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Energy

Amping Up: Harnessing Innovation and Efficiency to Modernize the US Power Grid

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The current surge in energy demand is virtually unprecedented since the mass effort to electrify America immediately following World War II.

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Energy

Low Battery: ‘Heat Dome’ Exposes Cracks in America’s Decaying Power Grid

Rising temperatures and massive new data centers are providing a massive stress test for the US power grid.

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CIO Upside

Location Bias: Why AI Data Centers Are Clustered in the North

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Massive AI Infrastructure Investments Open Doorway to ‘Peripheral Discoveries’

“This is bigger than one company. This is bigger than one government.”

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Big Tech

What is Microsoft’s AI Future Without OpenAI?

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As its relationship with OpenAI evolves and dissolves, Microsoft signals that it is single and ready to mingle in the AI space.

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Technology

CoreWeave’s First Day of Trading Highlights Fizzling AI Enthusiasm

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Markets were left with no gains, no losses and a lot of questions about where the artificial intelligence boom is headed.

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Technology

Smaller CoreWeave Valuation Signals Slower Start for AI-Focused IPOs

Hype climbed for AI cloud services provider CoreWeave’s IPO after it signed a $11.9 billion deal with OpenAI earlier this month.

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CIO Upside

With Cloud Infrastructure, How Much is Too Much?

Massive AI infrastructure investments are a “gamble on the future.”

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IBM, Microsoft Patents Target Sustainable Computing Amid AI Energy Crisis

With AI demand driving up energy demand, will sustainability efforts be enough?

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CIO Upside

IBM Patent Highlights Need for Data Center Upkeep

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Data center demand has taken center stage amid the AI boom.

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