How solar mesh grids are quietly electrifying rural Haiti—connecting thousands of households despite gang violence, poverty and political crisis.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at America lagging in EVs and charging infrastructure, and Sunrun’s transformation into a company
Meeting data center electricity demand with fossil fuels will add $30 billion to annual electricity costs. Clean energy will cost $5 billion less.
Russia can’t bomb the West, so it’s hacking it. How AI data centers and Texas’s ERCOT grid became the next cyberwarfare battleground.
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at an audacious plan for floating, ocean-powered data centers and GM’s pursuit of cheaper battery technologies.
Can second-life EV batteries save the grid from AI? Explore how data centers are repurposing electric vehicle batteries to solve exploding power demands.
Jackery is jumping on the fridge-battery trend with what it says is the “world’s slimmest.” FridgeGuard also looks nice; a break from power stations that tend to look more at home at a job site than the kitchen or living room. Measuring just 2.63 inches (67mm) thick, the Jackery FridgeGuard power station is meant to […]
This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at GM’s push to develop data center batteries and turning to street lights to boost EV charging options.
Panthalassa sees data centers powered and cooled by the ocean as a cheaper alternative to the orbiting server farms Musk is pitching to SpaceX investors.
Sovereign wealth funds like Abu Dhabi’s Mubadala are quietly becoming the architects of AI and energy infrastructure—and reshaping global economic power.