The Wall Street Journal

Big tech’s latest obsession is finding enough energy

Big tech’s latest obsession is finding enough energy
Tech companies roamed the hotel’s halls in search of utility executives and other power providers. (Image: Getty)
The Wall Street Journal
By Katherine Blunt and Jennifer HillerHOUSTON – Every March, thousands of executives take over a downtown hotel here to reach oil and gas deals and haggle over plans to tackle climate change. This year, the dominant theme of the energy industry’s flagship conference was a new one: artificial intelligence (AI).Tech companies roamed the hotel’s halls in search of utility executives and other power providers. More than 20 executives from Amazon and Microsoft spoke on panels. The inescapable topic – and the cause of equal pa...

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