Emerald AI, a startup that helps AI data centers reduce power use during grid strain, raised $150 million in Series A funding, valuing the company at $1.05 billion. The round, one of the largest for a…
Data centers have become the largest driver of surging electricity demand straining US power grids, but the AI boom has accelerated investment in solid-state power transformers that replace 1880s-era …
ZTE Digital Energy has developed an integrated full-stack energy storage system that uses AI to turn telecom backup batteries into revenue-generating grid assets, addressing rising electricity demand …
A study published in Nature Communications found that AI-driven productivity gains in fossil fuel extraction could increase net yearly carbon pollution by 0.47 to 1.8 gigatonnes, or about 1-5% of the …
Morgan Stanley strategist Michelle Weaver said computing capacity is 'a constrained resource,' with power shortages, skilled worker gaps, and political resistance limiting supply for years, while Micr…
A peer-reviewed study in npj Climate Action finds that AI-driven productivity gains in fossil fuel production will likely offset emissions reductions from AI-enhanced renewables, increasing carbon pol…
A new study in npj Climate Action models AI as a bidirectional productivity amplifier in a global computable general equilibrium model, finding that under parallel adoption scenarios, net annual CO₂ e…
Microsoft Corp. cut its purchases of carbon removal credits by about 80% in the first half of 2026 compared with the same period last year, according to a BloombergNEF report, marking its first retrea…
AI data centers are creating a significant new electricity load in the United States, particularly in concentrated regions, but this is a regional grid issue rather than a global power crisis, accordi…
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink said the United States needs $500 billion immediately and trillions more to build AI infrastructure, warning that delays could widen wealth inequality. Speaking on a CNBC pane…
A first-of-its-kind study finds that AI will boost fossil fuel production more than renewable energy, causing annual carbon emissions to rise by 0.47 to 1.8 gigatonnes, equivalent to 1% to 5% of the e…
An engineer built JSTJO, an AI interface that displays a visible water counter that depletes with each query, to make the hidden environmental cost of AI tangible. The project highlights that a single…
A wave of startups is developing alternatives to the transformer architecture that underpins all major large language models, aiming to overcome its high computational costs and limited context window…
AI systems consume significant electricity, water, minerals, and land, with data centres projected to double electricity use by 2026, according to the International Energy Agency. The net resource imp…
The U.S. is experiencing a mining renaissance driven by demand for critical minerals for AI data centers and clean energy, with Thacker Pass in Nevada being the largest lithium project in decades. How…
Jeff Bezos, through his investment firm Bezos Expeditions, has backed Cambridge-based AI startup CuspAI in a $450 million Series B funding round led by Kleiner Perkins and New Enterprise Associates, v…
GPTZero's July 28 investigation found that four PwC Middle East reports published from 2024 through 2026 contained fabricated, mismatched, or unsupported citations, classifying four citations as fake.…
Antora Energy commissioned a 5 GWh thermal battery project at POET's bioprocessing facility in Big Stone City, South Dakota, in May 2026, deploying more than 200 carbon-block thermal battery units tha…
The International Energy Agency and Goldman Sachs Research project data center power demand could rise 165% by 2030, with AI and data centers becoming a major source of electricity demand. The author …
Beetaloo Energy Australia signed a non-binding agreement with Halliburton to advance a gas-to-power and data centre development at a 185-hectare site in Weddell, Northern Territory, aiming to supply h…