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…
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Hey folks,. Another day in the Vercel vs Cloudflare feud: this time they are fighting over whose AI gateway is faster.. Here’s…
MIT projects selected for funding under US Department of Energy’s Genesis Mission
MIT researchers are set to contribute to the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission, with 15 collaborative projects among those selected…
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…
Professor Emeritus Dimitri Bertsekas, influential computer scientist and prolific author, dies at 83
Dimitri Bertsekas PhD ’71, the Jerry McAfee (1940) Emeritus Professor in Engineering in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS),…
Best Practices for Building AI Agents That Work in Production
AI is in your engineering workflows. While the token spend shows it, the throughput doesn’t. The human is very much still in…
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…
AI Data Center Boom Strains Global Construction Capacity
Data center construction is now the most capacity-constrained sector globally, driven by the rapid growth of AI infrastructure and labor shortages.