U.S. utility companies are planning to invest $1.4 trillion over the next five years to update the nation’s ailing power grid as the data center boom intensifies the need for electricity. That’s according to a new report released Tuesday by the nonpartisan nonprofit consumer education organization PowerLines, which analyzed capital spending plans from 51 investor-owned utilities. A … Read more
To fuel their artificial intelligence initiatives, tech companies are building massive numbers of AI data centers, with more than 4,000 in operation across the country. But some communities, wary of the environmental and financial implications of such facilities in their backyards, are fighting back. “Sunday Morning” national correspondent Robert Costa examines the drive to construct … Read more
Archbald is a little corner of northeastern Pennsylvania where coal used to be big business. But now, there is a new boom: data centers. Kayleigh Cornell, a teacher, and Sarah Gabriel, an ICU nurse, run a neighborhood association in this community of 7,000, where a half-dozen data centers have been proposed. “It is a really … Read more
A moratorium on data centers would send the wrong signal at the wrong time. Source link
Washington — President Trump’s first four years in the White House brought about significant changes to the federal judiciary and the Supreme Court, shifting it rightward. But the president’s second term could yield less of an impact on the federal bench, as a confluence of factors — fewer vacancies, a slower pace of retirements and … Read more
An asteroid weighing about 7 tons and traveling at 45,000 miles per hour zoomed over multiple states and lit up the sky, causing a loud boom that some residents mistook for an explosion. Mark Strassmann reports. Source link
A thunderous boom heard and felt widely across northeastern Ohio and parts of Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning was likely the result of a meteor. Area residents took to social media, describing what they heard as “the loudest boom,” “a few sonic booms” and “rumbling.” Others reported seeing a fireball and a bright streak flash across … Read more
A loud boom heard over Cleveland was likely “a result of a meteor,” the National Weather Service said Tuesday. Some residents immediately feared the sound was an explosion, according to CBS affiliate WOIO. One person told WOIO that the boom shook their whole house. The sound was heard as far as New York, WOIO said. … Read more
Some companies have found lucrative opportunities to capitalize on a growing need, extracting payments as high as $800 an hour. Source link
First, calls grow for an independent probe into Minneapolis shootings. Then, NASA’s journey to the far side of the moon. And, the Amsterdam improv club behind comedy legends. Source link