A new SQL Server 2025 feature lets organizations run vector-based semantic searches on their own data, connecting to local or cloud-hosted AI models without relying on massive general-purpose LLMs.

Microsoft will remove PowerShell 2.0 from Windows starting in August, eight years after announcing its deprecation and keeping it around as an optional feature.

Google has signed agreements with two U.S. electric utilities to reduce its AI data center power consumption during times of surging demand on the grid, the company said on Monday, as energy ...

As artificial intelligence fuels a surge in electricity demand, a Bay Area startup is betting on hydrogen to power the next generation of data centers — and ease their environmental burden.

Across the U.S., new AI-driven data centers are causing a significant increase in power demand. Carbon Direct projects that data center capacity in the U.S. will grow from roughly 25 GW in 2024 to ...

AI Data Centers Are Coming for Your Land, Water and Power Think of them as AI factories, churning out your responses from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and all the other generative AI tools.

Electricity rates for individuals and small businesses could rise sharply as Amazon, Google, Microsoft and other technology companies build data centers and expand into the energy business.

To fund its vision of building more energy-efficient server CPUs, NeoLogic recently raised a $10 million Series A round led by KOMPAS VC with participation from M Ventures, Maniv Mobility, and ...

Some of Europe's ageing coal and gas fired power plants can look forward to a more high-tech future as big tech players, such as Microsoft and Amazon, seek to repurpose them as data centres, with ...

The project will transform the site that was previously home to Pennsylvania’s largest coal-burning power plant into a next-generation power and data infrastructure hub, combining high ...