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Data center demand drives 66% surge in natural gas power plant costs
Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand skyrockets.
funding
Converge Bio raises $25M, backed by Bessemer and execs from Meta, OpenAI, Wiz
AI drug discovery startup Converge Bio raised $25 million in a Series A led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with additional backing from executives at Meta, OpenAI, and Wiz.
launch
Meta bought 1 GW of solar this week
The social media company inked three deals in the U.S. to power its data centers and offset its carbon footprint.
launch
How one AI startup is helping rice farmers battle climate change
Mitti Labs is working with The Nature Conservancy to expand the use of climate-friendly rice farming practices in India. The startup uses its AI to verify reductions in methane emissions.
launch
Harvard dropouts to launch ‘always on’ AI smart glasses that listen and record every conversation
After developing a facial-recognition app for Meta’s Ray-Ban glasses and doxing random people, two former Harvard students are now launching a startup that makes smart glasses with an always-on microphone.
launch
Meta to add 100MW of solar power from US gear
The social media company is adding another tranche of solar to power a new AI data center in South Carolina.
launch
Perplexity accused of scraping websites that explicitly blocked AI scraping
Internet giant Cloudflare says it detected Perplexity crawling and scraping websites, even after customers had added technical blocks telling Perplexity not to scrape their pages.
launch
Obvio’s stop sign cameras use AI to root out unsafe drivers
American streets are incredibly dangerous for pedestrians. A San Carlos, California-based startup called Obvio thinks it can change that by installing cameras at stop signs -- a solution the founders also say won’t create a panopticon.
launch
Breakneck data center growth challenges Microsoft’s sustainability goals
Microsoft's sustainability goals are imperiled by its push into AI and cloud services.
launch
Gridcare thinks more than 100 GW of data center capacity is hiding in the grid
Gridcare raised $13.3 million for its data platform that finds underutilized capacity on the electrical grid.