Tag: data centers
Exclusive: Sam Atlman-backed Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks | TechCrunch
When Hannan Happi started thinking about how to solve the AI power crisis, he kept one figure in mind: one cent per kilowatt-hour.
“We went...
Exclusive: Microsoft-backed VEIR is bringing superconductors to data centers | TechCrunch
Power demands of data centers have grown from tens to 200 kilowatts in just a few years, a pace that has data center developers...
Meta bought 1 GW of solar this week | TechCrunch
Meta signed three deals this week to procure nearly 1 gigawatt of solar power as it races to power its lofty AI ambitions.
The trio...
How Data Centers Actually Work
Lauren Goode: Well, they're all interested in growing more. Who among us, Mike? But the hyperscalers refers to this class of major tech companies...
While OpenAI races to build AI data centers, Nadella reminds us that Microsoft already has them | TechCrunch
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Thursday tweeted a video of his company’s first deployed massive AI system — or AI “factory” as Nvidia likes...
Even after Stargate, Oracle, Nvidia, and AMD, OpenAI has more big deals coming soon, Sam Altman says | TechCrunch
At nearly the same moment as Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang was expressing surprise over OpenAI’s multibillion-dollar deal with competitor AMD — shortly after his...
Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan | TechCrunch
Microsoft is buying 100 megawatts of solar capacity from Japanese developer Shizen Energy, the latest in a string of renewable energy deals designed to...
Why the Oracle-OpenAI deal caught Wall Street by surprise | TechCrunch
This week, OpenAI and Oracle shocked the markets with a surprise $300 billion, five-year agreement, part of a surge of new business that sent...
AI mania or AI bubble? Nvidia’s earnings—and its China exposure—will decide how Wall Street answers that question
Nvidia’s earnings aren’t just about Nvidia anymore. The $4 trillion chipmaker’s quarterly financials have become a litmus test for the AI boom—and, by extension,...
Meta to add 100 MW of solar power from U.S. gear | TechCrunch
Meta signed a deal yesterday with solar developer Silicon Range to develop a $100 million, 100-megawatt solar farm in South Carolina.
The new renewable installation...
