DOE Shuffles CESER Leadership Ranks May 29, 2026 | 3:16 pm DOE named Emily Burdick acting director of its CESER office as former CESER chief Alex Fitzsimmons moves into a senior advisor and associate deputy secretary role. […]
DOE’s Argonne Lab Debuts AI Inference Service for Researchers May 29, 2026 | 10:45 am Argonne National Laboratory’s new AI inference service gives researchers shared access to AI models on high-performance computing systems to speed scientific discovery. […]
DOE Taps Reflection AI for Genesis Mission May 22, 2026 | 3:46 pm The partnership expands federal efforts to use AI to accelerate scientific research, strengthen national security programs, and support emerging technologies such as quantum computing and fusion energy. […]
DOE Invests $94 Million in Nuclear Energy to Help Power AI Boom May 15, 2026 | 12:20 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a collective $94 million in federal cost-shared funding to eight companies to support the near-term deployment of small modular reactors (SMRs). […]
DOE Pledges $135 Million for Fusion Technologies Apr 10, 2026 | 2:28 pm The Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) is pledging $135 million to further develop and commercialize fusion technologies, the largest investment in fusion technology in the agency’s history. […]
DOE Budget Proposal Shifts CESER’s Cyber R&D Toward AI, Cuts Spending Apr 7, 2026 | 3:39 pm The Trump administration’s budget proposal for fiscal year (FY) 2027 would shift research funding at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) cybersecurity and emergency response office away from traditional cybersecurity and toward artificial intelligence (AI), while also placing the office under a new funding structure. […]
DOE’s CESER Unveils 2026-2030 Strategy to Bolster Energy Security Apr 2, 2026 | 2:37 pm The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (CESER) released a five-year strategic plan outlining priorities for energy sector cybersecurity, infrastructure resilience, and emergency response. […]
DOE, Commerce Launch Public-Private Partnership for AI Data Center Energy Buildout Mar 25, 2026 | 2:59 pm The departments of Energy (DOE) and Commerce are teaming up with SoftBank and electric utility AEP Ohio to develop energy infrastructure to support the buildout of artificial intelligence (AI) data centers in southern Ohio. […]
DOE Announces $293M in AI Research Funding Under Genesis Mission Mar 19, 2026 | 3:22 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday that $293 million in research funding is available through its Genesis Mission for interdisciplinary teams using novel artificial intelligence (AI) models and frameworks to address national scientific challenges. […]
DOE, Dell Highlight Genesis Mission and Doudna Supercomputer to Speed AI-Driven Science Mar 12, 2026 | 4:09 pm Department of Energy (DOE) and Dell Technologies leaders on Thursday cast the agency’s new Genesis Mission and the forthcoming Doudna supercomputer as central to a broader push to accelerate U.S. scientific discovery through artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing (HPC). […]
DOE Offers $352M to Advance Next-Gen Energy Technologies Mar 4, 2026 | 3:55 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) announced a $352 million funding opportunity for its Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) program that it hopes will one day lead to next-generation energy technologies. […]
Idaho National Lab Cyber Breach Accelerates Shift to Zero Trust Mar 4, 2026 | 2:03 pm A cyber intrusion discovered in 2020 pushed Idaho National Laboratory (INL) to accelerate its shift to a zero trust cybersecurity architecture and adopt cloud-delivered security services from Zscaler, the lab’s top security official said Tuesday. […]
DOE Unveils 26 Priority Challenges to Address With Genesis Mission Feb 17, 2026 | 3:43 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) identified 26 science and technology challenges it aims to tackle through its Genesis Mission while advancing artificial intelligence (AI) innovation and discovery. […]
DOE Launches Genesis Mission Consortium to Coordinate AI Science Push Feb 9, 2026 | 1:48 pm The Trump administration’s Genesis Mission Consortium is now live, the Department of Energy (DOE) announced Monday morning, saying the public-private consortium will begin its work to power scientific and technological innovation. […]
DOE Launches RFI to Train 100,000 AI-Ready Scientists and Engineers Jan 20, 2026 | 3:13 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking public input on how to rapidly build a next-generation American workforce in artificial intelligence (AI) through its Genesis Mission, which aims to double U.S. science and engineering productivity over the next decade. […]
