Researchers at Microsoft have created a data-storage system that can remain readable for at least 10,000 years — and probably much longer. In the digital age, the need for data storage is ballooning.

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SpaceX has acquired Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence startup, xAI, creating the world’s most valuable private company, the spaceflight company announced Monday. Musk, who is also the CEO of SpaceX, ...

This time-lapse image of Venus and the Pleiades shows the tracks of SpaceX’s Starlink satellites. The image received an award in the 2021 IAU OAE Astrophotography Contest. (Torsten Hansen / IAU OAE / ...

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.

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand. The country’s aging electrical grid could struggle to keep ...

As more AI workloads are scaled into energy-intensive data centers, the pressure on power supply chains will intensify. Lenovo's Simone Larsson told CNBC there's going to be a "tipping point" where ...

In the yard behind her home, to the south of Laredo, Luz Castillo keeps a ’93 Chevy pickup in a tin-roofed shed. The truck has one job, and one job only: It hauls water. The pickup bed is filled with ...

Eligible AT&T customers have until Dec. 18 to file a claim in a data breach settlement. Here's how to find out if you're eligible. There were two data breaches where customer information was stolen in ...

Michigan may remember 2025 as the year of the data center. Developers have eyed at least 16 sites in 10 counties across the Lower Peninsula for the power-hungry server warehouses supporting artificial ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

If you're an AT&T customer who was impacted by the company's data breaches in 2019 and/or 2024, then you still have time to file a claim in the $177 million class action settlement. In October, the ...