Big Tech Is Rushing to Find Clean Power to Fuel Ais Insatiable Appetite

From nuclear to quantum computing, how Big Tech intends to power AI's insatiable thirst for energy

A huge upswing in the number of data centers shows no signs of slowing down, prompting Big Tech to consider how best to power the AI revolution.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Big Tech turns to nuclear energy to power AI boom

Major technology companies are increasingly turning to nuclear energy as they attempt to keep up with the vast energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) without derailing their highly ...

Politics - The Hill - October 16

Nuclear-Powered AI: Big Tech's Bold Solution or a Pipedream?

Amazon, Google and Microsoft are investing billions in nuclear power, but the projects are years away and rely on unproven technology.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 22

Big Tech Carries the Entire Stock Market — and Nvidia Fuels Big Tech

The Magnificent Seven have doubled the returns of the S&P 500 in 2024, but much of the outperformance can be chalked up to chip giant Nvidia.

Business - Inc. - October 25

Big Tech’s dash for nuclear power

The take-off of AI will fuel a surge in demand for electricity

Business - Financial Times - October 20

Why Big Tech is turning to nuclear to power its energy-intensive AI ambitions

Large tech firms are turning to alternative power sources like nuclear as a way to fulfill growing energy demands from data centers.

Business - CNBC - October 16

AI Power Needs Fuel Demand for Nuclear Energy

Electricity providers are looking at revamping nuclear power generation as Big Tech energy needs increase.

Business - Inc. - October 17

Amazon Joins Big Tech's Foray Into Nuclear Power

The internet giant is part of a $500 million investment to help bring small, modular reactors on to the grid.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - October 16

Google becomes the latest tech giant to strike a nuclear-power deal for AI

Amazon, Microsoft and Oracle all have nuclear arrangements of their own as tech companies seek clean-energy solutions for AI’s massive power needs.

Business - MarketWatch - October 14

Big Tech Sees AI Bets Starting to Pay Off

Microsoft, Google and Amazon all reported strong quarterly growth in cloud revenue but warned of increased capital spending.

Business - The Wall Street Journal - 4 days ago

Wall Street frets over Big Tech’s $200bn AI spending splurge

The four biggest US internet groups this week showed glimpses of benefits but warned of increased spending

Business - Financial Times - 4 days ago

Jim Cramer explains why fossil fuels remain vital as the Big Tech boom continues

CNBC's Jim Cramer noted Big Tech's growing energy demands, with companies like Meta, Nvidia, Google and Microsoft building more and more data centers.

Business - CNBC - October 24

Rise of Gail’s shows big British appetite for craft bakery

The private equity-backed chain is accused of displacing independents by selling sourdough at scale

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Talen, Constellation and Vistra tumble after government rejects Amazon nuclear data center agreement

Talen Energy in March sold the data center campus to Amazon for $650 million, which would be powered by the nuclear plant in a first-of-its-kind deal.

Business - CNBC - 21 hours ago

Big Tech is driving a nuclear power revival, energy guru Dan Yergin says

As tech giants like Microsoft, Amazon and Google compete to take the lead in the AI revolution, data centers are consuming an ever-increasing amount of energy.

Business - CNBC - October 23

Filmmakers Are Worried About AI. Big Tech Wants Them to See ‘What's Possible’

Amazon is hosting AI filmmaking competitions. Meta is letting directors test Movie Gen. As tech companies develop new tools, they need filmmakers to show they can be used responsibly.

Tech - Wired - October 17

Ways to target – or avoid — Big Tech and megacap stocks via ETFs amid AI frenzy

“The shape of the U.S. equity market has undergone a massive change over just the last few years,” says BlackRock’s Rachel Aguirre.

Business - MarketWatch - October 24

Big Tech goes nuclear

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment The Big Story Big Tech turns to nuclear energy to power AI boom Major technology companies are increasingly turning to nuclear energy as they ...

