US data centers could consume more natural gas than Germany and Japan combined by 2035

The AI frenzy could push U.S. data centers to become one of the largest consumers of natural gas in the world.

Hear how AI can engineer nature’s comeback at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026

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Fusion power startups find new partners in the defense world

Fusion startups are inking defense-related deals, reigniting the relationship between fusion and national security that might have gone dormant, but never completely disappeared.

Proxima Fusion bets €140M on a critical fusion ingredient dominated by Asian suppliers

Proxima Fusion’s new high-temperature superconducting magnet factory will help supply its commercial power plant.

Google signs its biggest rice-methane carbon credit deal with Indian startup Mitti Labs

The four-year agreement will cover rice farms across three Indian states, reaching about 100,000 hectares at peak delivery.

Massachusetts hits data centers with new clean power rules

Massachusetts has become the third state in as many months to slap new restrictions on data center development.

Google DeepMind alumni are building tools to accelerate fusion power for the grid

Fusionality is developing control systems and simulation environments to help fusion power startups move faster.

Google’s revived nuclear power plant gets $1.9B loan from US government

Google said it would bring an Iowa nuclear power plant back from the dead. Now, the plant’s owner is getting a $1.9B loan from the U.S. Energy Department.

Utilities are racing to link up with fusion startups, with Realta Fusion the latest to benefit

The grid has been straining under the weight of new AI data centers, and that has utilities courting fusion startups.

Enhanced geothermal notches another win as Google buys 400 MW from Fervo

Fervo’s deal with Google could expand to 1 gigawatt of geothermal power, enough to supply a very large AI data center in Utah.