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Big tech pushing back on accusations of being AI obsessed climate wreckers.

The green energy group, Breakthrough Energy, has laid off multiple workers and is also planning to eliminate its U.S. policy side, an anonymous source told Politico’s E&E News. Another anonymous source told the...

While millions live with regular blackouts and limited energy, plants are being built to satisfy the global demand for digital storage and processing – piling pressure on an already fragile system

Experts say mandatory reporting on energy and water use is needed to avoid irreparable damage to environment

Event will push for greater transparency and aims to rank AI firms in terms of ability to meet climate goals

Big Tech’s move to nuclear energy to power its data centers show that green energies like wind and sun alone cannot meet the energy needs of our modern digital world.

The agreement would bring back Unit 1 at Three Mile Island, which was shuttered in 2019 for “economic reasons,” according to Constellation’s statement...

Pennsylvania plant was site of most serious nuclear meltdown and radiation leak in US history in 1979

"We know this is not going to be easy and that our approach will need to continue to evolve".

Tech firm’s bid to remove more CO2 than it produces is being tested as AI spawns new energy-hungry datacentres

Microsoft co-founder says efficiencies for technology and electricity grids will outweigh energy use by data centres

Opponents of bills argue ‘offramp’ to keep gas or coal plants running will be triggered if energy-heavy centers are built

Microsoft appears to have quietly accepted the reality that renewables cannot deliver the reliable and affordable energy their data centers need.

Tech companies remain secretive over the amount of energy and water it takes to train their complex programs and models

The partnership supports Microsoft's goal of matching 100% of its electricity consumption with zero carbon energy purchases by 2030.