Tag: sustainability
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The Register: AI to more than double global datacenter electricity use by 2030, say global policy wonks
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…
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The Register: Microsoft puts $1B US datacenter builds on hold amid tariff uncertainty
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/09/microsoft_puts_more_datacenter_builds/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft puts $1B US datacenter builds on hold amid tariff uncertainty Feedly Summary: Committed $80B capex for DCs as recently as January. We wonder what changed? Microsoft has called a halt to construction of three datacenter campuses in central Ohio, in a sign the tech giant is having…
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New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants
Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/business/energy-environment/gas-turbines-power-plants.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: Why a Plane-Size Machine Could Foil a Race to Build Gas Power Plants Feedly Summary: Wait times for the hulking turbines needed to turn natural gas into electricity have doubled in the past year as companies scramble to build data centers for A.I. AI…
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Slashdot: Wikimedia Drowning in AI Bot Traffic as Crawlers Consume 65% of Resources
Source URL: https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/04/04/2357233/wikimedia-drowning-in-ai-bot-traffic-as-crawlers-consume-65-of-resources Source: Slashdot Title: Wikimedia Drowning in AI Bot Traffic as Crawlers Consume 65% of Resources Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text highlights an emerging issue faced by the Wikimedia Foundation, where web crawlers are significantly impacting their infrastructure by overwhelming it with automated traffic, particularly for training AI…
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The Register: US DoE wants developers to fast-track AI datacenters on its land
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/doe_ai_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: US DoE wants developers to fast-track AI datacenters on its land Feedly Summary: But Bernstein analysts say tariffs could disrupt equipment supply chains The US Department of Energy (DoE) is looking to co-locate datacenters with energy generation facilities to further America’s AI ambitions, and is putting up its…
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The Register: US DoE wants developers to fast-track AI datacenters on its land
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/04/doe_ai_datacenters/ Source: The Register Title: US DoE wants developers to fast-track AI datacenters on its land Feedly Summary: But Bernstein analysts say tariffs could disrupt equipment supply chains The US Department of Energy (DoE) is looking to co-locate datacenters with energy generation facilities to further America’s AI ambitions, and is putting up its…
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The Register: Pennsylvania’s once top coal power plant eyed for revival as 4.5GW gas-fired AI campus
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/pennsylvanias_largest_coal_plant/ Source: The Register Title: Pennsylvania’s once top coal power plant eyed for revival as 4.5GW gas-fired AI campus Feedly Summary: Seven gas turbines planned to juice datacenter demand by 2027 Developers on Wednesday announced plans to bring up to 4.5 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power online by 2027 at the site of…