Sponsored Power on the critical path: why the IPP is moving to the center of data center development
The next decade of digital infrastructure will be shaped by how quickly power can reach the right place, at the right time, at an acceptable cost
Industry Views - Critical Power, Microsoft
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Hyperscaler nuclear power ambitions heat up
What's happened in a month of big deals?
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Is Microsoft & OpenAI's 5GW Stargate supercomputer feasible?
Analyzing the reality of building the largest data center in the world
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Microsoft and Helion have fused hype and greenwash
Microsoft's investment in fusion power will deliver overheated vapor, not actual electricity
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AI is a secret energy binger
The power required by AI models is expanding uncontrollably - and that is before the models get fully deployed
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Today's PPAs are a cheat
Power purchase agreements normally only cover 50 to 70 percent of emissions. It's time tech giants paid the true price of 24x7 PPAs
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Can data centers catalyze a hydrogen market?
The hydrogen economy has a much bigger role than providing backup power for data centers. But it has to start somewhere
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A week in climate change
Exploring a terrible week for the planet, and what it means for data centers
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Hit by the Azure outage? Watch out for Hurricane Florence!
Bad weather sparked last week's Azure outage. In the long term, AI and analytics may save us from this sort of incident - but for now, you need to get ready for the next storm
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Data centers lead the way in energy
Data centers are making things better for the rest of us
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Signs that heat re-use might catch on
Usually re-using waste heat is too much like hard work. But maybe that’s changing
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Microsoft's plan to go beyond renewable credits
Microsoft has said it will go beyond today’s purchase agreements, to actually using more renewable energy. Is this realistic?