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Industry

Data center electricity use could quadruple by 2035

A new report from BloombergNEF predicts that U.S. data centers will consume four times more electricity by 2035, accounting for one-fifth of the nation's total power generation. The surge is driven by AI compute demand, with nearly half of new capacity going to training and inference. The forecast is 83% higher than BloombergNEF's previous estimate, reflecting rapid data center development and strained electrical grids.

Jul 213 minNeura News
AI Models

Alibaba Qwen-Image-3.0 renders infographics and tiny text in one pass

Alibaba's Qwen team released Qwen-Image-3.0, an image generator designed for practical applications like newspaper layouts and complex infographics. The model processes prompts of up to 4,500 tokens and can render legible text as small as ten pixels, mathematical formulas, and twelve languages in a single pass. It is currently available through invite-only API access, with plans to integrate it into first-party apps like Qwen Chat soon.

Jul 214 minNeura News
Industry

Enterprises buy AI compute faster than they can measure costs

A new VentureBeat Pulse Research survey of 107 enterprises reveals a significant gap between AI infrastructure spending and the ability to track its economics. Most organizations run AI on hyperscalers and model APIs, but the next dollar is aimed at specialized compute they rarely use today. GPU utilization is at 50% or less for 83% of respondents, and fewer than half rigorously track compute costs. A majority plan to switch or add providers within the year.

Jul 166 minNeura News
Industry

Mercor CEO accuses Sequoia of dual-pricing valuation tricks

Brendan Foody, co-founder of AI talent platform Mercor, took to X to accuse Sequoia of using a 'dual-pricing' structure where it invests in two tranches at different valuations, inflating the headline number. Sequoia partner Shaun Maguire pushed back, calling it a market reality rather than a scam. The practice has drawn attention to how venture capital firms and founders manipulate perceptions of startup success.

Jun 95 minNeura News