Last year, 33% of all new single-family homes built in the U.S. were rated for their energy efficiency using the Residential Energy Services Network’s (RESNET®) HERS® Index, where lower scores mean ...

Energy efficiency is a transformative, low-cost solution that can fast-track access to affordable and secure energy and boost economic growth. Amid soaring power demand, driven in part by air ...

The rapid rise in data center demand has the industry poised to represent 9% of U.S. total electricity usage by 2030. With facilities set to be more overloaded than ever, it is critical to find ways ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Ankit Mishra is a contributor who covers energy and economic policies. Global demand for data centres has surged dramatically in ...

Divya Mahajan owns shares in Google, AMD, Microsoft, and Nvidia. She receives funding from Google and AMD. Artificial intelligence is growing fast, and so are the number of computers that power it.

At the end of 2024, data centers accounted for approximately 1-1.2 % of global electricity use and around 0.4 % of greenhouse gas emissions, with figures projected to rise as artificial intelligence ...

From rare earth recycling to AI-managed cooling, engineers are racing to make data centers less wasteful and more resilient. At the end of 2024, data centers accounted for approximately 1-1.2 % of ...