Chevron, Microsoft deal fuels West Texas data center expansion

Chevron's 20-year deal will fuel a Microsoft AI data center in Reeves County with Permian natural gas, promising 2,000 jobs ...

Chevron to fuel massive Microsoft data center in Texas using natural gas

Microsoft's embrace of natural gas shows a willingness to invest in fossil fuels to meet the power demand needed in its data ...
The Conversation

How much water and power will AI data centres use in Australia? Ironically, we don’t have the data to know

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...
Reuters

EU plans energy standards for data centres amid concerns over soaring power use

EU eyes minimum efficiency rules for data centres Capacity set to double by 2030, lifting power demand Sustainability label planned amid energy concerns BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union ...
Reuters

Microsoft limits employee use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns, The Verge reports

June 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is limiting employees' use of Anthropic's Claude Fable 5 because of the AI startup's new data retention requirements, The Verge reported on ...
Snopes.com

Will Utah data center use 16B gallons of water and span almost 3 Manhattans? What to know

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...
Game Rant

How to Get & Use the Portable Extractor in Fortnite

Jake Fillery is an Evergreen Editor for GameRant who has been writing lists, guides, and reviews since 2022. With thousands of engaging articles and guides, Jake loves conversations surrounding all ...
Game Rant

How to Get & Use Sprite Dust in Fortnite

Jake Fillery is an Evergreen Editor for GameRant who has been writing lists, guides, and reviews since 2022. With thousands of engaging articles and guides, Jake loves conversations surrounding all ...
Business Insider

The AI boom is gobbling up power faster than ever

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. The data center boom is accelerating. A Business Insider analysis of US data center permits reveals a ...
Time

AI Could Use as Much Water as 1.3 Billion People by 2030, U.N. Report Warns

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Texas adopting stricter standards for data centers that want to join its power grid

Texas has been flooded with data center requests to join its power grid. The state seeks to sort out who actually wants to do business in Texas -- and which projects are purely speculative.
CNET

You've Only Got a Few Days Left to Save Your Samsung Messages

Samsung Messages stops working for US users this July. Here's the fastest way to move your texts and message history to Google Messages before the cutoff. Omar Gallaga has covered technology, digital ...