The proliferation of AI data centers plugging into the national power grid has helped drive up consumer electricity prices, raising the average national price of electricity by more than 6% in the past year. That’s not a good look for incumbents ahead of this fall’s election, and President Donald Trump addressed the challenge in his … Read more
During his State of the Union address, President Donald Trump tried to quell Americans’ concerns about rising electricity costs by claiming he had negotiated a “rate-payer protection commitment” with big tech companies that would allow them to build or pay for new power generation for their data centers. Leaders from Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, xAI, … Read more
Discontent erupted across the country over the ever-growing glut of server farms that accompanied the AI boom. The anger grew so loud that it began to push legislative agendas. Some states and communities are considering temporary bans on new data center development. Earlier this month, New York joined the club with a bold new proposal … Read more
Aiming to attract more AI investment to the country, India is hosting a four-day AI Impact Summit this week that will be attended by executives from major AI and Big Tech labs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Nvidia, Microsoft, Google and Cloudflare, as well as heads of state. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, Anthropic … Read more
Microsoft announced a major gaming shakeup on Friday as Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Xbox President Sarah Bond left the company. Spencer will be replaced by former Instacart and Meta executive Asha Sharma. With Sharma’s most recent role as president of Microsoft’s CoreAI product, the moves suggest that Microsoft could be doubling down on … Read more
After nearly 40 years at Microsoft, Xbox boss and Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer is leaving the company, along with Xbox president Sarah Bond. Spencer’s retirement was announced on February 20 in a statement from Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, stating, “Last year, Phil Spencer decided to leave the company, and we have been talking about … Read more
Not yet, it seems. “To be clear, there are no organizational changes at our studios,” Microsoft Gaming EVP Matt Booty wrote in a note today. It’s kind of buried under everything else Microsoft’s outgoing and incoming game directors are saying, so figure it’s worth bringing to the surface!
Dear team, Today I begin my role as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. I feel two things at once: humility and urgency. Humble because this team has built something extraordinary over the decades. Urgency because gaming is in a period of rapid change and we need to move forward with clarity and conviction. I am entering … Read more
When I walked through the doors of Microsoft as an intern in June 1988, I could never have imagined the products I would help build, the players and customers we would serve, or the extraordinary teams I would be lucky enough to join. It was an epic ride and truly the privilege of a lifetime. … Read more
Xbox boss Phil Spencer is leaving Microsoft after nearly 40 years at the software giant. Xbox president Sarah Bond is also leaving Microsoft, a major shakeup in the leadership of Xbox and Microsoft’s gaming efforts. Asha Sharma, current product president of CoreAI, takes over as CEO of Microsoft Gaming. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella announced Phil … Read more