DOE Faces AI and Cybersecurity Governance Challenges in FY 2026, OIG Says Dec 23, 2025 | 2:42 pm The Department of Energy lacks an enterprise-wide framework to govern artificial intelligence (AI) and cybersecurity, according to a report from the agency’s Office of Inspector General (OIG). […]
DOE Announces 24 Research Partners for Genesis Mission Dec 19, 2025 | 12:10 pm Twenty-four technology giants have committed to helping advance the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Genesis Mission to harness artificial intelligence (AI) for scientific innovation, the DOE announced Thursday. […]
DOE Official: US Can’t Buy Its Way to Global Technology Leadership Nov 19, 2025 | 2:23 pm The United States won’t secure global leadership in quantum computing and artificial intelligence by simply spending more – it must define clear goals and coordinate across government, industry, and academia, a top Department of Energy (DOE) official warned Tuesday. […]
DOE Plans Public-Private Effort to Develop Advanced AI for Science Nov 17, 2025 | 1:44 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) wants feedback on its plan to launch a public-private consortium to curate scientific data from its national laboratories to create advanced “self-improving” artificial intelligence (AI) models. […]
Zimmer Named Permanent DOE CIO Nov 10, 2025 | 12:47 pm Dawn Zimmer has been named as the Department of Energy’s (DOE) third chief information officer (CIO) since the start of the second Trump administration. […]
DOE Announces $625M for National Quantum Centers Nov 4, 2025 | 3:22 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) announced Tuesday $625 million in funding to support its five National Quantum Information Science (QIS) Research Centers, which were originally established by the National Quantum Initiative Act in 2018. […]
DOE Announces 2 Supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Lab Oct 29, 2025 | 3:12 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) on Monday announced two new AMD-accelerated artificial intelligence (AI) supercomputers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) in Tennessee as part of a public-private partnership with AMD and HPE. […]
NVIDIA Partnering With DOE to Build 7 AI Supercomputers Oct 28, 2025 | 4:21 pm NVIDIA Founder and CEO Jensen Huang announced on Tuesday that the company will build seven new supercomputers powered by artificial intelligence (AI) for the Department of Energy (DOE). […]
Energy Secretary Directs FERC to Fast-Track Interconnections for Data Centers Oct 27, 2025 | 3:37 pm Secretary of Energy Chris Wright has directed the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to initiate rulemaking procedures with a proposed rule to accelerate the interconnection of large electric loads, including data centers, to help the United States lead in AI innovation. […]
DOE Opens Bids for Oak Ridge AI Data Center and Energy Hub Oct 24, 2025 | 11:33 am The Department of Energy (DOE) is seeking bids to build an artificial intelligence (AI) data center and supporting energy infrastructure at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. […]
DOE Roadmap Aims to Bring Fusion Energy Online Within a Decade Oct 20, 2025 | 3:29 pm The Department of Energy (DOE) is aiming to have commercial fusion energy hit the nation’s power grid within the next decade, according to its new Fusion Science and Technology (FS&T) Roadmap. […]
DOE Launches ‘Speed to Power’ to Fuel AI Data Centers Sep 22, 2025 | 1:23 pm The Energy Department (DOE) kicked off a new initiative on Sept. 18 to accelerate power supply for artificial intelligence and data centers to address a limited energy supply and rapidly expanding demand. […]
Senate Confirms Darío Gil, Conner Prochaska to Top Energy Posts Sep 19, 2025 | 2:37 pm The Senate on Thursday confirmed two key Department of Energy (DOE) nominees, approving Darío Gil as undersecretary for science and innovation and Conner Prochaska as director of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E). […]
Idaho National Lab, AWS Partnering on Autonomous Nuclear Energy Jul 28, 2025 | 1:13 pm Idaho National Laboratory (INL) will be using artificial intelligence tools to accelerate its development of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs) that will help power AI data centers autonomously. […]
DoE Selects 4 Federal Sites for AI Data Center Buildouts Jul 25, 2025 | 1:41 pm The Department of Energy (DoE) has selected four sites – including two at national laboratories – to build artificial intelligence data centers and energy infrastructure called for earlier this year by the Trump administration. […]