As the AI surge progresses, the most significant hurdle is unlikely to be the availability of chips or components. Instead, it will be electricity, cooling, and physical space. On our planet, data ...

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...

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Google shut off remote control functionality in first- and second-generation Nest thermostats in October. After the downgrade, security researcher Cody Kociemba created a solution to bring these old ...

About 170 Starshield satellites built by SpaceX for the US government’s National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) have been sending signals in the wrong direction, a satellite researcher found. The ...

COWETA COUNTY, Ga. — Massive data centers proposed for metro Atlanta expect to use millions of gallons of water per day. Some of those data centers are planning to use more water than entire Georgia ...

Columnar, a startup founded by core Apache Arrow developers, launched today with $4 million to accelerate data connectivity using Arrow-based drivers. Bessemer Venture Partners led the company’s seed ...

The New York Knicks sent Zohran Mamdani, the frontrunner in next month’s mayoral election, a cease-and-desist for the use of the team’s iconic logo in his campaign ad. Mamdani ran an ad during the ...

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.

Nitika Garg does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

What happens if the president believes the streets are on fire and the National Guard must roll out, but a federal judge disagrees? What if reality itself disagrees with the commander-in-chief? Who ...

Utility rates are rising in 41 states due to the increased demand from data centers on the electric grid. Data centers consumed 4.4% of U.S. electricity in 2023, and are expected to triple by 2028.