Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

A new deal between Google and Voltus will take advantage of flexibility on the grid. Would you take a payment to ramp down your electricity use? Would it change anything if you were doing so to help ...

A new report proposes rapid deployment of rooftop solar, home batteries and efficiency upgrades to free up space on the grid, so more data centers can hook up to already-squeezed utilities. Instead of ...

Large load data centers can require as much electricity as a city the size of Indianapolis. Utility companies are finding ways to respond to demand but they are not always transparent about their ...

Scientists have created a microscopic QR code so tiny it can only be seen with an electron microscope—smaller than most bacteria and now officially a world record. But this isn’t just about size; it’s ...

As the AI boom accelerates, governments and utilities are struggling to keep pace with the industry's huge energy demands. New figures suggest data centers now consume about 6 percent of electricity ...

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SAN JOSE — A major new power hub rising downtown could help San Jose meet surging electricity demand from artificial intelligence, data centers, and other energy-hungry industries, as part of a ...

Polls have closed for the 2026 D.C. Primary elections. 7News has your live election results by Nick Minock CULPEPER COUNTY, Va. (7News) — The Culpeper County Board of Supervisors is hosting Dominion ...

Data centers have traditionally depended on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and backup generators to keep them online during a power cut, grid event, or natural disaster. But the critical ...

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