Roughly a million power outages were reported on Jan. 25 as a massive winter storm raged across the country, bringing "catastrophic" ice accumulation that downed power lines and created treacherous ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...

Google Maps’ power-saving mode is exclusive to the Pixel 10. However, Essentials is a third-party app that brings this feature to older Pixel models, but it’s not a straightforward process. Users must ...

Louisiana’s existing six congressional districts will be used for the 2026 midterm election after the U.S. Supreme Court did not rule in a case challenging their boundaries by the end of 2025. State ...

AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern went inside a data center to trace the journey of an AI prompt and then grilled up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: ...

Here are resources for reporting power outages. Thousands of people in Northern California woke up on Christmas morning without power, after strong winds with gusts in excess of 50 mph moved across ...

A divided Frederick County Council voted on Tuesday to adopt a 2,615-acre data center overlay map near Adamstown. The map will govern where data centers can be built. The map, known as a Critical ...

In the sunbaked outskirts of El Paso, Texas, construction crews are laying the foundations for Meta’s “AI‑optimized” 1.2-million-square-foot data center, designed to house thousands of servers and ...

Connecting the dots: By applying machine learning techniques to satellite imagery, researchers have built an unprecedented database of man-made structures across the globe. The data could reshape ...

For decades, demand for electrical power has remained stable. Utilities could count on highly predictable growth patterns to guide their capacity planning. However, the power requirements of AI and ...

Big data centers equipped to supply their own power during heatwaves and other emergencies can begin operations much more quickly than those reliant solely on traditional utility hookups, according to ...