Meta unveils 'Hyperion', a $10B data center complex in Louisiana, set to consume energy equivalent to 4 million homes, prompting utilities to build new gas-fired plants and raising environmental concerns.
Google announces its AI prompts now consume minimal energy, with the median prompt using just 0.24 watt-hours of electricity, producing 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide emissions, and consuming 0.26 milliliters of water, a 33-fold reduction in energy use compared to a year ago.
Google unveils AI Inference Impact Metrics, a methodology quantifying the energy, emissions, and water footprint of AI inference tasks like Gemini text prompts, revealing median energy use of 0.24 watt-hours and emissions of 0.03 grams of carbon dioxide per prompt.
OpenAI unveils GPT-5, a groundbreaking AI model with immense capabilities like creating websites and answering PhD-level questions, but experts warn its energy demands could be up to 20 times higher than previous models.
Gulf's booming AI hubs face a looming water crisis, with data centers projected to consume over 426 billion liters annually by 2030, straining the region's scarce freshwater resources as traditional cooling systems rely heavily on water.
Pioneering tech giants reshape software engineering through AI innovations, with Google fortifying its AI prowess against ChatGPT disruption, while the electricity-guzzling data centers fueling these AI services surge power prices nationwide.
In a groundbreaking partnership, Saudi Aramco and Google AI firm SandboxAQ use quantum computing to transform carbon emissions into profitable products, making fighting climate change lucrative for oil giants and accelerating the shift to cleaner energy.
Breaking news: Six pioneering firms are joining New York's Offshore Wind Innovation Accelerator, focusing on groundbreaking advancements like turbine maintenance, marine life monitoring, and other cutting-edge innovations to drive the state's burgeoning offshore wind industry forward.
China boosts electric vehicle subsidies, curbing oil demand, while US grid expansion looms to meet forecasted 2.5% annual increase in electrical demand through 2035.
Artificial intelligence's soaring energy needs from data centers are straining power grids, prompting utilities to rapidly build new gas and nuclear plants while regulators grapple with questions over subsidies and generation pathways to meet AI's insatiable electricity appetite.