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Voters approved restrictions on planned artificial intelligence data centers in 40 of 41 local ballot contests, underscoring mounting civic resistance to the resource demands of multi-gigawatt computing campuses.
Integrating solar cells into vehicle roofs produces only fractional range gains for standard electric cars, underscoring physical surface constraints that are driving automakers to reconsider vehicle efficiency.
Grassroots resistance to rapid AI infrastructure expansion is mounting across the United States, stalling nearly $200 billion in data center investments as communities push back on zoning opacity and grid demands.
Microsoft has signed a 20-year, 1,100-megawatt power supply agreement with NiSource for its AI data centers while navigating potential regulatory designations in the UK and Congressional inquiries in the US.
Cornell University researchers have developed a market mechanism that allows power-hungry data centers to pay flexible electricity users to fulfill mandated cutbacks during peak grid strain.
Western University researchers have found trace silicon inside un-irradiated TRISO nuclear fuel kernels, establishing that the element enters during sol-gel fabrication rather than migrating exclusively during reactor operation.
SoftBank contributed $50 million to the Donald J. Trump Presidential Library Fund in January, several months before securing a federal land lease for a major data center project in Ohio.
Google's artificial intelligence division has experienced substantial leadership changes, reportedly influenced by a push for faster product development and ethical considerations within the company.
Chevron and Williams are making significant investments in power generation for data centers, signaling a new revenue stream for the fossil fuel industry.
A new resolution aims to empower local communities with greater control over data center development.
The temporary generators will remain while a permanent 1.2-gigawatt gas plant is built for the Colossus data centers.
AWS revenue rose 37%, helping the company defend infrastructure spending that would be harder to justify without a clear hosting business.
The import restrictions focus largely on Chinese equipment that officials say could enable surveillance, remote control or cyberattacks.
PJM Interconnection will begin curtailing facilities of 50 megawatts or more in June 2027 when supply cannot meet demand.
