The AI data center boom will create new jobs. Most won't be at Amazon, Microsoft, Google, or Meta.
Data centers contributed 4.7 million jobs to the US economy between 2017 and 2023, a PwC study found. Most of them aren't direct tech jobs.
Ellen Thomas
Senior Reporter
Amazon is spending $100 billion on data centers this year. Energy firm GE Vernova will help power a slice of it.
The companies have signed a strategic agreement to help power Amazon's rapidly growing fleet of data centers.
Talen CEO says Amazon is investing 'sweat equity' at its data center next door to the Susquehanna nuclear plant
Talen Energy CEO Mac McFarland tried to reassure investors on the company's fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday.
Vistra's stock had surged amid the AI boom. Now Wall Street is getting antsy waiting for a data center deal.
The energy company's stock fell after it reported its earnings.
In the biggest market for data centers, Big Tech flashes cash and influence
A Big Tech and private equity-backed data center group donated $165,500 to Virginia lawmakers.
Data centers have an answer to fossil fuel emissions: Bury them
Data center development is creating enormous demand for power. With few options besides fossil fuels, interest has grown in burying the emissions.
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts is an unexpected winner in the data center construction boom
The US-based hotel chain saw a surge in occupancy rates at franchise locations near major data center construction sites.
Utilities want to power Big Tech's AI ambitions with natural gas. These are the data centers they're betting on.
In states where Amazon, Microsoft, and Meta are building giant data center hubs, utilities want to power them with new natural gas plants.
An Ohio data center plans to build a natural gas plant as the AI boom creates an electricity strain
Developers for Powerconnex have notified Ohio regulators of plans to build a 120 MW natural gas plant to power a data center next door.
Exxon Mobil CEO says natural gas can meet surging data center demand on a faster timeline than nuclear power
Exxon Mobil is building a natural gas power plant and implementing carbon capture technology to power AI data centers.
An on-site natural gas plant will help power Stargate's first data center, public filings show
Developers for Stargate, the $500B AI infrastructure project by OpenAI, Oracle, and SoftBank, will establish a natural gas plant in Abilene, Texas.
Stargate's first data center is underway in Texas. Public filings show how much it will cost to build.
Stargate's first data center campus in Texas, a joint venture by Oracle, OpenAI, and SoftBank, could cost an estimated $1.1 billion.
Amazon commits another $10 billion to Ohio data centers amid questions about energy costs and supply
Amazon Web Services will look beyond Columbus, where energy supply is constrained, to expand its data centers in the state.
Canada is Google's latest antitrust legal challenger
Canada's Competition Bureau said the tech giant has abused its position to maintain market dominance.
Winter storms could disrupt travel in the Northeast this Thanksgiving weekend
A lake effect snowstorm is expected to sweep from Buffalo to Cleveland over Thanksgiving weekend.
Salesforce to close Portland office, asks employees to relocate or take severance
Salesforce is closing its office in Hillsboro, Oregon, and asking employees to relocate or take a severance package.
An Ohio power company wants data center firms to pay their fair share of soaring electricity use amid the AI boom
AEP Ohio proposes new tariffs for data centers amid a historic spike in electricity consumption in central Ohio's fast-growing cluster.
Big Tech's AI spending on assets like data centers and real estate could surpass $1 trillion in the next five years
Amazon, Microsoft, Google, Meta, and Apple are sharply increasing spending on fixed assets as the AI arms race heats up.
Amazon cloud CEO Adam Selipsky is out
Amazon Web Services CEO Adam Selipsky is stepping down, and Matt Garman is set to take over as of June.
In an AI arms race, data centers are going nuclear
Data centers are scrambling to secure large sources of electricity. Nuclear power looks more like an option.