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  • The Register: AI giants call for energy grid kumbaya

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/22/microsoft_nvidia_openai_power_grid/ Source: The Register Title: AI giants call for energy grid kumbaya Feedly Summary: Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI researchers warn of uneven power usage associated with AI training, and propose possible fixes Researchers at Microsoft, Nvidia, and OpenAI have issued a call to designers of software, hardware, infrastructure, and utilities for help finding…

  • Slashdot: Google Agrees To Pause AI Workloads To Protect the Grid When Power Demand Spikes

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    Source URL: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/25/08/05/0144232/google-agrees-to-pause-ai-workloads-to-protect-the-grid-when-power-demand-spikes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: Google Agrees To Pause AI Workloads To Protect the Grid When Power Demand Spikes Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has announced a pause on non-essential AI workloads to safeguard power grids in response to expected high energy demands due to extreme weather conditions. This proactive…

  • The Register: Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/04/google_ai_datacenter_grid/ Source: The Register Title: Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes Feedly Summary: On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries Google will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday.… AI Summary and…

  • 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…

  • The Register: Gridlocked: AI’s power needs could short-circuit US infrastructure

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    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/06/26/us_datacenter_power_crunch/ Source: The Register Title: Gridlocked: AI’s power needs could short-circuit US infrastructure Feedly Summary: You are not prepared for 5 GW datacenters, Deloitte warns Power required by AI datacenters in the US may be more than 30 times greater in a decade, with 5 GW facilities already in the pipeline..… AI Summary…

  • Cloud Blog: AI infrastructure is hot. New power distribution and liquid cooling infrastructure can help

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    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/systems/enabling-1-mw-it-racks-and-liquid-cooling-at-ocp-emea-summit/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AI infrastructure is hot. New power distribution and liquid cooling infrastructure can help Feedly Summary: AI is fundamentally transforming the compute landscape, demanding unprecedented advances in data center infrastructure. At Google, we believe that physical infrastructure — the power, cooling, and mechanical systems that underpin everything — isn’t…