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AI’s power hunger is remaking California’s grid. The high desert could decide who wins

As data centers drive electricity demand to new highs and California moves toward a Western power market, land-banking firms like Velur Enterprises are quietly shaping how people can benefit from ...
Seeking Alpha

AI's Power Hunger Collides with America's Oil Patch in a High-Stakes Energy Rush

VANCOUVER, BC, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Thanks to the rise of more and more AI data centers, the USA is faced with a very real threat in terms of surging demand for electricity, causing a renewed ...
Nasdaq

Power Hungry: Inside Meta’s Huge Investment in a Nuclear Strategy

For the past two years, the narrative surrounding the artificial intelligence (AI) boom has focused almost exclusively on silicon chips. Investors have watched closely as tech-sector giants have ...

Power-Hungry AI Boom Complicates Big Tech’s Climate Pledges

Microsoft spent billions supporting its net-zero goals but this week told clients it is pausing purchases of new carbon ...
CNN

Big tech is increasingly promising to pay for spiking power costs. But there’s not much to enforce it

As an electricity crunch drives bills higher around the country, big tech companies building power-hungry data centers are increasingly offering to pay for more of the energy they consume, so everyday ...