Solar power magnate Gautam Adani and others indicted over alleged $250M bribery scheme

[ad_1] Billionaire Gautam Adani and several executives at his company, the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, have been indicted over an alleged scheme to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian officials in exchange for contracts to a 12 gigawatt solar power project. The indictment, unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn, charges Adani, … Read more

Nearly half of AI data centers may not have enough power by 2027

[ad_1] AI’s insatiable thirst for electricity is expected to surge in the coming years, potentially leading to power shortages for data centers. New servers last year demanded 195 terawatt-hours of electricity, according to a new report from Gartner. That’s as much as 18 million households use in a year. But by 2027, new servers could … Read more

How NES RPG Former Dawn Is Bringing CD-ROM Power To Nintendo’s 8-Bit System

Image: Something Nerdy Studios Ever since we first saw Former Dawn back in 2022, we’ve pretty much been glued to the social media of its developer Something Nerdy Studios, eagerly awaiting every new update about the promising title. Former Dawn, in case you’ve missed our other coverage of the game so far, is a groundbreaking … Read more

Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta’s nuclear power ambitions

[ad_1] Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft have placed big bets on nuclear power to secure electricity for their data centers as AI and cloud computing have sent power use surging.  But as Amazon and Meta discovered last week, those bets are far from a sure thing. A series of recent rulings from regulators dashed their hopes … Read more