X's Safety team identified a bot farm of approximately 200,000 suspected Chinese inauthentic accounts, with about 200 targeting U.S. sentiment on AI data centers and energy policy, using AI-generated …
U.S. data center electricity consumption rose from 1.9% of national power in 2018 to 4.4% in 2023, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory projects it will reach 6.7% to 12% by 2028, driving demand …
Developer Behring Companies and Oakland City Councilmember Carroll Fife defended a proposed data center at 415 20th St. in downtown Oakland, saying it differs from typical large-scale AI facilities. T…
Data centers could consume nearly 12% of U.S. electricity by 2030, straining the grid, according to a Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory report. Researchers at Washington University, led by profess…
A data center and AI complex may operate on the first floor of a downtown Oakland office building at 415 Thomas L. Berkley Way without a conditional use permit, according to a proposal by building own…
Behring Companies is marketing roughly 20,000 square feet of a former Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory supercomputing site at 415 20th Street in downtown Oakland for an AI data center, with the o…
Behring Companies plans to build a 20,000-square-foot AI data center in downtown Oakland at 415 20th Street, a former supercomputer facility purchased for $6.8 million, to support AI and robotics rese…
A new study led by the National Laboratory of the Rockies (NLR) found that underground thermal energy storage can reduce annual electricity costs for cooling data centers by up to 70%, roughly $20 mil…
California's data center hysteria is overblown, argues columnist Steven Greenhut, citing a 2024 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory study showing data centers may use only about 1% of the U.S. water…
The U.S. Department of Energy selected four Texas A&M University research teams for its Genesis Mission to develop AI systems for critical mineral research, particle accelerator operations, and nuclea…
A political backlash against data centers is intensifying across the U.S., with at least 500 organized opposition groups and 70% of Americans opposing new construction near them, according to a Gallup…
The Department of Energy's draft 2026 National Transmission Needs Study concludes that AI data centers are now the dominant driver of U.S. electricity demand growth, reshaping grid expansion plans. Th…
BloombergNEF has raised its forecast for US data center power capacity in 2035 to 194 gigawatts, up 83% from its December 2025 projection of 106 GW, driven by planned AI infrastructure. Nearly half of…
Utilities in Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, and Pennsylvania are invoking eminent domain to route high-voltage transmission lines to data center campuses, sparking lawsuits from landowners who argue tha…
Exelon CEO Calvin Butler warned that U.S. blackouts could begin as early as 2027 due to surging energy demand from AI data centers, which have pushed grid capacity to its limits. Nearly 400,000 Exelon…
AI data centers consumed about 1.5% of global electricity in 2024, projected to reach under 3% by 2030, but local impacts are severe: in Ireland they use 22% of national electricity, and in the US the…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) issued new rules for large-load interconnection, aiming to reduce grid stress and improve affordability for AI factories and advanced manufacturing. The…
Data centers use less water than golf courses and less energy than U.S. refrigerators, experts say, countering claims that they are environmental guzzlers. Critics have exaggerated consumption, with o…
Gartner forecasts datacenter power consumption will rise significantly by 2027, driven by AI servers, but the overall share of global electricity remains modest compared to other sectors. Concerns abo…