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With winter storms on the horizon, now’s a smart time to score deals on essentials like high-powered generators and power stations. Plenty of options from trusted brands such as Jackery, Anker, DuroMax are on sale at Amazon, alongside tried-and-true tech from popular names like Apple, Bose, Belkin and Garmin.
As Big Tech develops more artificial intelligence (AI) data centers, advocates flaunt the promise of more jobs and innovation, while others warn about the impending power crunch and potential antitrust issues as a handful of companies could dominate the ...
China has launched the world’s first carbon dioxide–based power generator, using supercritical CO2 instead of steam to produce electricity with over 50% efficiency. The system harnesses industrial waste heat—such as from steel plants—and needs no ...
Power Is the New Gold Rush for AI Data Centers Your email has been sent In 1849, the 49ers chased gold. In 2025, the new rush is for power. Utilities and grid operators are overwhelmed with requests for grid interconnection. According to the Boston ...
Demand is rocketing thanks to ever more ambitious ai plans by the hyperscalers—Alphabet, Amazon, Microsoft and Meta—all of which rely on data centres to run their services. On July 23rd Alphabet, owner of Google, said it would raise capital spending ...
The Trump administration unveiled a plan at the White House on Friday that would require big tech companies to pay for the construction of new power generation in the region managed by PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. grid operator, serving 67M ...
Aircraft startup Boom Supersonic said Tuesday it will start selling a version of its turbine engine as a stationary power plant, and that its first customer will be data center startup Crusoe. Crusoe will buy 29 of Boom’s 42-megawatt turbines for $1.25 ...
There are over 9,000 backup generators that can supply emergency power to Northern Virginia data centers, some of which run on diesel and emit toxins. The use of these generators became a flashpoint i