive Gigawatt Data Centers as It Pours Billions Into AI (gizmodo.com)

2025-10-31 | by Aj Dellinger | get science reference book → | tags: ai, center, data