States rethink data centers as 'electricity hogs' strain the grid
State Sen. Norm Needleman championed the 2021 legislation designed to lure major data centers to Connecticut.
May 2, 2024
0
5
Energy & Green Tech
News tagged with data centers
Energy & Green Tech
Microsoft makes renewable energy deal with Canada's Brookfield
Microsoft and Canada's Brookfield Asset Management have struck an agreement for the development of renewable energy that could make one of the biggest corporate purchases of green energy to date, the companies said on Tuesday.
May 2, 2024
0
14
Hardware
Google plans to invest $2 billion to build data center in northeast Indiana, officials say
Google plans to invest $2 billion to build a data center in northeastern Indiana that will help power its artificial intelligence technology and cloud business, company and state officials said Friday.
Apr 27, 2024
0
2
Electronics & Semiconductors
A flexible and efficient DC power converter for sustainable-energy microgrids
A new DC-DC power converter is superior to previous designs and paves the way for more efficient, reliable and sustainable energy storage and conversion solutions. The Kobe University development can efficiently interface ...
Apr 19, 2024
0
17
Electronics & Semiconductors
Research team manufactures the first universal, programmable and multifunctional photonic chip
A team from the Photonics Research Laboratory (PRL)-iTEAM of the Universitat Politècnica de València and the company iPRONICS have designed and manufactured a revolutionary chip for the telecommunications sector, data centers ...
Apr 15, 2024
1
71
Hardware
Proof-of-principle demonstration of 3D magnetic recording could lead to enhanced hard disk drives
Research groups from NIMS, Seagate Technology, and Tohoku University have made a breakthrough in the field of hard disk drives (HDD) by demonstrating the feasibility of multi-level recording using a three-dimensional magnetic ...
Apr 4, 2024
0
88
Computer Sciences
Computer scientists show the way: AI models need not be so power hungry
The fact that colossal amounts of energy are needed to Google away, talk to Siri, ask ChatGPT to get something done, or use AI in any sense, has gradually become common knowledge.
Apr 3, 2024
0
29
Hardware
Amazon bets $150 billion on data centers required for AI boom
Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers, giving the cloud-computing giant the firepower to handle an expected explosion in demand for artificial intelligence applications ...
Mar 28, 2024
0
1
Business
Nvidia backs little-known upstart in India's biggest AI bet yet
It's a sultry March evening in the suburbs of Mumbai and a group of men hovers anxiously at the back gate of a startup called Yotta Data Services. They pace, pause and fret. It's approaching midnight, 10 hours late, when ...
Mar 18, 2024
0
13
Business
Chinese national arrested in US for stealing Google AI technology
A Chinese software engineer was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing artificial intelligence technology from Google while secretly working for two Chinese companies, US Attorney General Merrick Garland said.
Mar 6, 2024
0
29
