Modern Data & Knowledge Platforms: The Foundation Every AI Strategy Actually Runs On: SD Times 100

Part of the SD Times 100 2026 series. See the full SD Times 100 2026 list for every category and honoree. Every conversation ...
Tech Times

AI Energy Consumption Is Raising Household Bills: Efficiency Gains Cannot Reverse It

AI energy consumption is raising household electricity bills across the U.S. as data center electricity use surged 17% in ...
Crude Oil Prices

The AI Arms Race Isn’t About Technology – It’s About Electricity

Two and a half years ago, NVIDIA was a $300 billion gaming chip company. Today it's the most valuable company in history at over $4 trillion. Investors who saw what was coming and got positioned early ...
The Spokesman-Review

Avista agrees to framework to provide single business with power equal to half of all Spokane County customers

Avista Corp. has entered into an agreement with one “large load” customer that is seeking to use an amount of electricity that would be equal to more than half the combined power used by all ...
SUAS News

PowerLight Technologies unveils laser power beaming system to enable ‘infinite flight’ for DoD unmanned aerial systems

PowerLight Technologies, a leader in safe wireless power transfer, today announced the successful development and subsystem testing of its end-to-end laser power beaming system for Unmanned Aerial ...
Business Wire

Power Integrations Extends Flyback Topology to Enable 440 W, Offering Simpler Alternatives to Resonant Power Designs

SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--APEC 2026 – Power Integrations (NASDAQ: POWI), the leader in high-voltage integrated circuits for energy-efficient power conversion, today introduced a breakthrough in ...
SlashGear

The Best Quality Top-Load Washer Brand Isn't LG, According To JD Power

There are many factors to consider when you're shopping for any new appliance. When it comes to a washing machine, those factors are arguably even more important, as that appliance will be cleaning ...
Network World

Energy providers seek flexible load strategies for data center operations

Programs designed to enable load flexibility and demand response in data centers are becoming more critical as constraints on the electric grid intensify. A survey of U.S. energy professionals shows ...
SlashGear

Not LG, Not Samsung – This Is JD Power's Most Reliable Front-Load Washer Brand

Walking into your local home improvement or appliance store to shop for a new washing machine can feel overwhelming, even if you have a list of must-haves. You can read user reviews and compare ...
Reuters

Rising US industrial load intensifies power generation need

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Growing power demand for oil and gas operations and technology manufacturing are creating openings for U.S. power plant developers ...
Business Wire

Xcel Energy and NextEra Energy Agree to Deliver Generation Solutions and Enable Large Load Across Xcel Energy’s Service Territories

MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Xcel Energy, Inc. (NASDAQ: XEL) signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. (NYSE: NEE) to accelerate the delivery of generation ...
Rigzone

DOE, NASA Advance Partnership to Enable Nuclear Power on Moon

The U.S. agencies announced a memorandum of understanding renewing their commitment to developing a lunar power system using fission by 2030. Image by James Wagner via iStock The United States ...