Microsoft secures a massive 700MW data center lease in Abilene, Texas from neocloud firm Crusoe, stepping in after OpenAI and Oracle retreat from Stargate expansion plans, as power grid constraints tighten competition in the AI infrastructure race.
OpenAI is in advanced talks to buy up to 50 gigawatts of fusion energy from startup Helion by 2035, a landmark deal that could reshape AI's power future — though key milestones, including a production site, remain unresolved.
OpenAI is in talks to buy fusion energy from startup Helion, targeting 5 gigawatts by 2030 and 50 gigawatts by 2035, as skyrocketing AI energy demands push the US toward a 13-gigawatt power shortfall by 2028.
AI giants like OpenAI, Nvidia, and Anthropic are racing to dominate a multi-trillion-dollar infrastructure buildout, with OpenAI raising $110 billion in a single funding round, as experts warn the dangerous concentration of power over AI models, data centers, and energy mirrors the social media era and risks enabling bioweapons, election …
IREN launches a massive 1,600MW AI data center campus across 2,000 acres in Oklahoma, backed by a landmark $9.7 billion Microsoft deal, positioning the facility as a major emerging hub for AI infrastructure in the United States with power ramping up in 2028.
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang declares AI infrastructure the largest buildout in human history, requiring trillions in investment across a five-layer stack of energy, chips, infrastructure, models, and applications, as open source models accelerate adoption and industries from drug discovery to robotics begin generating measurable economic value.
A new NBC News poll of 1,000 registered voters finds only 26% of Americans view AI positively, with 46% viewing it negatively amid surging anxiety over job loss, privacy risks, and rising energy costs driven by data center expansion.
Google, Microsoft, Meta, Amazon, OpenAI, Oracle, and xAI sign the White House 'Ratepayer Protection Pledge,' committing to fund their own electricity generation and grid upgrades to prevent AI datacenter expansion from driving up energy bills for American households and small businesses, though experts warn Trump's fossil fuel energy focus could …
MIT Technology Review spotlights AI, crime, and energy storage breakthroughs as the Pentagon pressures Anthropic to grant full military access to its Claude AI model, threatening to cut ties if refused, while sodium-ion batteries emerge as a cheaper, safer alternative to lithium-ion technology.
President Trump meets with top tech CEOs from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and others at the White House to sign a landmark AI power pledge, requiring companies to self-supply energy for data centers and protect Americans from rising electricity costs driven by surging AI demand.