How A.I. Companies Are Turning Into Energy Companies

The race to build the best artificial intelligence products is resulting in a worldwide search for new energy sources to power tech giants’ data centers. Karen Weise, a technology correspondent for The New York Times, describes how these A.I.-specific data centers are more power-intensive and how tech companies are investing in new ways to bring more electricity to the grid. Artificial Intelligence, Data Centers, Electric Light and Power, Computers and the Internet, Energy and Power, New York Times, Google Inc, Microsoft Corp, OpenAI Labs, Amazon.com Inc, Musk, Elon, X.ai Inc, Meta Platforms Inc, Oil (Petroleum) and Gasoline, Nuclear Energy, Three Mile Island (Pa) The race to build the best artificial intelligence products is resulting in a worldwide search for new energy sources to power tech giants’ data centers. Karen Weise, a technology correspondent for The New York Times, describes how these A.I.-specific data centers are more power-intensive and how tech companies are investing in new ways to bring more electricity to the grid. NYT > Business