Trump to endorse coal for data center power in the face of grim market realities

President Donald Trump is set to sign an executive order on Tuesday aimed at boosting coal’s…

Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers

Despite being the most abundant element in the universe, making cheap, clean hydrogen here on Earth…

Data centers love solar: Here’s a comprehensive guide to deals over 100 megawatts

The rush to capitalize on the buzz around AI has led tech companies to dramatically expand…

Nuclear startup Terrestrial Energy goes public via SPAC, netting $280 million in merger

Terrestrial Energy, a small nuclear startup, merged with an acquisition company on Wednesday.  The Canadian company…

Geothermal unicorn Fervo Energy may IPO as early as next year

Geothermal startup Fervo Energy is reportedly eyeing an initial public offering in the next two years.…

Lithium-ion batteries are remaking Google’s data centers

Sometimes the smallest of news items can point to bigger trends lurking beneath the surface. Case…

Geothermal could power nearly all new data centers through 2030

There’s a power crunch looming as AI and cloud providers ramp up data center construction. But…

CoreWeave partner EcoDataCenter racks up half a billion dollars to build more sustainable buildings for AI

EcoDataCenter, a Swedish company that builds eco-friendly data centers used by major compute providers to handle…

Chinese buyers are getting Nvidia Blackwell chips despite U.S. export controls

Upholding export controls on semiconductor chips made in the U.S. made chips may be harder than…

Hyperlume wants to make chip-to-chip communication faster and more efficient

Data centers consumed 4.4% of U.S. electricity in 2023 and are estimated to use up to…

Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears

This month, the Trump administration instituted sweeping cuts within the federal agencies in charge of power…

Data center tweaks could unlock 76 GW of new power capacity in the U.S.

Tech companies, data center developers, and power utilities have been panicking over the prospect of runaway…

Meta turns to solar — again — in its data center-building boom

Tech companies may be vocal about their love of advanced nuclear power — the flashy trend…

As demand for data centers soars, real estate companies look to become energy developers

Brendan Wallace has a lot on his mind lately. Wallace is the co-founder of Fifth Wall…

OpenAI’s Stargate project reportedly doesn’t have the money it needs

Stargate — the massive infrastructure project to build data centers for OpenAI in the U.S. —…

Bedrock Energy wants geothermal to make data centers cooler and offices more comfortable

Oil and gas isn’t the only source of energy lurking under our feet. Drill deep enough…

OpenAI and SoftBank are reportedly putting $19B each into Stargate

We may now know roughly how much money SoftBank and OpenAI are contributing toward Stargate, the…

Zombie nuclear reactors could be revived thanks to AI data center demand

A South Carolina utility wants to restart construction on a power plant that was mothballed eight…

OpenAI teams up with SoftBank and Oracle on $500B data center project

OpenAI says that it will team up with Japanese conglomerate SoftBank and with Oracle, along with…

Amperesand targets data centers as the next big customer for its solid-state transformers

With data centers expected to consume as much as 12% of electricity in the U.S. by…

Trump moves to sink offshore wind

One of Donald Trump’s first acts as president was an executive order that could kill the…

Meta adds 200 megawatts of solar to its 12 gigawatt renewable portfolio

Meta this week announced that it was buying 200 megawatts of solar energy from multinational electric…