Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Wed, 06 Nov 2024 18:24:46 +0000
The AI craze is threatening to overwhelm utility companies who don’t have enough electricity to power new data centers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 28 Oct 2024 21:19:30 +0000
Tech giant Microsoft announced an initial investment of $1 billion to support three new data centers in Licking County, Ohio. The company on Oct. 28 confirmed construction of campuses in […]
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Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 01:33:10 +0000
The power generation sector is looking at numerous ways to provide enough electricity to satisfy demand from data centers. Bloomberg Intelligence recently said its research shows data centers, buildings filled […]
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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2024 15:35:12 +0000
Two weeks ago, the news was filled with reports that Reactor 1 at the Three Mile Island nuclear generating station, which was shut down in 2019, will be refurbished and put back into service for another 20 years or more. Its sole customer will be Microsoft, which needs a lot … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2024 01:18:25 +0000
The surviving nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island will be restarted to make electricity to power Microsoft data centers.
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Read moreCredit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 22:34:19 +0000
A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a proposed expansion of methane-fueled power for its planned Racine County data center — projected to become Wisconsin Electric’s “largest electric load.” In an open letter to Microsoft, the groups charge … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:06:16 +0000
Microsoft has announced a deal to restart the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania. It’s the latest move by a technology company to use nuclear power to provide […]
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Credit to Author: Contributed Content| Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:32:30 +0000
$100 billion investment potential will enhance American competitiveness in artificial intelligence (AI) while meeting the growing need for energy infrastructure to power economic growth The drive to develop more powerful […]
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Credit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:24:16 +0000
One thing that frosts my shorts is a press release from some renewable energy developer touting how many homes a new installation can power. The dirty little secret no one wants to talk about is that much of the new renewable energy coming online today will be used to power … [continued]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Steve Hanley| Date: Sun, 15 Sep 2024 13:43:50 +0000
A struggle over data centers is taking place in Ohio, where the local utility fears it will build more capacity then be deserted by Big Tech.
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