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Data centers are already among the world’s hungriest power users, and artificial intelligence (AI) is pushing their energy consumption to new heights. The International Energy Agency expects data ...

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The United States power grid is being pushed harder than at any point in decades, and the strain is no longer theoretical.

Alphabet is making a major infrastructure bet to keep pace with the expanding demands of its cloud and AI services. The ...

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In the end, critical infrastructure’s biggest quantum risk is the outdated, manual trust models of today. Only by replacing ...