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Technology companies made their presence felt this week at the CERAWeek by S&P Global conference in Houston, which convened as the nation grapples with rising demand for electricity and the growth of data centers.
Reporters Shelby Webb, Jason Plautz and Francisco “A.J.” Camacho discussed the reasons behind the tech industry’s presence at CERAWeek, including the talks about how to prevent power bills from rising and developers responding to the backlash against AI.
“This has traditionally been the oil and gas conference, but now it’s — I don’t want to say dominated — but certainly players like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, they have a big role to play here,” Jason said.
