Researchers discovered that massive lava flows and collapsing lava ponds at Axial Seamount reveal how underwater eruptions reshape the seafloor.

Geologists say an untapped, carbon-free energy source could be underneath parts of Kentucky. So why isn't anyone trying to ...

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 ...

As demand for computing power from AI large language models (LLMs) continues to surge, power density in data centers is rising in tandem, bringing the conversion losses of traditional power ...

The government on Friday decided to allow global tech giant Google to transfer government-supplied high-precision map data of South Korea to its overseas facilities, contingent on supplementary ...

South Korea approved Google’s request to export detailed map data, reversing a longstanding restriction that made the tool largely nonfunctional. By John Yoon Reporting from Seoul South Korea said on ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Every day, tens of thousands of people drive on Monroe County’s highways, covering roughly 115 miles. No one expects their journey to end in a crash, but accidents happen daily.

Data center operators and utilities often do not disclose facility-specific energy and water usage data. The Republic built a database to estimate data centers' energy capacity by analyzing air ...

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...

A new map compiled by Newsweek using data from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) shows how Greenland’s rare earth mineral resources compare to the rest of the world. Rare earth minerals are a ...

The big picture: Nonprofit research institute Epoch AI is building one of the most detailed public records of America's data center boom. Using open-source intelligence ranging from high-resolution ...