The investment will boost AI capacity while raising questions about power and water demands.

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Google’s Project Suncatcher aims to power AI data centers from space using solar satellites — a bold new step in the future of computing and energy.

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OpenAI warns its AI boom could strain US labor, requiring tens of thousands of skilled tradespeople to build massive data centers and energy infrastructure.

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OpenAI urges the US to treat electricity generation as a national-security and competitiveness priority essential to sustaining America’s AI leadership.

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After petitions and meetings, Microsoft scrapped a 244-acre data center in Caledonia, citing community feedback, and may seek other sites in Southeast Wisconsin

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The wide-ranging deal includes DRAM, services, construction, and more customers for ChatGPT. The planned infrastructure could include floating data centers.

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Nvidia’s help could revitalize Intel and strengthen upcoming product lines.

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OpenAI’s Stargate project reaches over the Atlantic as Trump and Starmer announce AI infrastructure agreement.

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Microsoft is investing $15B in UK AI and cloud, expanding data centers, Nvidia-powered supercomputers, and workforce to boost AI skills and innovation.

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Google has opened a new data center in Waltham Cross as a key part of its UK investment strategy. But it's not the only one investing in the region.

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The release later this year is the latest maneuver between China and the U.S. as they try to control the flow of powerful AI chips.

Inference, training, and everyday operations all contribute to the considerable water and power consumption required to run generative AI.

Google and Kairos Power are collaborating to build small modular reactors to provide nuclear power to data centers to give them abundant, clean, and reliable energy.

US President Donald Trump's tariffs, including a 145% levy on Chinese tech, will disrupt supply chains and raise prices on products like smartphones, computers, and gaming consoles.

“Data centers are today’s gold rush,” Kevin O’Leary stated during his keynote at Data Center World 2025.

NVIDIA is touting its personal AI supercomputers that CEO Jensen Huang calls a "new class of computers."

The White House will ease the way for OpenAI, Oracle, MGX, and SoftBank to build a generative AI computing system.

IT professionals are emerging as key drivers of sustainability, leading decarbonization efforts and shaping the future of green technology.

Polymer optical waveguides in co-packaged optics could speed up AI training.