The Royal Gazette

Government and overseas advisers at odds over use of CIT revenues

David Burt, the Premier and Minister of Finance, has made it clear how his government is at odds with the views of the Fiscal Responsibility Panel — even as he separately hinted at the possibility of ...
Business Wire

CI&T Report Shows That Over 60% of UK Consumers Already Use AI When Shopping, but Few Are Impressed by Retailers’ Efforts

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--CI&T (NYSE: CINT), a global AI and tech acceleration partner, today announced the release of Retail Tech Reality Check, a new report examining how artificial intelligence (AI) ...
Wall Street Journal

The ObamaCare Blue-City Bailout

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Kyle Peterson, Allysa Finley. Mayor Rahm Emanuel of Chicago was scrambling to close a $369 million deficit in 2013. The inception ...
Fast Company

How to keep data centers from breaking the grid

AI’s explosive growth depends on a backbone of vast energy-hungry, water intensive data centers, costing hundreds of billions of dollars in resources. The challenge—and opportunity—of the moment is ...
Los Angeles Times

California invests big in battery energy storage — and leaves rolling blackouts behind

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. California hasn’t issued an emergency plea for the public to conserve energy, known as a Flex Alert, since 2022.
Bloomberg L.P.

Ireland to Allow Data Centers to Link Up to Fossil Fuel Plants

Ireland is set to green-light policies that allow data centers to use fossil fuels to power their operations, a shift that highlights the tension between economic growth and climate goals. Developers ...
PBS

How AI infrastructure is driving a sharp rise in electricity bills

Electricity bills are climbing nationwide, rising faster than inflation in many places. The explosive growth of AI and the massive data centers behind it are driving demand and straining the grid. To ...
T&D

Norwegian Grid Operator Lede to use AI- and Satellite-Based Vegetation Management Tool

Lede, Norway's grid operator, adopts StormGeo's GridEyes, an AI-powered satellite tool, to improve vegetation management and enhance grid resilience amid increasing extreme weather events. David ...
Reuters

Google agrees to curb power use for AI data centers to ease strain on US grid when demand surges

NEW YORK, August 4 (Reuters) - Google (GOOGL.O), opens new tab has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of surging demand on ...
U.S. News & World Report

Google Agrees to Curb Power Use for AI Data Centers to Ease Strain on US Grid When Demand Surges

NEW YORK, August 4 (Reuters) -Google has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of surging demand on the grid, the company said ...
Houston Chronicle

Texas sets records for solar energy and battery use, proving the power of clean energy

Texas temperatures are rising, and so is the demand for electricity. But the grid is holding up great, thanks to record amounts of solar and battery-stored energy. At noon on July 29, solar facilities ...