AI Can Help Focus Climate Models on Local Threats, Scientists Say
November 23, 2023
Scientists are harnessing advances in computer technology and artificial intelligence to build climate models that provide useful information at the scale of homes, neighborhoods and businesses.
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Infrastructure Masons
April 30, 2026
State of the Digital Infrastructure Industry – Annual Report 2026
The digital infrastructure industry is entering its most constrained growth cycle yet. Capital is flowing, but deployment is colliding with permitting delays, power constraints, workforce shortages and geopolitical fragmentation. This “State of the Digital Infrastructure Industry” report reframes the opportunity: not just where to invest, but where execution risk is rising and why.
Infrastructure Masons
September 10, 2025
Bloom Energy Fuel Cells: A Clean, Reliable and Scalable Way to Power Data Centers
This is far out. Technology that was originally developed to sustain life on Mars is the best kept secret to the sustained growth of the data center industry, according to KR Sridhar, Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bloom Energy.
Infrastructure Masons
May 29, 2025
Collaboration Needed to Meet AI Data Center Demand, Executives Say
As the digital infrastructure industry races to build high-capacity data centers to support AI workloads, industry executives warn that missteps and miscalculations are putting operational efficiency, reliability, and long-term durability at risk. The solution? Increased collaboration with outside specialists who bring expertise to individual pieces of the project puzzle.
Amazon Science
October 10, 2023
How CloudTune generates forecasts for the Amazon Store
On what are known as game days to teams inside Amazon, millions of virtual “customers” log on to the Amazon Store to search for items, browse product pages, load shopping carts, and check out as if they were real customers hunting for bargains during a sale such as Prime Day. “It’s like a fire drill, a planned practice,” said Molly McElheny, a principal technical program manager.
Amazon Science
July 18, 2023
Geopipe uses AI to create a digital twin of Earth
Planet Earth is getting a digital twin. A pair of friends who met during high school in an online forum are now using their PhDs in computer science to pioneer artificial intelligence (AI) techniques that will allow them to create an exact digital replica of the world — one that adds deep and rich layers of detail and nuance to the traditional online mapping experience.
Microsoft / Innovation Stories
July 28, 2022
Hydrogen fuel cells could provide emissions free backup power at datacenters, Microsoft says
Latham, New York – Hydrogen fuel cells packed into a pair of 40-foot-long shipping containers here ramped up on an overcast day early this June as engineers gathered around laptops displaying data on the state, health and power output of the cells in this first-of-a-kind hydrogen generator. “This is it, it’s running at three megawatts right now,” exclaimed Mark Monroe, a Microsoft engineer.
About John Roach
John Roach is a storyteller, writer and editor on the geek beat with content marketing and communications chops. He currently helps clients communicate about artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, digital infrastructure and sustainability. Earlier, he worked in digital media for the Environmental News Network, NBC News and National Geographic.