Engineering
Meta's data center robotics push enters the physical layer
Meta's data center robotics tests target cable swaps and server resets. One trial could absorb 80% of some technician tasks, but major limitations remain.
#data centers
12 stories tagged data centers.
Business
Amazon's giant Texas gas plant rewrites AI data center power
Amazon's 7.65-gigawatt off-grid gas plant in Texas, permitted to emit 33 million tons of CO2 per year for AI data center power, is twice the output of the worst US coal plant.
Business
New York's data center moratorium redraws the AI map
New York enacted the first statewide data center moratorium, blocking new permits for facilities over 50 MW for up to a year. What changes for builders.
Engineering
45C liquid cooling gives Nvidia a tougher water defense
45C liquid cooling lets Rubin racks reject heat with dry coolers, cutting on-site water use while shifting scrutiny to power and buildout.
Engineering
45C liquid cooling makes AI factories a water test
45C liquid cooling lets Rubin servers use warmer coolant and near zero facility cooling water in favorable climates, changing AI site math.
Business
Large-load interconnection gets a 60-day FERC test
Large-load interconnection is now a 60-day FERC test for grid operators, and AI builders should treat power flexibility as product infrastructure.
Engineering
Flexible data centers turn AI power into a grid dial
Flexible data centers let AI sites cut load for a few peak hours, with Duke finding 76 GW of headroom at 0.25% curtailment.
AI
Amazon data centers put 2.5B gallons on the AI bill
Amazon data centers used 2.5 billion gallons of water in 2025. Treat that disclosure as a roadmap risk for AI products.
AI
Seattle data center moratorium tests AI’s power grab
Seattle data center moratorium is a 365-day pause on new large facilities. Treat 369 MW as the warning label for AI roadmaps.
Business
AI data center backlash hits Shelbyville's $2B bet
AI data center backlash is now a zoning risk: Shelbyville's $2B Prologis campus shows trust can bottleneck compute before power does.
Data
What an AI prompt really costs in energy, water and CO2
A typical AI text prompt uses roughly 0.24 to 0.34 watt-hours and a fraction of a milliliter of water, not a bottle per email. Training is huge but rare, and inference is what adds up.
Business
Virtual power plants meet AI’s data center power wall
Virtual power plants are flexible loads coordinated as capacity. Google’s 100 MW Voltus deal tests whether homes will flex for AI.