New device may make computers 1,000 times faster without overheating while reducing data center power consumption

Inside a modern data centre, performance is already constrained less by raw transistor capability and more by heat removal.

5 ways data centers endanger their local communities and the country as a whole

Every internet search, streamed video and AI-generated response depends on a data center somewhere. Driven by rapid growth in ...

Amazon cloud outage at North Virginia data center largely resolved

Amazon's cloud services ​were largely back online on Friday after overheating at one of its data centers triggered ‌an outage that impacted companies including cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase.
GeekWire

Backed by Nvidia, Seattle’s Phaidra targets data center overheating with proactive AI

Sustainability: News about the rapidly growing climate tech sector and other areas of innovation to protect our planet. SEE MORE by Lisa Stiffler on Mar 18, 2026 at 10:41 am March 18, 2026 at 10:41 am ...
The Conversation

Data centers don’t have to be a burden on local communities – and can even support them by generating power and repurposing waste heat

A data center is planned to occupy a vacant commercial building in Monterey Park, Calif., near homes and businesses and not far from downtown Los Angeles. Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty ...
CoinTelegraph

AWS Northern Virginia data center overheats, impacting Coinbase

Coinbase said on Friday its markets are being placed in “cancel only” mode but will begin to re-enable trading “shortly.” Amazon’s cloud unit said on Friday it is working to restore normal temperature ...
CNN

Data centers are spreading around the country. Now, data-center bans are, too

Maine lawmaker Melanie Sachs, a Democrat, thought her state was one of the few places in the nation where data centers weren’t interested in setting up shop. The northeastern-most state in the US — ...