Artificial Intelligence

AI data centers took a beating in the midterm elections. A reckoning may be ahead for tech giants

By MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After a campaign season filled with outrage against artificial intelligence data…

7 days ago

ERCOT Gas Generation Queue Surges 85% as Texas Data Center Demand Grows

Natural gas generation capacity in ERCOT's interconnection queue rose 85.5% over the past year, reaching 81,033.87 megawatts in September 2026,…

1 week ago

Texas Voters Back AI Guardrails By Wide Margins, And Want Republicans To Prioritize Issue

Texas voters of every party overwhelmingly want safeguards on artificial intelligence, according to a new survey of likely Texas voters…

2 weeks ago

Texas Attorney General Sends 156 Texas Data Centers Letters Over Water Use

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has sent letters to 156 data center developments across the state demanding accurate, up-to-date…

4 weeks ago

Oracle Signs Texas Wind Power Deal for 300 MW Ranchero Farm

Oracle has signed a virtual power purchase agreement with Scout Clean Energy for most of the output from its 300-megawatt…

1 month ago

Crusoe to Develop Google AI Data Center Campus Near Amarillo

Crusoe, an AI infrastructure company, is developing Google's data center campus in Armstrong County outside of Amarillo. Where the project…

1 month ago

Dan Crenshaw Warns Data Center Opposition Could Hurt U.S. AI Leadership

U.S. Representative Dan Crenshaw (R) argued that opposition to artificial intelligence data center development could undermine U.S. competitiveness with China,…

2 months ago

Greg Casar Presses Open AI, Anthropic for More Details on AI Security

Representative Greg Casar (D) is demanding additional information from OpenAI and Anthropic after saying both companies failed to answer congressional…

2 months ago

UT Austin Recieves $30 Million NSF Award to Advance Human-Robot Tech

The University of Texas at Austin will receive $30 million over five years from the National Science Foundation to establish…

3 months ago

Greg Casar Demands Answers from Anthropic After AI Models Hacked Companies

Congressman Greg Casar (D) is leading 23 members of Congress in demanding that Anthropic provide more information about three incidents…

3 months ago