Texas Pushes AI Data Centers to Pay Their Own Grid Costs
PUCT outlines new interconnection rules, cost reforms and planning changes following Gov. Abbott’s order to protect ratepayers and the ERCOT grid.
Category: Data Center
Intel Layoffs Show Data Center Workers Aren’t Immune to Corporate Job Cuts
Despite booming demand for AI infrastructure, Intel’s latest round of layoffs highlight that no sector is safe from the wave of tech…
AI Is Redefining Data Center Ownership: Multiple Assets, Multiple Timelines
As AI infrastructure grows more complex, companies are rethinking how they acquire, own, and finance assets that operate on dramatically different economic…
DOE: AI Data Centers Are Transforming America’s Transmission Map
A draft federal study concludes that AI data centers are now the dominant driver of electricity demand growth, compelling planners to reconsider…
AMD Fires Back at Nvidia with Helios AI System, Epyc CPUs
AMD Fires Back at Nvidia with Helios AI System, Epyc CPUs. 7 Min Read. Helios, AMD’s rack-scale AI system, integrates Epyc CPUs,…
Fault in Data Center Alley Triggered 3 GW Load Drop
Dominion says data centers transferred to backup power after a transmission line fault, creating one of the largest sudden load changes publicly…
After the AI Rush, Can Data Centers Reclaim Sustainability?
After the AI Rush, Can Data Centers Reclaim Sustainability?. 9 Min Read. Hyperscale growth is forcing a new balance between capacity, cost,…
Europe’s Chips Act: A Brief Supply Chain Opinion
The European Chips Act is the industrial policy Europe needed. It finally treats semiconductors as a matter of economic security, and it…
White House Warns PJM to Reform Grid Governance ‘Before It Is Too Late’
Amid mounting pressure over rising AI power demand, the White House warns PJM Interconnection to overhaul its industry-controlled board or face potential…
Lawsuit Tests Water Strategy Behind California’s Lithium Valley
The case serves as a critical early test for Imperial County’s Lithium Valley development strategy, which envisions shifting agricultural water to support…