This US state could be the new data center capital of the world by 2030

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Google executives meet with officials at a Google data center in Midlothian, Texas.
Google executives meet with officials at a Google data center in Midlothian, Texas.

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Gruve raises $50 million to solve what its CEO calls AI's biggest problem: power

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Gruve cofounder and CEO Tarun Raisoni, wearing a blue blazer and standing in front of a brown padded wall, with his hands in front of him.
Gruve cofounder and CEO Tarun Raisoni

Gruve

Utilities want $31 billion more from customers, and your electric bill is about to feel it

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
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Electric and gas utilities asked state regulators to approve billions in rate increases.

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There's no such thing as 'free lunch' for Big Tech's electric bill

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An aerial view of a data center
An aerial view of a 33 megawatt data center with a closed-loop cooling system on October 20, 2025, in Vernon, California.

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Microsoft explains how it plans to keep energy prices down for Americans from its data center buildout

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President Donald Trump speaks during an American Technology Council roundtable in the State Dinning Room at the White House in Washington, DC on Monday, June 19, 2017. From left, Tim Cook, Chief Executive Officer of Apple, Trump, Satya Nadella, Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, and Jeff Bezos, Chief Executive Officer of Amazon.

The AI race is causing a memory chip shortage — and that's bad news for the smartphone and PC industries

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
A RAM (random access memory) chip, commonly used in PCs.
A RAM (random access memory) chip, commonly used in PCs.

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Watchdog sounds the alarm that PJM's approval of data centers could leave other customers in the dark

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Aerial views of an Amazon Web Services Data Center known as US East 1 in Ashburn, Virginia
A market watchdog files a complaint with the federal energy regulator for PJM to prioritize grid reliability over serving more big data centers.

Jonathan Ernst/REUTERS

A data center is being built in my neighborhood. It's inevitable, but I'm devastated about what it could do to my community.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
Mike Graham in front of river
Mike Graham says a data center is being built less than a mile from his home.

Mike Graham

Sam Altman says OpenAI isn't trying to become 'too big to fail'

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Sam Altman looks around at the White House
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman

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Google wants to build a data center that harnesses the power of the sun — in space

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Tanks containing coolant for servers are seen at a Google Data center in Saint Ghislain
Google is testing the feasibility of sending data centers to space that could run on the power of the sun.

REUTERS/Yves Herman

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