CHICAGO — As large data centers burn electricity as fast as some small cities, utilities and advocates are looking for ways to ensure they’re not passing the buck for related infrastructure costs to ...

A new study finds that certain patterns of AI use are driving cognitive fatigue, while others can help reduce burnout. by Julie Bedard, Matthew Kropp, Megan Hsu, Olivia T. Karaman, Jason Hawes and ...

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...

Meta struck a massive chip deal with Nvidia that includes new standalone CPUs and next-generation GPUs and Vera Rubin rack-scale systems. The social media giant will also use Nvidia for networking ...

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...

One of the panels during Monday's data center workshop at DTECH. Photo by Jeremiah Karpowicz. Utilities are confronting a new wave of large-load growth tied to artificial intelligence, arriving at a ...

Water powers our lives. It feeds our crops, keeps factories running, generates electricity, and fills our taps. But until now, no one had a clear, national picture of how much water we're using—and ...

According to its new privacy policy, TikTok now collects more data on its users, including their precise location, after majority ownership officially switched to a group based in the US. It's easy to ...

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...

People listen to clergy and faith leaders call for accountability at the site where Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 8. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our ...

ComEd, a unit of Chicago-based Exelon Corporation, has announced the first set of new Transmission Security Agreements (TSAs) to protect customers and ensure fairness in the cost of connecting and ...

Chicago’s biggest electricity company, Commonwealth Edison Co., is taking steps to prevent the data center boom backing the rise of artificial intelligence from raising energy bills for consumers. The ...