Articles by

Molly Taft

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past...

What We Know About the Winter Storm About to Hit the US—and What We Don’t

Over the past weekend, when weather models first started forecasting a winter storm that would sweep over...

The AI Boom Will Increase US Carbon Emissions—but It Doesn’t Have To

As the world keeps warming and electricity bills take center stage in national politics, the data center...

Microsoft Has a Plan to Keep Its Data Centers From Raising Your Electric Bill

Microsoft said on Tuesday that it would be taking a series of steps toward becoming a “good...

The Oceans Just Keep Getting Hotter

Since 2018, a group of researchers from around the world have crunched the numbers on how much...

Trump Wants Venezuela’s Oil. Getting It Might Not Be So Simple

President Donald Trump has made it clear: His vision for Venezuela’s future involves the US profiting from...

The Great Big Power Play

Take yourself back to 2017. Get Out and The Shape of Water were playing in theaters, Zohran...

A Startup Says It Has Found a Hidden Source of Geothermal Energy

A geothermal startup said Thursday that it has hit gold in Nevada—metaphorically speaking. Zanskar, which uses AI...