Silicon Ranch and Meta are bringing a new 100-megawatt solar power plant to South Carolina, along with a land stewardship plan for soil and habitat cultivation among the solar panels.
The demand for new electricity to serve data centers is exploding and no one seems to care about how much pollution that will cause.
A new durable, lightweight space solar array from the US startup Atomic-6 is getting a workout from the US Space Force.
In our Annual Energy Outlook 2025 (AEO2025) Reference case, we project the electricity consumed for commercial computing will increase faster than any other end use in buildings. Computing accounted for an estimated 8% of commercial sector electricity consumption in 2024 and grows to 20% by 2050. Ultimately, more electricity could be consumed … [continued]
The green hydrogen industry continues to show signs of life in the US, despite the abrupt shift in federal energy policy this year.
Osaka, Japan — Panasonic Corporation today announced that its Living Appliances and Solutions Company (Panasonic) has marked the 70th anniversary of its pump business. The company’s pump business, which began with home pumps (well pumps) that supply water to homes, has consistently contributed to the realization of comfortable and affluent lifestyles … [continued]
Sponsored post by Kumar Chandran, S&C Electric Company Energy is a part of our everyday lives in some obvious ways — turning up the A/C, charging our devices, or flipping on the lights — but much of our energy consumption happens almost entirely out of sight. The energy required to … [continued]
A data center with dozens of diesel generators sits near the popular W&OD trail in Northern Virginia. Source: Hugh Kenny/PEC
Data centers are getting pushback from local residents in many parts of America, particularly In northern Virginia.
Data center energy demand is soaring, but a new report indicates that competition from renewables, gas, and nuclear energy will shrink the opportunities for coal stakeholders.
ChatGPT generated panoramic dramatic conceptual graphic depicting data center racks above ground, connected to cooling loops extending deep underground, clearly illustrating the geothermal principle
The world is increasingly run by data centers — huge, anonymous buildings that gobble up electricity and belch heat like angry dragons. Each click, stream, or swipe piles up more data in racks upon racks of humming servers. Yet few people realize just how thirsty these data dragons really are. … [continued]
