UN chief calls on companies to disclose energy and environmental impact of AI use
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres on Tuesday called on artificial intelligence companies to release information about the carbon…
Regulators back Trump plan to speed power to energy-hungry AI data centers
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday agreed to let large energy users connect more quickly to the…
Trump, Bernie Sanders and Sam Altman agree on public ownership in AI
WASHINGTON (AP) — It was perhaps a surprising private overture from OpenAI CEO Sam Altman to Sen. Bernie…
AI and data centers leave goliath-sized environmental footprints globally
WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world’s largest countries, according…
Ohio suspends tax break for data centers needed to power AI
Ohio, one of the nation’s data center destination hot spots, is suspending a tax break that has been…
Building trades unions join forces with tech giants in AI data center push
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker —…
DOE unveils 10-gigawatt Ohio data center, gas-powered energy plan
PIKETON, Ohio (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy on Friday announced a public-private partnership to develop a…
High-voltage power lines is latest front line in battle over AI, Big Tech
SUGARLOAF, Pa. (AP) — For John Zola, the 40 acres were like a paradise: apple orchards tucked into…
Strikes on Amazon data centers highlights vulnerability to physical risks
LONDON (AP) — Damage to three Amazon Web Services facilities in the Middle East from Iranian drone strikes…
As energy costs rise, everyone wants data centers to pick up the tab
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — As outrage spreads over energy-hungry data centers, politicians from President Donald Trump to local…
Musk vows to put data centers in space and run them on solar power but experts have their doubts
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk vowed this week to upend another industry just as he did with…
A chatbot entirely powered by humans, not artificial intelligence? This Chilean community shows why
About 50 residents of a community outside Chile’s capital spent Saturday trying their best to power an entirely…