15 h. ago Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John

Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil says the site was "immediately shut down" after the fire on Monday night.

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15 h. ago Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.

FORT ST. JOHN — A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was “immediately shut down” after the fire on Monday night. The […]

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6 d. ago AI Data Center Growth Means More Coal and Gas Plants, IEA Says

Growth in artificial intelligence-focused data centers will drive demand for gas- and coal-fired power plants, according to a new report from the International Energy Agency.

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6 d. ago A $20 Billion Gas Plant Exposes Australia’s Energy Conundrum

Just four days before he called a federal election last month, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government quietly pushed back a decision that will set the country’s energy path for decades to come.

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6 d. ago Microsoft says it’s ‘slowing or pausing’ some AI data center projects, including $1B plan for Ohio

AP Technology Writer (AP) — Microsoft said it is “slowing or pausing” some of its data center construction, including a $1 billion project in Ohio, the latest sign that the demand for artificial intelligence technology that drove a massive infrastructure expansion might not need quite as many powerful computers as expected. The tech giant confirmed […]

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9 d. ago Kingston Digital Releases Enterprise Class Gen5 Data Center SSD

U.2 for Server Applications and Workloads PCIe 5.0 NVMe Performance FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif. — Kingston Digital, Inc., the flash memory affiliate of Kingston Technology Company, Inc., a world leader in memory products and technology solutions, announces its latest data center SSD, DC3000ME PCIe 5.0 NVMe U.2 for server applications. DC3000ME enterprise class U.2 SSD utilizes […]

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1 week ago Meta Plans Nearly $1 Billion Data Center Project in Wisconsin

Meta Platforms Inc. plans to spend nearly $1 billion on the development of a data center project in central Wisconsin, underscoring a larger effort from the social media giant to ramp up investments in AI and cloud infrastructure.

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1 week ago U.S. energy department invites AI data center development at Los Alamos and other federal lands

The U.S. Department of Energy said it has identified 16 federal sites, including storied nuclear research laboratories such as Los Alamos, where tech companies could build data centers in a push to accelerate commercial development of artificial intelligence technology. The sites are “uniquely positioned for rapid data center construction, including in-place energy infrastructure with the […]

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1 week ago Huge AI Data Center Planned for Pennsylvania Coal Plant Site

An $10 billion natural gas-powered data center to serve the surging demands of artificial intelligence is being planned for the site of a former coal-fired power plant in Pennsylvania.

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2 w. ago AttoTude Secures $50M Series B Funding Led by Mayfield to Accelerate Deployment of Revolutionary THz Interconnect Technology

MENLO PARK, Calif. — AttoTude, the pioneer of groundbreaking THz interconnect technology for AI and hyperscale data center applications, today announced it has raised $50 million in Series B funding led by Mayfield, with participation from existing investors Sutter Hill Ventures, Canaan Partners, and Wing Venture Capital. This latest investment brings AttoTude’s total funding to […]

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2 w. ago Sanctioned Russian Arctic LNG Plant Flares Gas After Long Lull

Russia’s Arctic liquefied natural gas plant appears to have flared fuel last week, satellite images show, a move that could indicate the restart of a sanctioned export facility that has effectively been shuttered since last October.

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2 w. ago NTT DATA Selected by UPS for Digital Transformation and Modernization

NTT DATA supports UPS’s innovation across AI and digital product development NTT DATA will also provide end-to-end technology services including a custom data center colocation, digital transformation and cloud migration PLANO, Texas — NTT DATA, a leading global business and technology services company, and UPS, the world’s largest package delivery company, have announced a 10-year […]

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2 w. ago POET Technologies Reports Fourth Quarter 2024 Financial Results

Continued progress toward a revenue inflection point based on in-place contracts with industry leaders and partners TORONTO, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — POET Technologies Inc. (“POET” or the “Company”) (TSX Venture: PTK; NASDAQ: POET), the designer and developer of Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs), light sources and optical modules for the AI and data center […]

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2 w. ago iPronics Unveils World’s First Silicon Photonics Optical Circuit Switch for AI

VALENCIA, Spain, March 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — iPronics, a leader in software-defined photonics, today launched its Optical Networking Engine, ONE-32, the world’s first Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) product based on silicon photonics. Tailored for AI workloads and energy-efficient cloud infrastructure, the ONE-32 delivers ultra-low latency, massive scalability, and groundbreaking cost efficiency, transforming data center […]

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2 w. ago Germany’s Power Market Bailed Out by Gas Plants as Wind Plunges

Germany added more onshore wind turbines in the past decade than any other European country, but a severe slump in output this month shows how the nation’s energy system is still at the mercy of the weather and its old fossil-fuel plants.

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3 w. ago Bitfarms Schedules Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Conference Call on March 27, 2025

TORONTO, Ontario, March 19, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Bitfarms Ltd. (NASDAQ/TSX: BITF), a global Bitcoin and vertically integrated data center company, will report its fourth quarter and full year 2024 financial results on Thursday, March 27 before the market opens. Management will host a conference call on the same day at 8:00 am EST. All […]

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4 w. ago OpenAI’s First Stargate Site to Hold Up to 400,000 Nvidia Chips

The first data center complex for OpenAI’s $100 billion Stargate infrastructure venture will have space for as many as 400,000 of Nvidia Corp.’s powerful AI chips — an amount that, if filled, would make it one of the largest known clusters of artificial intelligence computing power.

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4 w. ago Bitfarms Completes Strategic Sale of its Yguazu, Paraguay Data Center

-Accretive transaction valued at approximately U.S. $85 million- -Bitfarms to reinvest capital in U.S. growth opportunities- This news release constitutes a “designated news release” for the purposes of Bitfarms’ second amended and restated prospectus supplement dated December 17, 2024, to its short form base shelf prospectus dated November 10, 2023. TORONTO, Ontario, March 18, 2025 […]

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4 w. ago Egypt Resumes Gas Flows to Export Plants Despite Supply Squeeze

Gas flows to Egypt’s two LNG exports facilities have resumed in an unusual move after the country had to turn to imports to meet domestic demand.

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last month China Sees Rare Drop in Winter Power Output on Warmer Weather

China’s electricity output suffered a rare early-year decline amid milder winter temperatures, adding to pressure on prices of power plant fuels like coal and gas.

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