Artificial intelligence helped spark the boom in data centers, and now it's helping run more of them remotely.
Microsoft previously announced plans to develop three data center campuses in Licking County and invest $1 billion.
The explosive growth of artificial intelligence (AI) has dominated energy industry headlines as of late, and one obvious sector paying especially close attention is the data center industry itself. The repercussions of the AI revolution,
Cisco expands partnership with Nvidia to accelerate AI adoption in enterprises, developing data center switches with Nvidia Spectrum Ethernet platform.
With explosive growth in AI infrastructure, data center operators and vendors are focused on scaling AI without a proportional increase in energy consumption.
Tech and political leaders tout them as an employment bonanza, but data centers need very few workers in very large spaces.
Microsoft Corp. has canceled some leases for US data center capacity, according to TD Cowen, raising broader concerns over whether it’s securing more AI computing capacity than it needs in the long term.
In response, Microsoft told BI it "may strategically pace or adjust our infrastructure in some areas" and would "continue to grow strongly."
A key reason Apple chose Texas for its AI data centers is the state's energy infrastructure. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity, and Texas offers some of the most affordable energy rates in the U.