Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk on Tuesday stressed the need for more AI data centers and the electric power needed to support them at a meeting of G20 technology ministers focused on the disruptions and opportunities brought by artificial intelligence. a Facebook co-founder, Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Credit: AFP…

…a financial engine of this magnitude locally will be the ultimate test for Nigeria’s data centers. Yet much of the cloud infrastructure underpinning these transactions still resides on foreign platforms such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, and IBM Cloud. That dependence has persisted even a…

…(FERC) told grid operators on Thursday to fast-track interconnection requests from data centers and other large electricity users. Under the orders, six major grid operators have to show that data centers are "able to connect to the transmission system in a timely and orderly manner." Data centers will be responsible f…

…that AWS is in talks to sell its AI chip Trainium to other companies for use in data centers. DeSantis declined to specify which companies could be the buyers of these chips. Such talk about selling chips is in the early stages, the company tells TechCrunch. They stem from Amazon CEO Andy Jassy's annual shareholder let…

…cloud providers, and energy companies, even convincing investors that orbital data centers are a feasible idea. But Carlsten insists that Allbird's transition was carefully thought through. "It wasn't, 'Let's just do AI, because it's AI, and it's hot,'" Carlsten, who will be paid a $700,000 annual salary and was awarde…