Virginia Connection Newspapers

Are Data Centers Driving Dominion’s Power Needs?

On Oct. 15, 2024, Dominion Energy Virginia filed its 2024 Integrated Resource Plan, a comprehensive, long-term regional plan to meet growing power demand, much of it driven by data centers, according ...

Forget 'debloat apps.' Sophia Script gives you real control over Windows 11. Here's how it works.

The Sophia Script is an open-source PowerShell module designed to debloat and fine-tune Windows 11 (and Windows 10 ). It is ...

Copilot quietly grabs your data from other Microsoft products now - here's how to opt out

A new setting in Copilot will access data from Bing, MSN, Edge, and other services. You can disable this if you're worried about your privacy.
Reuters

Microsoft exploring using advanced power lines to make data centers more energy-efficient

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is exploring using superconducting power lines in its data centers, which could potentially accelerate its massive U.S. build-out of the server ...
KUTV

Proposed Provo data center raises questions about power use

PROVO, Utah (KUTV) — A new data center could be coming to Provo as a developer is in the early stages of planning to build one. However, the effort is raising a lot of questions—like how this will ...
The Salt Lake Tribune

Utah’s massive data centers can’t get the power they need, so they’re building their own

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. In rural Millard County, Kalen Taylor is ...
techtimes

How to Automate Daily Tasks with Microsoft and Google Tools for Maximum Productivity

Daily work often involves repetitive tasks like moving emails, updating spreadsheets, or generating reports, which consume valuable time and mental energy. Microsoft and Google tools allow users to ...
Hosted on MSN

Convert CSV files to JSON in Power Automate

Quite a few years back I wrote a post about reading CSV files in Power Automate. But that can be done so much better now. An imagine having to deal with commas, you would end up with ugly expressions.
AZ Central

Gas power plant for data center project stirs concerns in Surprise

A developer plans to build a 160-acre data center and its own gas-fired power plant in Surprise. Residents near the proposed site worry about air pollution, health risks, and safety concerns. Because ...
Wall Street Journal

Data Centers’ Power Failure

While I agree with Peter Huntsman’s assessment of the environmental lobby’s hijacking of U.S. energy policy, and the need for restoration of fossil fuel supply, his argument for catering to the energy ...
Reuters

Microsoft rolls out initiative to limit data-center power costs, water use impact

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab on Tuesday unveiled an initiative to curb water usage at its U.S. data centers and limit the impact on the general population from any potential ...