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Texas grid flags risks as data centers, crypto sites fail voltage tests - AOL
1+ hour, 42+ min ago (187+ words) June 5 (Reuters) - Several large data centers and crypto facilities planning to connect to the Texas power grid ahead of peak summer demand have failed key reliability tests, raising the risk of power outages just as electricity use hits its seasonal…...
The case for openness - how protocols transform BAS performance
10+ hour, 43+ min ago (460+ words) Johnson Controls is a world leader in smart buildings, creating safe, healthy and sustainable spaces. For more than 140 years, we've made buildings better and now we're transforming them again with our award-winning digital technologies and services. We're using artificial intelligence…...
Infocast Power Up Data Centers - Infrastructure
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (231+ words) AI and other data centers seeking power have surged, illustrated by a 300% increase in interconnection requests in ERCOT alone over the course of 2025. The radical increase in the amount of electricity needed to reliably power new data centers is a…...
Micron bets $3 B on US-made silicon wafers for next-gen chips
2+ hour, 16+ min ago (389+ words) Micron's $3 B plan boosts US chip manufacturing with new silicon wafer capacity in Texas. US chipmaking giant Micron Technology plans to invest up to $3 billion to strengthen the U. S. semiconductor supply chain, with part of the funding supporting domestic production of…...
AI Tools Help Farmers Tailor Seeding for Better Yields | Earth And The Environment
7+ hour, 9+ min ago (356+ words) AI Tools Help Farmers Tailor Seeding for Better Yields Labroots AI Tools Help Farmers Tailor Seeding for Better Yields How can AI improve plant crop yields? This is what a recent study published in Agronomy Journal hopes to address as…...
Alberta power producers and pipeline companies look forward to Meta's AI data centre
3+ hour, 40+ min ago (1005+ words) Alberta Premier Danielle Smith participates in the announcement of the major investment in the AI sector during a press conference in Calgary on Wednesday. AHMED ZAKOT/The Globe and Mail Tech giant Meta Platforms Inc. s decision to spend $13-billion…...
Ponto Verde launches chatbot to answer questions about packaging recycling.
13+ hour, 23+ min ago (343+ words) Sociedade Ponto Verde is betting on a chatbot to help citizens understand the issues. This is how ELO, Ponto Verde's new packaging recycling assistant, was born, integrated into the campaign "We will certainly get to the point," following the campaign…...
Bitdeer unveils $36 M Nevada factory to shake up Bitcoin mining
3+ hour, 7+ min ago (570+ words) Bitdeer Technologies has unveiled a $36 million manufacturing facility in Nevada, bringing production of its SEALMINER Bitcoin mining machines to the United States. According to Bitdeer, the new plant in Sparks, Nevada, will manufacture key components for the company's SEALMINER mining…...
Polysense Raises $10. 7 Million Seed Round To Scale AI-Powered Food Manufacturing Quality Control
5+ hour, 4+ min ago (232+ words) Belgian food technology company Polysense announced it has raised $10. 7 million in an oversubscribed seed funding round to accelerate the adoption of its AI-powered quality control and process optimization platform for food manufacturers. The round was led by Felix Capital, with…...
US power companies face long waits for transformers amid data center surge
3+ hour, 36+ min ago (713+ words) Top Woman In Colorado Businesses US power companies face long waits for transformers amid data center surge Kavya Balaraman Reuters //July 9, 2026// (Reuters) " Skyrocketing demand from artificial intelligence data centers is exacerbating shortages of critical grid equipment like transformers across the…...