Driven by the artificial intelligence frenzy, Microsoft is internally projecting that water use at its data centers will more than double by 2030 from 2020, including in places that face shortages.

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SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) — A new bill would keep AI data centers’ water use information from the public record. Now, conservationists are pushing back as over 2 million Utahns remain in a drought. In ...

Organizations have a wealth of unstructured data that most AI models can’t yet read. Preparing and contextualizing this data is essential for moving from AI experiments to measurable results. In ...

Last month, journalist Karen Hao posted a Twitter thread in which she acknowledged that there was a substantial error in her blockbuster book “Empire of AI.” Hao ...

Data centers create new jobs, use significantly less water than the clothing and beef industries, and don't drive up electricity rates. Data centers have become an essential part of powering our daily ...

The effort is drawing bipartisan support and is expected to come up again next year as officials grapple with the artificial intelligence boom’s side effects. States facing drought and dwindling ...

Read More: AI Data Centers Are Sending Consumer Electric Bills Soaring The monitor’s analysis for the first time quantifies the cost of making data centers flexible as a way to extract more use out of ...

As AI becomes more common and decisions more data-driven, a new(ish) form of information is on the rise: synthetic data. And some proponents say it promises more privacy and other vital benefits. Data ...

The latest version of the Oracle database comes with agent builders and MCP Server integration to help developers embed automation into their workflows. Oracle is doubling down its focus on agentic ...

The graph database market, driven by AI, is growing at a rate of almost 25% annually. Graph databases support knowledge graphs, providing visual guidance for AI development. There are multiple ...

In late July, the Trump administration released its long-awaited AI Action Plan, which includes steps to cut environmental requirements and streamline permitting policies to make it easier to build ...