Aerial shot of a data center for cryptocurrency mining, cloud services and AI computing in a large, temperature controlled warehouse in a remote location in Stutsman County, North Dakota. (Getty Images)
The bipartisan legislation calls for a study from the departments of Energy, Interior and Agriculture into the impact AI data centers are having on rural areas.
Tech leaders at Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge detail how their facilities are embracing AI — while being realists about the technology’s limitations.
Bridget Carper, the Department of Energy’s deputy CIO for architecture, engineering, technology and innovation, speaks at Salesforce’s Agentic AI Government Summit + Jamfest, presented by FedScoop, on Aug. 19, 2025. (Scoop News Group photo)
This image captures not only Vera C. Rubin Observatory, a program of NSF’s NOIRLab, but one of the celestial specimens Rubin Observatory will observe when it comes online: the Milky Way. (Photo credit: RubinObs/NOIRLab/NSF/AURA/B. Quint)
Energy Secretary Chris Wright testifies at a House subcommittee hearing on the department’s budget on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., on May 7, 2025. (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
The White House budget proposal calls for $2.75 billion in cuts to the national laboratories, but Chris Wright told senators he’s “very open” to expanding the budget…
Sen. Ben Ray Luján, D-N.M., speaks at the rally at the U.S. Capitol on April 10, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for Fair Share America)
DOE’s national labs play a big role in the TEST AI Act, which would establish a testbed pilot to develop and refine measurement standards used to assess…