A Political Battle Is Brewing Over Data Centers Wired By:Molly Taft 10 June 2025 at 18:56 An AI-related provision in the βBig Beautiful Billβ could restrict state-level legislation of energy-hungry data centersβand is raising bipartisan objections across the US.
Fire Breaks Out at a Data Center Leased by Elon Muskβs X Wired By:Kylie Robison Β· Molly Taft Β· Paresh Dave 22 May 2025 at 23:42 The fire department said a room with batteries contributed to the blaze at a building leased by Elon Muskβs X near Portland, Oregon.
AI Is Eating Data Center Power Demandβand Itβs Only Getting Worse Wired By:Molly Taft 22 May 2025 at 18:09 A new analysis of AI hardware being produced and how it is being used attempts to estimate the vast amount of electricity being consumed by AI.
The EPA Is Giving Some Forever Chemicals a Pass Wired By:Molly Taft 14 May 2025 at 21:38 Last year, the Biden administration set limits on PFAS in drinking water systems. Donald Trumpβs EPA is planning to dramatically soften that rule.
Donald Trump Wants to Save the Coal Industry. Heβs Too Late Wired By:Molly Taft 9 April 2025 at 15:48 An executive order intended to give coal a boost ignores the reality not only of where energy markets are going, but where they are today.