That’s over and above the juice used by existing data centers, which already consumed 349 terawatt hours in 2022, according to a Goldman Sachs estimate. Without additional sources of carbon-free power,

A new report quantifies just how much artificial intelligence might cost you. Every use of AI requires massive amounts of data, meaning as AI has surged, companies have been building more and more data centers across the country.

Forty percent of AI data centers won't have enough power to function fully without additional energy sources added to the grid, according to Gartner analysis.

To protect IT and manage energy, data centers are turning to liquid cooling, which uses chilled liquid to capture and transport heat away from IT equipment.

The main power generator on Japan’s northernmost island says it will be able to meet a boom in consumption from planned data centers and a chipmaking plant provided it’s allowed to restart its nuclear reactor.