By moving Cortex into dbt and Airflow, Snowflake is aiming to eliminate context switching and pull AI closer to production pipelines, analysts say.

Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 surfaced 500+ high-severity vulnerabilities that survived decades of expert review. Fifteen days later, they shipped Claude Code Security. Here's what reasoning-based ...

Water consumption by data centers and cryptomining facilities will be the focus of a new data-collection effort launched Friday by the Texas Public Utility Commission. Demand to build new data centers ...

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Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research ...

The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of 13 governors announced an agreement urging the PJM Interconnection — the largest electric grid operator in the U.S. — to “…expand the energy supply, ...

Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...

People listen to clergy and faith leaders call for accountability at the site where Renee Good was killed by an ICE agent in Minneapolis on Jan. 8. When it comes to staying informed in Minnesota, our ...

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...

New reactors use novel materials and compact designs to make nuclear power safer and cheaper. Nuclear power has been a critical part of the electricity grid for decades, but old reactor designs—which ...

U.S. power grids are struggling to keep up with surging data center demand, forcing operators to offer “bring your own generation” or conditional grid access to hyperscalers. Big Tech is pushing back ...