57 h. ago Microsoft secures power supply for data center project in Malaga, Washington

Microsoft secures power supply for data center project in Malaga, Washington  Data Center Dynamics

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3 d. ago Power outage hits South Seattle and White Center; now resolved

Power outage hits South Seattle and White Center; now resolved  Westside Seattle

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3 d. ago Power outage hits South Seattle and White Center; now down to 445

Power outage hits South Seattle and White Center; now down to 445  Westside Seattle

Events

3 d. ago Power outage hits South Seattle and White Center; 6376 customers out

Power outage hits South Seattle and White Center; 6376 customers out  Westside Seattle

Economics

4 d. ago Top House Democrat asks Microsoft about DOGE code allegedly tied to NLRB data removal

A top House Democrat is asking Microsoft for information about a DOGE staffer's GitHub account connected to whistleblower allegations of sensitive data leaving the National Labor Relations Board.

Politics

3 w. ago New to Congress, She’s in the Cross Hairs of Trump’s Justice Department

Representative LaMonica McIver faces assault charges after a clash outside a migrant detention center in Newark, the city where she rose to political power.

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3 w. ago AI may soon account for half of data center power use if trends persist

Alex de Vries-Gao, a PhD candidate at VU Amsterdam Institute for Environmental Studies, has published an opinion piece about the results of a simple study he conducted involving the possible amount of electricity used by AI companies to generate answers to user queries. In his paper published in the journal Joule, he describes how he calculated past and current global electricity usage by AI data centers and how he made estimates regarding the future.

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4 w. ago AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demand—and It’s Only Getting Worse

A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.

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