Digital infrastructure powers the services Americans rely on every day. It helps families stay connected through video calls and messages. It allows people to stream a movie at the end of a long day, listen to music on a morning run, or access the information they need on a personal computer. Behind these everyday activities is America’s digital infrastructure.
From improving efficiency to investing in reliable electricity, technology companies are protecting consumers, modernizing the grid, and supporting local economies. Learn how tech is strengthening America’s energy infrastructure in this week’s Tech at Work.
How Tech is Strengthening America’s Energy Infrastructure
Amazon shared its commitment to strengthening the power grid and creating thousands of jobs in the communities where its data centers are located, while ensuring data center costs are not passed on to others.
Anthropic committed to covering grid infrastructure costs, reducing strain on the power grid, investing in local communities, and more.
Clayco announced the launch of Power and Energy, which will provide comprehensive design, engineering, procurement, and construction services to accelerate the delivery of reliable, cost-effective energy infrastructure nationwide.
CoreWeave is prioritizing forward-thinking sustainability by investing in liquid cooling practices, which can reduce total data center power consumption by 10.2%.
Dell introduced a new generation of storage, compute, cyber resilience, and automation innovations built to power modern data centers.
Google is protecting ratepayers, creating jobs, keeping the grid reliable, committing to pay for 100% of the power its data centers use, and more.
HPE is providing digital energy solutions that drive sustainability and operational efficiency across the energy value chain.
Meta shared how its data centers support American energy, jobs, the environment, and local communities, and how it ensures costs are not passed along to consumers.
Nebius partnered with Bloom Energy to help power the build-out of AI infrastructure using fuel-cell technology supporting faster deployment with lower emissions and minimal water use.
NVIDIA explained how AI can help utilities modernize legacy grid infrastructure, scale renewable energy, and deliver lower-cost power to homes and businesses.
OpenAI is investing in energy infrastructure, supporting communities and jobs, and ensuring the costs of powering AI infrastructure are not passed on to households and small businesses.
QTS announced its Commitment to Communities, reaffirming a long-established focus to strengthen local prosperity and deliver America’s digital infrastructure responsibly.
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