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  • The Register: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/19/meta_wholesale_leccy/ Source: The Register Title: Zuck has the power! Meta applies to sell excess electricity Feedly Summary: With new electricity sources for AI datacenters, the company will have some juice left over AI model training and serving require vast quantities of power, but not necessarily all at once. With the first of several…

  • Wired: X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say

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    Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/x-data-center-fire-in-oregon-started-inside-power-cabinet-authorities-say/ Source: Wired Title: X Data Center Fire in Oregon Started Inside Power Cabinet, Authorities Say Feedly Summary: Generative AI has put data centers under the spotlight, and surging electricity needs could increase risk of fires. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The surge in data center electricity needs due to generative AI…

  • Slashdot: CoreWeave Data Center To Double City’s Power Needs

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    Source URL: https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/25/07/14/2337208/coreweave-data-center-to-double-citys-power-needs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: CoreWeave Data Center To Double City’s Power Needs Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The expansion of CoreWeave’s data center in Denton, Texas, highlights the significant strain that AI workloads impose on local power supplies, prompting infrastructure upgrades and raising compliance challenges. This scenario exemplifies the intersection…

  • Slashdot: Tech Giants’ Indirect Emissions Rose 150% In Three Years

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    Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/06/10/2154202/tech-giants-indirect-emissions-rose-150-in-three-years Source: Slashdot Title: Tech Giants’ Indirect Emissions Rose 150% In Three Years Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text discusses a recent United Nations report highlighting the significant increase in indirect carbon emissions from leading AI-focused tech companies due to their energy-intensive data centers. As investments in AI grow,…

  • Scott Logic: Tools for measuring Cloud Carbon Emissions (updated for 2025)

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    Source URL: https://blog.scottlogic.com/2025/05/20/tools-for-measuring-cloud-carbon-emissions-updated-for-2025.html Source: Scott Logic Title: Tools for measuring Cloud Carbon Emissions (updated for 2025) Feedly Summary: In this post I’ll discuss ways of estimating the emissions caused by your Cloud workloads as a first step towards reaching your organisation’s Net Zero goals. AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text provides a comprehensive…

  • The Register: AI to more than double global datacenter electricity use by 2030, say global policy wonks

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/12/ai_double_datacenter_energy/ Source: The Register Title: AI to more than double global datacenter electricity use by 2030, say global policy wonks Feedly Summary: No worries, just use neural networks to optimize systems powering neural networks Analysis Global datacenter electricity use is set to more than double by 2030 – slightly surpassing Japan’s total consumption…