Morning Overview on MSN

AI data centers are burning jet fuel and diesel as grids fall behind

Artificial intelligence is supposed to be the clean, digital brain of the modern economy. Instead, the race to build ever ...
Cryptopolitan on MSN

Data centers turn to jet engines and diesel generators as AI power needs surge

Companies building data centers are increasingly relying on jet engine-based turbines and fossil fuel generators to meet ...

AI data centers are turning to jet engines and diesel because the grid can't keep up

Manufacturers of turbines originally designed for aircraft are now reporting a surge in orders as hyperscale developers seek stopgap ways to secure electricity. "The incentives have ...
The National Interest on MSN

AI’s Dirty Secret: Why Diesel Still Powers the Digital Age

AI’s demand for data centers relies on diesel generators because outdated permitting and reliability rules make cleaner backup power too slow to deploy.
pv magazine International

Maldives opens tender for grid-tied solar-plus-diesel plants

The Ministry of Finance of the Maldives is accepting bids for the design, supply and installation of grid-tied solar-diesel hybrid generation projects. The plants will be built on seven inhabited ...
Power Engineering

GE’s new medium-speed diesel engine generator sets suitable for power generation and mechanical drive applications

LAS VEGAS, Nev., Dec. 11, 2003 — GE Marine & Stationary Power (M&SP) now offers three medium-speed diesel engines that are especially suitable for power generation and mechanical drive applications.
Power Engineering

Wärtsilä to deliver a power plant to Jordanian cement works

24 October 2007 – Wärtsilä Corporation has been awarded a €31.5m ($45m) turnkey power plant contract to supply a power plant for a new cement works in Al Katrana, Jordan. The 49 MW plant will be ...