Politics - The Hill - October 17

Big Tech makes amends with Trump

Welcome to The Hill's Technology newsletter {beacon} Technology Technology The Big Story Big Tech reaches out to Trump ahead of Election Day The leaders of major technology companies are making ...

Politics - The Hill - 6 days ago

Oil prices end higher as risk of Iranian strike on Israel grows

Oil futures finished higher on Thursday, contributing to a gain for the month, as traders weighed the growing risk of an Iranian attack on Israel that would further fuel tensions in the oil-rich ...

Business - MarketWatch - 4 days ago

Three Mile Island Readies for Big Tech Reboot

Constellation Energy will revive the half-century-old nuclear power plant to supply electricity for Microsoft’s data centers.

Business - Inc. - October 22

Amazon and Google's plans for fueling data centers: Nuclear power

Amazon on Wednesday said it's investing in small nuclear reactors, two days after Google announced its own nuclear plans.

Google’s AI-Fueled Results Bode Well for Rivals Amazon and Microsoft

Sales gains in its cloud business point to growing, sustained demand for AI-juiced computing power.

Business - Inc. - 5 days ago

New York officials call for big oil to be prosecuted for fueling climate disasters

Oil majors’ conduct can constitute reckless endangerment due to fossil fuels’ effect on global heating, advocates claim. New York state prosecutors could press criminal charges against big oil ...

World - The Guardian - October 17

UK’s clean power 2030 target unachievable without reform, warns National Grid

Investment and ‘clarity of ambition’ required to decarbonise electricity system, says top executive

Business - Financial Times - October 15

Amazon, Google make dueling nuclear investments to power data centers with clean energy

Tech giants Amazon and Google are investing in the next generation of nuclear reactors

Tech - ABC News - October 16

A rebuke to those who said clean power by 2030 was unachievable: they were wrong, we were right | Ed Miliband

Expert analysis backs our policy and its benefits for the country. Defeatist critics should take note. Ed Milband is secretary of state for energy security and net zero Labour fought and won the ...

World - The Guardian - 9 hours ago

Google Backs New Nuclear Plants to Power AI

Startup Kairos Power plans to build small reactors to help supply electricity to the tech company’s data centers.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 14

Google turns to nuclear to power AI data centres

The tech giant says it will use energy from small reactors to power its use of artificial intelligence.

To Make AI Pay, Master 2 Power Traits

You must be insatiably curious and excel at managing process redesign.

Business - Inc. - October 16

Tech giants press Congress to codify AI Safety Institute

A coalition of more than 60 tech companies and industry groups, including Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI, urged congressional leaders Tuesday to pass legislation permanently ...

Politics - The Hill - October 22

WSJ Tech Live: Executives, Investors and Artists Debate AI's Potential

Andreessen Horowitz’s Martin Casado says tech policy is in a ‘dangerous place.’

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - October 23

The year's top tech stock is up 300% thanks to AI — but it's not Nvidia

With its stock having quadrupled this year, AppLovin has outperformed all other U.S. tech companies valued at $5 billion or more.

Business - CNBC - Yesterday

Mystery Surrounds Discovery of TSMC Tech Inside Huawei AI Chips

The apparent use of TSMC circuitry, believed to have first routed through a Chinese chip firm, shows the difficulties for the U.S. in enforcing a tech crackdown.

Tech - The Wall Street Journal - 8 hours ago

Jim Cramer explains why money rotated back into Big Tech

Tuesday marked a second consecutive day of losses for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, with the index posting its first back-to-back loss since September.

Business - CNBC - October 22

Laid Off From Big Tech? Here Come the Rebounder Founders

They were pushed out of cushy jobs at Google, Twitter, and Meta. Now they’re building startups and embracing the risk of entrepreneurship.

Business - Inc. - October 23

Big Tech Is Rushing to Find Clean Power to Fuel Ais Insatiable Appetite

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