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data centers
Data Centers
$20M NJ AI Hub fund launched to boost state’s AI startups [NJBIZ]
NJEDA and CoreWeave have launched a $20M NJ AI Hub Fund to support AI startups tied to the NJ AI Hub and boost innovation and job growth statewide.
Data Centers
Why is Everyone So Wrong About AI Water Use?? [Hank Green]
A deep dive (pun intended) into AI water use
Data Centers
How Much Water and Energy do Data Centers Consume? A New Jersey Bill Demands Answers. [Inside Climate News]
"The debate mirrored a broader balancing act playing out across the country between the promise of AI-fueled development with the great costs to water and energy."
Economy
PJM Files proposal with FERC to Update Capacity Auction Rules [ROI-NJ]
"The PJM joint proposal seeks to strike a reasonable balance between wholesale cost and the need to produce auction results that will attract investment in generation required for future grid reliability."
Data Centers
Data centers turn to commercial aircraft jet engines bolted onto trailers as AI power crunch bites — cast-off turbines generate up to 48 MW...
"...this is the first time they’ve appeared in any meaningful way at data center sites. That speaks volumes about just how tight power supplies in the U.S. have become."
Data Centers
Ask AI-“Who is responsible for NJ energy price increases?”
We ask AI why NJ energy prices are increasing, and to list sources.
Data Centers
Data Centers Put Pressure on Electric Grid [AP]
With massive data centers coming on-line faster than power plants can be built resulting in strains to electric grids, states and grid operators are proposing steps to keep the power flowing.
Economy
AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over [Fortune]
"'Everywhere we went, people treated energy availability as a given,' Rui Ma wrote on X after returning from a recent tour of China’s AI hubs."