Data centers’ power needs are triggering expensive upgrades to the Northwest’s power lines and prompting construction of new power plants. There is growing concern among ratepayer advocates, regulators and politicians that households will end up bearing much of the cost of data center growth through higher residential power bills.

GE Vernova Inc. has signed multiple contracts to sell natural gas turbines for data centers that will use enough power to light up major cities, the company’s top executive said.

Chevron executive says the energy company isworking on low-carbon options to power data centers:: New York:: December 11, 2024:: Richelle Carey, Event moderator"Just a few hours ago, Exxon made an announcement that they are going to be designing a massive natural gas fuel plant meant specifically to power data centers.

The Redmond, Wash., tech giant shared new data center design plans that use a closed-loop water system for cooling its processing hardware.

Microsoft Corp. has previewed a new data center design that will significantly reduce the amount of water necessary to cool its servers. Steve Solomon, the company’s vice president of data center infrastructure engineering, detailed the technology in a Monday blog post.

Amazon Web Services unveiled redesigns of many components in its data centers meant to increase performance and efficiency amid an AI-driven power surge.