European datacenter boom threatens higher energy bills unless governments intervene
Moody's forecasts server farms could consume 17% of Dutch electricity and 30% of Ireland's by 2035
The Register6 min read
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Why plugging ships into the grid can cost more than running onboard generators
A ship can switch off its generators, burn less fuel and reduce pollution while docked,...
Interesting Engineering - Robotics4 min read
Antora plans 5.8 GWh thermal battery to store electricity as heat in carbon blocks
A Kansas ethanol producer is preparing to use a nearly 6 gigawatt-hour thermal battery system...
Interesting Engineering - Robotics3 min read
Power approval set to delay Oracle's Wisconsin AI datacenter
Grid connection awaits regulatory approval, putting planned 2027 customer delivery at risk
The Register6 min read
Puerto Rico’s power rates jump 18% to a record high, nearly double the US mainland average
A typical monthly bill will rise from $229 to $271 as outages persist across the island’s fragile power grid.
Fortune AI3 min read
Why Pickles Light Up When You Electrocute Them
This common science demonstration has been an enduring mystery. Now, this electrical engineer has started to figure it out.
Gizmodo — AI3 min read
Electricity Theft Is Rampant, but Delhi Found a Fix
It’s disheartening how much power gets generated and then promptly lost as it travels through grid networks. This leaking of electricity happens when it vanishes as heat as well as when it is pilfered by thieves and nonpaying customers.
IEEE Spectrum3 min read
Solomon Asamoah on Ghana’s AI Infrastructure Test: Compute Cannot Outrun Power and Water
Artificial intelligence is usually discussed as software, but its limits are increasingly physical. Every model depends on processors housed in data centres, continuous electricity, cooling systems, fibre connections and engineers who can keep the equipment running.
Robotics & Automation News7 min read
The biggest solar story isn’t that it passed coal and wind. It’s what happens next
In May, solar generated more electricity than either coal or wind across the United States for the first time in a single month. New figures from the U.S. Energy Information Administration show solar produced 47,147 gigawatt-hours, ahead of coal’s 45,119.
Fast Company — Technology4 min read
Energy Department says nearly $2 billion will fund 26 U.S. locations to boost America’s aging power grid
The Energy Department said Thursday that it will spend almost $2 billion to try to squeeze more electricity out of the nation’s aging and stressed power grid, as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to avoid blackouts amid skyrocketing energy demand spurred by artificial…
Fast Company — Technology4 min read
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