45 h. ago Fourier is making hydrogen electrolyzers inspired by data centers

Most recent hydrogen startups have been focused on making modular electrolyzers, but Fourier has taken that trend to the extreme.

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3 d. ago Spark, Mayfield, and Kleiner Perkins pour another $75M into AI data center chipmaker Retym

Retym, a U.S. chipmaker with Israeli roots, has raised a fresh $75 million series D led by James Kuklinski of Spark Capital. Existing investors — Mayfield’s Navin Chaddha and Kleiner Perkins’ Mamoon Hamid — also participated, bringing its total raised to $180 million, it says. Retym is another startup benefiting from AI’s glow-up. It’s chips […]

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4 d. ago Data centers love solar: Here’s a comprehensive guide to deals over 100 megawatts

New and expanded data centers are expected to double the sector’s power demand by 2029 as tech companies rush to capitalize on AI.

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7 d. ago Columbus among top data center hubs in United States, report finds

Columbus among top data center hubs in United States, report finds  NBC4 WCMH-TV

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8 d. ago A Fire Plunged Heathrow Into Darkness. A Nearby Data Center Kept Humming. Why?

It could cost $100 million and take years to install the backup generators to prevent another hourslong power loss like the one at Britain’s biggest airport last week.

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9 d. ago News | Global warehouse developer expands into data centers with Los Angeles debut

News | Global warehouse developer expands into data centers with Los Angeles debut  CoStar Group

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2 w. ago Solar notches another win as Microsoft adds 475 MW to power its AI data centers

The company recently signed a deal with energy provider AES for three solar projects across the Midwest. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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2 w. ago 'Bad idea': Conservatives warn red state data center bill will derail Trump's vision of energy 'golden age'

A bill being mulled in the Texas legislature is being blasted by conservatives who say that it will hamper President Donald Trump's energy plans and give China a leg up in the AI race.

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2 w. ago Big Tech’s data center boom poses new risk to US grid operators

Big Tech’s data center boom poses new risk to US grid operators  Reuters

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2 w. ago Study: Concealed Carriers Stop More Active Shooters Than Police Do

Data compiled by the Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) shows that armed civilians stop more mass shootings than police do. The post Study: Concealed Carriers Stop More Active Shooters Than Police Do appeared first on Breitbart.

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3 w. ago Geothermal unicorn Fervo Energy may IPO as early as next year

Driving the consideration is the growing concern over power demand growth from data centers, which could double by 2029. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago Geothermal could power nearly all new data centers through 2030

Geothermal resources have enormous potential to provide the sort of consistent power that data centers crave. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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3 w. ago Port Washington City Council candidates talk data center, development and city issues

Port Washington City Council candidates talk data center, development and city issues  Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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3 w. ago Congress Holds Hearing on Energy and AI Data Centers — AI: The Washington Report | Mintz

Congress Holds Hearing on Energy and AI Data Centers — AI: The Washington Report | Mintz - Antitrust Viewpoints  JD Supra

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4 w. ago Ahead of a possible $4 billion IPO, CoreWeave’s founders already pocketed $488 million

CoreWeave’s initial S-1 document for its upcoming IPO is full of surprises. Backed by Nvidia, CoreWeave runs an AI-specific cloud service from its network of 32 data centers that together have more than 250,000 Nvidia GPUs as of the end of 2024, according to the company. Since then, it has also added a number of […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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4 w. ago Researchers teach neural networks to add clouds and snow to images

Nikita Belyakov and Svetlana Illarionova, researchers from the Skoltech AI Center, presented a new method for semantic segmentation of multispectral data, which can be used to recognize clouds, shadows, and snow patches in satellite images. This approach will increase the accuracy of recognizing complex climatic structures in images without additional human involvement in data annotation.

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last month CoreWeave partner EcoDataCenter racks up half a billion dollars to build more sustainable buildings for AI

EcoDataCenter, a Swedish company that builds eco-friendly data centers used by major compute providers to handle their AI traffic, has raised nearly half a billion dollars — $478 million (€450 million) to be exact — in anticipation of more demand.  The equity funding, which is coming from a group of unnamed institutional investors, will be […] © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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