OpenAI's AI data agent, built by two engineers, now serves 4,000 employees — and the company says anyone can replicate it

OpenAI’s internal AI data agent searches 600 petabytes across 70,000 datasets, saving hours per query and offering a blueprint for enterprise AI agents.
CNBC

Sam Altman defends AI resource usage: Water concerns 'fake,' and 'humans use energy too'

Altman dismissed claims that ChatGPT used gallons of water per query. He acknowledged that total AI energy use was rising and urged cleaner power. However, Altman argued that humans also consume ...

The Post-Cloud Stack: Why Hybrid Is Emerging as a Practical Path to Sovereignty

Over 95% of enterprises want to become their own AI and data platform within the next three years. This is the shift we’re ...
InfoQ

Google BigQuery Previews Cross-Region SQL Queries for Distributed Data

Google Cloud has recently announced the preview of a global queries feature for BigQuery. The new option lets developers run ...
The Washington Post

Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

The GW Ranch project approved on 8,000 windswept acres of West Texas will look like many of the other data centers that have sprung up across the country to support Silicon Valley’s ambitions for ...
The Washington Post

George Washington University sells Virginia campus to Amazon Data Services

George Washington University has sold its Virginia Science and Technology Campus to Amazon Data Services, school officials said. The 120-acre Ashburn campus, which includes the university’s nursing ...
CNET

Microsoft Researchers Figure Out How to Store Data Inside Glass Using Lasers

Most of the world's information is stored digitally right now. Every year, we generate more data than we did the year before. Now, with AI in the picture, a technology that relies on a whole lot of ...
Frederick News-Post

Data center text amendment at least 3 months away from public hearing, Frederick official says

May is the earliest that Frederick's Planning Commission could vote on whether to recommend a developer's proposal to allow data centers in the city, according to the city's planning director. The ...
The Denver Post

New data center in north Denver sparks calls for accountability from concerned neighbors

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Residents of north Denver neighborhoods bowed their heads in prayer on a recent Friday as construction workers behind them continued piecing together their ...
Nature

Microsoft team creates ‘revolutionary’ data-storage system that lasts for millennia

Researchers at Microsoft have created a data-storage system that can remain readable for at least 10,000 years — and probably much longer. In the digital age, the need for data storage is ballooning.
Fox Business

Altman calls Musk's space data center plans 'ridiculous' for current AI computing needs

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman dismissed the idea of data centers in space being a viable option in the next few years as SpaceX CEO Elon Musk pursues their deployment. "I honestly think the idea with the ...
WTVD

I-Team digs into potential effects of data centers in the Triangle, nationwide: 'A huge concern'

APEX, N.C. (WTVD) -- The ABC11 I-Team is investigating growing questions about the potential effects of data centers in the Triangle and North Carolina. Data centers power much of daily life in the ...