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Experts discuss impacts, concerns related to Montana data centers

LEWISTOWN — Is central Montana ready for data centers? Nearly 180 people showed up Thursday evening to find out, packing the Council on Aging building to listen to a panel discussion on potential data center impacts. Sponsored by the Central Montana Resource Council, panelists included technology expert Mike McDearmon, Montana Environmental

Soaring gas prices spark renewed debate about European electricity

Soaring gas prices spark renewed debate about European electricity

A surge in natural gas prices since the Middle East war erupted has sparked renewed debate about Europe's electricity market, where prices are still linked to gas. Industrial firms and countries like Italy are already calling for reform ahead of an EU summit on competitiveness on March 19.

Montanans want more solar and gas, are less interested in new coal plants

Montanans are bullish on solar, natural gas and hydropower for electricity generation — but wary of adding additional coal power to the state’s energy mix, according to a new Montana Free Press-Eagleton poll. The results of the poll, conducted in late December and early January, come as the Trump

Where AI lives: Southeast Asia's data centre boom

Where AI lives: Southeast Asia's data centre boom

Nonstop buzzing fills a windowless Microsoft data centre near Jakarta, part of a tech construction boom sweeping Southeast Asia that promises economic opportunities but is also hungry for resources. As demand for artificial intelligence heats up, technology giants are racing to invest billions of dollars in the region, attracted by

NorthWestern Energy: 11 more data center firms eyeing Montana, South Dakota

There are nearly a dozen more data center companies interested in buying NorthWestern Energy's electricity than the ones already in the intermediate stages of planning. NorthWestern Energy recently revealed it is conducting "high-level assessments" with five data center companies who'd like to buy

Power drain: A guide to proposed data centers so far in Montana

Over the last year, data center companies from around the country have staked out Montana with a bullseye as the place to build giant new facilities. And the largest monopoly utility in the state, NorthWestern Energy, has been happy to oblige them so far. NorthWestern has signed Letters of Intent

Turkey, Saudi sign major solar power deal

Turkey, Saudi sign major solar power deal

Saudi Arabia will help Turkey build solar plants capable of powering more than two million homes, under a deal the two countries signed Friday that aims to deepen energy cooperation between the key regional players. The signing ceremony at an Ottoman-era palace by the waters of the Bosphorus Strait