EU eyes minimum efficiency rules for data centres Capacity set to double by 2030, lifting power demand Sustainability label planned amid energy concerns BRUSSELS, June 3 (Reuters) - The European Union ...

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The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...

Starlink says it may also share personal data with partners to help it "develop AI-enabled tools that improve your customer experience.” Joe Supan is a senior writer for CNET covering home technology, ...

Does Nielsen have the power to bring a halt to the forces that keep shrinking the audience for cable TV? In the long term, no. But a new twist in the company’s estimations of the total number of ...

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...