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AI data center boom sends some wholesale electricity prices soaring up to 267% in five years, says report
By Jon Martindale published
People living near many of the new data centers being built as part of the AI boom are finding their power costs rising dramatically, in some cases making it hard to afford day-to-day living.

Data centers to account for 9% of electricity demand in the U.S by 2035
By Jon Martindale published
Premium Regulatory approval and standardization could take years to get them off the ground, though.

Famed gamer creates working 5 million parameter ChatGPT AI model in Minecraft, made with 439 million blocks
By Mark Tyson published
CraftGPT puts a functioning AI chatbot on a computer built inside Minecraft.

Elon Musk's Grok AI to be used by US government at a price of 42 cents per agency
By Sunny Grimm published
The chatbot will be one of several available to workers in any opting-in federal agency.

AI slop infects PC watercooling with Thermaltake's 'AI Forge' feature
By Hassam Nasir published
AI slop, or is it actually convenient?

AI buildouts need $2 trillion in annual revenue to sustain growth, but massive cash shortfall looms
By Luke James published
A new report by Bain & Company says AI’s compute appetite will require more than $500 billion per year in global data center investment by 2030.

OpenAI makes flurry of deals in drive towards for-profit model
By Jon Martindale published
Premium OpenAI is making major moves to secure future GPUs and accelerate its hardware plans in a flurry of major deals worth billions of dollars, though questions remain about its future funding.

China is converting farmland into data centers as part of $37 billion effort to centralize AI compute power
By Hassam Nasir published
In order to catch up to America's AI dominance.
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