Data centers are expected to use one-fifth of the electricity generated in the U.S. by 2035, four times that of today, according to a new report from BloombergNEF. A surge in AI compute will push data ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The debate over AI's water consumption often overlooks the critical issue: peak daily demand ...

There are two competing schools of thought over just how water-intensive AI is. In one, the technology is horribly thirsty. Data centers will exacerbate droughts throughout the country and “drain the ...

Microsoft MSFT0.03%increase; up pointing triangle, Google and Amazon AMZN 0.82%increase; up pointing triangle are among the tech companies spending an estimated $1 trillion on AI infrastructure this ...

Anthropic sent a letter to U.S. officials accusing Alibaba of "brazenly" and "illicitly" attempting to extract its AI capabilities. The letter, which was obtained by CNBC, claims Alibaba carried out ...

Microsoft announced Wednesday that over the past two decades, it has become dramatically more efficient in its use of water to cool data centers, slashing its consumption rate by 90% compared to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The environmental footprint of data centers already rivals some of the world's largest countries, according to a United Nations University report, which also predicts their water and ...

Australia’s data centre rush now rivals the mining boom. OpenAI chief executive Sam Altman last week said Australia could become a “data centre capital of the world”. This would come at an ...

Google tracks the vast majority of cellphones in the United States, collecting your location, usage and device data through installed software and apps. The tracking occurs by various autonomous ...

David Pogue is a six-time Emmy winner for his stories on "CBS Sunday Morning," where he's been a correspondent since 2002. Pogue hosts the CBS News podcast "Unsung Science." He's also a New York Times ...