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The New Chips Designed to Solve AI’s Energy Problem – The Wall Street Journal

The New Chips Designed to Solve AI’s Energy Problem  The Wall Street Journal Data centers guzzle huge amounts of power—and that might end up supercharging investment in renewable energy, executives argue  Fortune Why Generative AI Is Powering Demand In This Often Ignored Sector  Investor’s Business Daily As Arizona becomes data center hub, utilities recognize ‘growing concern’ over energy demand  The Arizona Republic Seattle startup …

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DOE Announces Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Development on Federal Lands

DOE Announces Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Development on Federal Lands

The forthcoming solicitations will drive innovation in reliable energy technologies, contribute to lower energy costs, and strengthen American leadership in artificial intelligence WASHINGTON– The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the next steps in the Trump administration’s plan to accelerate the development of AI infrastructure through siting on DOE lands.  DOE has selected four sites—Idaho National Laboratory, Oak Ridge …

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Clean energy development expected to slow without tax credits

Clean energy development expected to slow without tax credits

Audio recording is automated for accessibility. Humans wrote and edited the story. See our AI policy, and give us feedback. Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Economists expect that the development of solar and wind farms nationwide will slow and electricity prices will rise …

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Largest-ever supernova catalog ever provides further evidence dark energy is weakening

Largest-ever supernova catalog ever provides further evidence dark energy is weakening

Using the largest catalog of exploding white dwarf vampire stars ever gathered has provided further evidence that dark energy, the mysterious force accelerating the expansion of the universe, is getting weaker. Hints at the evolution of dark energy, which accounts for around 70% of the universe’s mass and energy, were first delivered last year by the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument …

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Department of Energy Terminates Taxpayer-Funded Financial Assistance for Grain Belt Express

DOE Announces Site Selection for AI Data Center and Energy Infrastructure Development on Federal Lands

The Department of Energy today announced the Loan Programs Office has terminated its conditional commitment for the Grain Belt Express Phase 1 project. Energy.gov July 23, 2025  min minute read time WASHINGTON— The Department of Energy (DOE) today announced the Loan Programs Office (LPO) has terminated its conditional commitment for the Grain Belt Express Phase 1 project, a high-voltage direct …

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Trump switches off power line project financing amid AI scramble for new energy – Politico

Trump switches off power line project financing amid AI scramble for new energy  Politico Trump administration canceled a $4.9B loan guarantee for a line to deliver green power  AP News With One Call, Trump Alters the Fate of a Contested Power Project  The New York Times Department of Energy Terminates Taxpayer-Funded Financial Assistance for Grain Belt Express  Department of Energy (.gov) Energy Dept. Cancels …

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AI Stocks Could Be Undone by Energy Shortage – Barron's

AI Stocks Could Be Undone by Energy Shortage  Barron’s St. Paul-based Ecolab sees gold in surge of new AI data centers  Star Tribune Crisis Ahead: Power Consumption In AI Data Centers  Semiconductor Engineering Meet the companies using AI to reinvent the energy business  Yahoo Finance Who Really Pays for Data Centers Powered By Fossil Fuels?  The Equation – Union of Concerned Scientists Source link

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Energy Dept. Cancels Loan Commitment for Grain Belt Express – The New York Times

Energy Dept. Cancels Loan Commitment for Grain Belt Express  The New York Times Department of Energy Terminates Taxpayer-Funded Financial Assistance for Grain Belt Express  Department of Energy (.gov) Trump administration cancels pending loan for massive power line project  Politico Energy Department ends Biden-awarded loan for huge Midwest power line  Axios Trump administration kills $5B loan for Grain Belt Express  STLPR Source link

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Talen Energy, Constellation, and Vistra Stock Are on the Rise. What’s Lifting Shares. – Barron's

Talen Energy, Constellation, and Vistra Stock Are on the Rise. What’s Lifting Shares.  Barron’s AI Boom Leads to Record US Grid Costs, Call for New Plants  Yahoo Finance PJM Auction Procures 134,311 MW of Generation Resources; Supply Responds to Price Signal  PJM Inside Lines AI demand drives record electricity supply costs in largest US market  Financial Times Energy bills likely to tick up again …

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