Q&A: How Google plans to reinvent the spreadsheet with AI

Soon, Google wants to see AI doing the spreadsheet busywork, says Eric Birnbaum, director of product management for Google ...
The New York Times

Energy Dept. Orders Data Centers to Tap Backup Power

As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused. By Ivan Penn and Hilary Howard As ...
Wall Street Journal

AI Data Centers Have Been Great for the Steel Industry. Now, a Power Crisis Looms.

The American steel industry is reaping the benefits of the AI data-center construction boom. But now, steelmakers are warning of a high-stakes competition with their data-center customers for a ...
NPR

Texas adopting stricter standards for data centers that want to join its power grid

Texas has been flooded with data center requests to join its power grid. The state seeks to sort out who actually wants to do business in Texas — and which projects are purely speculative. Data ...
The New York Times

A Solution to A.I.’s Growing Power Demand: Homes

Tesla, Sunrun and Renew Home plan to tap solar panels, batteries, thermostats and other devices installed in millions of homes to meet the energy demands of artificial intelligence. By Ivan Penn The ...
NewsNation

Texas data centers must bring own power and reuse own water: Abbott

In Nov. 2025, Google said it was investing $40 billion to build three massive AI data centers in Texas — the largest investment in the state’s history. Anthropic, the startup behind Claude, also ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Microsoft and Chevron Sign 20-Year Power Deal For Texas Data Center

Chevron Corp. signed a 20-year deal with Microsoft Corp. to provide natural-gas fired power for a proposed West Texas data center, which could be one of the biggest in the US. The proposed plant, ...
Reuters

Data center investors buy up power developers in race to build

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Digital investors are targeting U.S. independent power producers to curb rising electricity prices and develop assets faster. June 22 - ...
CNBC

SpaceX signs computing power deal with open-source AI startup Reflection worth up to $6.3 billion

SpaceX has signed a major computing power deal with Reflection AI for access to Nvidia GB300 chips at Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center. The open-source AI startup will pay Musk's company $150 ...
Wall Street Journal

Chevron Strikes Power Deal With Microsoft for West Texas AI Data Center

Chevron CVX1.35%increase; up pointing triangle has struck a 20-year agreement to sell electricity to Microsoft MSFT 0.19%increase; up pointing triangle, which plans to build what could become one of ...
Reuters

Chevron signs power supply deal with Microsoft for Texas data center

June 22 (Reuters) - Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab said on Monday it has signed an agreement with Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab to develop a co-located facility that would provide natural-gas ...