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- How Power Semiconductors Support AI Data Centers
TechNews explains that power semiconductors manage current, convert voltage and reduce losses rather than perform AI computation. It compares silicon, silicon carbide and gallium nitride, highlighting SiC for high-voltage and high-power uses and GaN for high-frequency, high-density power conversion as AI data centers raise rack power density.
科技新报 · 🔥 0 - AI Data Centers Could Reverse US Power-Sector Emissions Gains
A Sierra Club analysis reported by Bloomberg estimates that planned AI data center demand could raise US power-sector CO2 emissions to 2.1 billion metric tons by 2030, about 42% above 2025 levels. The analysis says much of the additional emissions could come from developer-built natural-gas generation outside the public grid, potentially offsetting 15 years of reductions. The figures are scenario-based, with estimates varying sharply depending on project completion, grid constraints, and fuel choices.
AIbase AI新闻 · 🔥 0 - AI Data Center Power Demand Draws Attention to Gas Turbine Supply Chains
36Kr, citing China Securities Journal, reports that accelerating AI data-center construction is boosting demand for power equipment and drawing attention to gas-turbine supply-chain opportunities. It says Jereh is advancing large-order delivery and capacity expansion, Zhongchao Holdings is expanding component cooperation, and Turbine Technology is accelerating commercialization of domestically developed gas turbines. Analysts cited by the report see on-site gas-turbine power as an opportunity amid North America’s AI power demand and lengthy grid-expansion timelines, though the report says order execution, capacity release and overseas project delivery remain areas to watch.
36氪快讯 · 🔥 0 - Poll finds broad US opposition to AI and new data centers
An ABC News, Washington Post and Ipsos poll of 2,545 US adults found that 57% viewed AI as harmful to society, while 42% considered it beneficial; when asked about personal impact, 50% said AI had benefited them. The survey, conducted from October 9-13, 2026, with a margin of error of about ±2 percentage points, also found that 66% opposed new US data centers and 72% opposed construction in their own communities. Political and polling experts cited by CNET said this backlash could affect key midterm races, an assessment that remains a forecast.
CNET · 🔥 0 - US Utilities Tighten Grid Rules for AI Data Centers
US utilities and grid operators are demanding higher rates, longer contracts, collateral and steep engineering study fees from data-center developers to screen out speculative or duplicate grid requests. TechRadar, citing Wood Mackenzie and other reporting, says US developers have requested 1,066GW of connections and that utilities are expected to commit to about 28%. After Exelon introduced transmission security agreements, its high-probability data-center load fell from 18GW at the end of 2025 to about 11GW in the second quarter. The report does not establish how much of the requested capacity would serve AI workloads rather than other data-center uses.
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