The Great AI/Data Center Scam
The AI craze is threatening to overwhelm utility companies who don’t have enough electricity to power new data centers.
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New AI National Security Mission
The Biden White House has kicked off a new AI national security mission with the White House’s “first-ever National Security Memorandum (NSM) on Artificial Intelligence (AI).” With all the talk about AI filling the intertubes, apparently, the Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) decided it was … [continued]
Three Mile Island Redux — Nuke Will Be Restarted To Power Microsoft Data Center
The surviving nuclear reactor at Three Mile Island will be restarted to make electricity to power Microsoft data centers.
Data Center Emissions Much Higher Than Reported
One thing that frosts my shorts is a press release from some renewable energy developer touting how many homes a new installation can power. The dirty little secret no one wants to talk about is that much of the new renewable energy coming online today will be used to power … [continued]
U.S. Department of Energy Awards $138 Million to 91 Early Career Scientists
Funding for the Early Career Research Program (ECRP) Supports the Next Generation of America’s Scientific Workforce The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the selection of 91 early career scientists from across the country who will receive a combined $138 million in funding for research covering a wide range of … [continued]
How “Move 37” Revealed The Perils Of AI — Yuval Noah Harari
AI is not artificial intelligence but rather alien intelligence, according to Yuval Noah Harari, author of the book Sapiens.
Data scientist Tianzhixi “Tim” Yin is among many scientists at PNNL working to increase confidence in artificial intelligence when it comes to electric grid operations.
(Photo by Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory)
An Electric Grid That Thinks Ahead
PNNL researchers point toward a smart grid that includes machine learning and artificial intelligence inputs, but with human expertise in the loop When we flip the light switch in our homes, we have come to expect instant access to electricity. Behind the scenes, that reliability depends on utility operators who … [continued]
ORNL’s Omer Onar, left, power electronics research lead, discusses the 270-kW wireless charging system’s lightweight polyphase electromagnetic coupling coil, pictured in foreground, with Lee Slezak, center, DOE’s Vehicle Technologies Office technology manager for grid and charging infrastructures. Credit: Carlos Jones/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy
$52 Million for Small Business Research & Development Grants
229 Grants Will Primarily Focus on Clean Energy Research and Development in 39 States In support of President Biden’s Investing in America agenda, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) yesterday announced awards totaling $52 million for a broad range of small businesses in 39 states. The projects will work to … [continued]
Weird & Wacky Ways Of Powering Data Centers Are Under Consideration
Data centers consume enormous amounts of electricity. They promise to use only renewable energy, but is that realistic?
ChatGPT & DALL-E generated landscape-orientation abstract image of a large learning model spitting out a cloud of green answers
No, AI Queries & Images Aren’t Carbon Bombs, So Stop Hyperventilating
Regular readers will either appreciate or hate that for roughly 20 months I’ve been decorating my articles and presentations with images generated by artificial intelligence algorithms. I’m not going to address the full range of reasons, but will just do some basic math on the electricity use to get a … [continued]
