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Cuba’s Power Grid Goes Dark, Officials Say

On Friday, all of Cuba was plunged into darkness after the island's main power plant suddenly shut down. An unexpected power outage at the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Cuba caused the country's power system to be “completely shut down at 11 a.m.,” the Cuban Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM) announced. Posted in X. […]

Amazon to invest in 3 nuclear plants to power AI programs

Amazon is the latest tech giant to deploy nuclear energy as it races to power its power-hungry artificial intelligence programs. Amazon Web Services, the cloud computing arm of the Seattle-based e-tailer, said Wednesday it will invest more than $500 million in three projects in Washington state, Virginia and Pennsylvania. The Virginia-Washington agreement requires AWS to […]

Supreme Court to allow Biden admin power plant climate standards to remain in place – for now

The Supreme Court has upheld the Biden administration's climate standards for power plant emissions, rejecting an emergency request to temporarily block the rules while lower courts proceed. In April, the Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule on pollution standards under the Clean Air Act, requiring all long-term coal-fired power plants to reduce their carbon […]

Democrats’ Migration Plans Threaten Black Political Power

President Donald Trump is aiming to win votes from black men by highlighting the economic damage caused by Vice President Kamala Harris' immigration policies. “Kamala's support is crumbling among black voters,” he tweeted Wednesday, adding: Inflation is hell. To make matters worse, their cities are being used as illegal dumping grounds for foreigners. If Kamala […]

Big Tech turns to nuclear energy to power AI boom 

Big technology companies are increasingly turning to nuclear energy to meet the massive energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI) without deviating from their much-touted environmental goals. Google announced Monday that it has signed a deal with Kairos Power to buy nuclear energy from a fleet of small modular nuclear reactors, a type of advanced nuclear […]

Amazon signs nuclear power deals, following Google, Microsoft

Dharmesh Mehta, vice president of Amazon Worldwide Selling Partner Services, explains how Amazon is leveraging generative AI to empower sellers on its platform. Amazon announced Wednesday that it has signed three agreements to develop nuclear power projects, the e-commerce giant's latest nuclear pact announced in recent weeks as demand for energy to power artificial intelligence […]