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Moon data centers? A new venture wants lunar computing for quantum power

Plans to build data centers on the Moon have moved from science fiction to hardware already riding lunar landers, and now a new venture wants to push that idea into the quantum era. Instead of ...
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NASA unveils space chip with 500x computing power boost

Massive power leap: The new NASA-Microchip processor offers up to 500 times more computing power than current space processors, enabling faster onboard decision-making. Built for extremes: ...
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Dow highlights AI data center cooling technologies as computing power demands rise

Dow (DOW) is using the Computex Taipei 2026 technology conference to showcase materials designed to address one of the biggest infrastructure challenges facing artificial intelligence computing: heat ...
Morningstar

"Embed" data centers deep in the sea for greener computing power

BEIJING, May 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A news report from China.org.cn on Shanghai Lin-gang Underwater Data Center: Off the east coast of Nanhuizui in Shanghai stands a 32-meter-tall steel cylinder in ...
The New York Times

OpenAI’s New Model Spurs Debate Over A.I.’s Resource War

Sam Altman suggested it would be released more widely than a rival offering from Anthropic. Some are suggesting it’s because OpenAI has more computing power. By Andrew Ross Sorkin Bernhard Warner ...
The Conversation

AI’s growing appetite for power is putting Pennsylvania’s aging electricity grid to the test

The rapid growth of data centers that support artificial intelligence is reshaping how electricity systems operate across the United States. Pennsylvania is emerging as a key location in this shift, ...