Anthropic joins a $50 billion AI infrastructure investment wave alongside tech giants, even as Morgan Stanley analysts warn the surging energy demand could trigger a 20% US power shortfall for data centers by 2028, prompting experts to urgently call for an 'all of the above' energy strategy — including nuclear …
Elon Musk's AI startup xAI secures $15 billion in funding, reaching a $200 billion valuation, while Musk simultaneously denies the reports as 'false' on X, creating confusion as the company faces criticism over its chatbot spreading misinformation and environmental concerns from energy-intensive data centers.
Department of Energy warns blackouts could surge 100-fold by 2030 as 104 gigawatts of reliable power plants shut down without replacement, while AI data centers and advanced manufacturing drive electricity demand to record highs, potentially causing annual outage hours to skyrocket from single digits to over 800 hours yearly.
Electricity prices skyrocket 40% since 2020 as AI data centers and electric vehicles shatter two decades of stable power demand, forcing utilities to spend over $1 trillion on new infrastructure while regulators battle over who pays the massive costs.
Groundbreaking research reveals that AI language models wastefully activate their entire networks for social reasoning tasks while actually using only a tiny specialized subset of parameters, creating massive inefficiency compared to human brains and pointing toward revolutionary energy-saving AI designs.
Meta breaks ground on a massive $1 billion data center in Wisconsin, creating 1,100 jobs while donating $15 million for local energy relief and committing to restore 570 acres of wetlands in an environmentally-conscious expansion to support AI operations.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang warns China is winning the AI race despite U.S. chip bans, citing that 50% of global AI researchers and most leading open source models come from China while Beijing subsidizes energy costs for local alternatives.
Microsoft launches new MAI Superintelligence Team led by AI chief Mustafa Suleyman to develop advanced artificial intelligence applications for healthcare diagnostics, education, and renewable energy, marking the tech giant's push to reduce OpenAI dependence and compete with Meta's similar research investments.
Global data center electricity consumption races toward nearly doubling by 2030 as AI-driven servers surge with 30% annual growth, with the US and China commanding 80% of this massive energy expansion that will consume 3% of world electricity.
Google unveils Project Suncatcher, an ambitious space-based AI computing initiative that will deploy solar-powered satellites equipped with TPU chips to create a massive orbital computing network, with prototype launches planned for early 2027 in partnership with Planet.