China Publishes Maps Detailing Minerals on the Ocean Floor

The new deep-sea atlas underscores Beijing’s interest in ocean mining, its military ambitions and its claims to disputed ...

Mapping the hidden structure of the universe

The universe has a hidden structure, and a University of Virginia professor is mapping it in 3D, using 46 million galaxies ...

Scientists decipher the geological history of the Grand Canyon

The Grand Canyon is a marvel on the landscape of North America, a breathtaking geological feature in the southwestern U.S.
Mint

India’s data centre electricity demand makes planners go back to drawing board to map new energy security playbook

NEW DELHI: India’s apex power sector planning body has gone back to the drawing board to map electricity demand amid concerns that a concentration of data centres coming up in a few states could skew ...
The Business Journals

Here's where the proposed big data center sites are in the Pittsburgh region (map)

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. Preview this article 1 min A guide to 10 local hyperscale ...
Wired

Senators Demand to Know How Much Energy Data Centers Use

Democratic senator Elizabeth Warren and Republican senator Josh Hawley are urging the US’s central energy information agency to provide better information on how much electricity data centers actually ...
New Scientist

Start-up is building the first data centre to use human brain cells

Data centres use huge amounts of energy and chips are in high demand – could brain cells be the answer? Australia-based start-up Cortical Labs has announced it is building two “biological” data ...
CNET

AI Data Centers: What to Know About Their Water and Energy Use

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated. Macy is a writer on the AI Team. She covers how AI is changing ...
CBS News

Data centers for AI use huge amounts of electricity, water, driving up costs and climate concerns

Multiple reports show the data centers used to store, train and operate AI models use significant amounts of energy and water, with a rippling impact on the environment and public health. According to ...
WCVB Channel 5 Boston

A look inside MassGIS — The data behind the Commonwealth’s ultimate map

THE SCENE IS GONE. FROM THE BERKSHIRES TO THE BACK BAY, FROM CRANBERRY BOGS TO CORNER STORES, THERE’S ONE THING CONNECTING EVERY INCH OF MASSACHUSETTS. NO, IT’S NOT DUNCAN. IT’S DATA. QGIS IS A PLACE ...
MIT Technology Review

Using unstructured data to fuel enterprise AI success

Organizations have a wealth of unstructured data that most AI models can’t yet read. Preparing and contextualizing this data is essential for moving from AI experiments to measurable results. In ...