2 months ago
During the September 3 episode of Mad Money, Jim Cramer mentioned Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for its unconventional approach to powering hyperscale data centers in partnership with Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX). He said:
How about Microsoft? Look, Mr. Softee is getting religion. They've realized that by giving us more disclosure on Azure, their cloud infrastructure business, we'll find more things to like. They're right. In the end, I come to praise Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, not bury her. They've been very clever getting power for the data centers, pumping it right out of the Permian. They got this deal with Chevron as a partner… 2.67 gigawatts. No one's talking about it. It's the cleanest behind the meter plan for power I have seen yet. People even, and this is not a stretch, I'm not kidding, people even like Copilot.
CFO Amy Hood provided Wall Street with a much clearer look at actual cloud demand by breaking down detailed Azure growth metrics and data center capacity constraints. At the same time, enterprise adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot is moving past initial trials, with major corporations deploying the AI ***** istant across workforce segments.
A major highlight of the company's infrastructure strategy is a twenty-year agreement with Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) for a proposed 2.67-gigawatt natural gas power plant in West Texas. Designed to supply dedicated off-grid electricity directly to a hyperscale data center in the Permian Basin, the project bypasses regional grid transmission queues to secure reliable power for continuous AI workloads. Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ:MSFT) president of Cloud Operations + Innovation, Noelle Walsh, commented:
Our agreement with Chevron helps ensure we'll have dedicated, large-scale power to support the evolution and reliability of advanced compute. Through this partnership, we're delighted to grow with and become a deeper part of the West Texas community.
#chevron #power #they 've
How about Microsoft? Look, Mr. Softee is getting religion. They've realized that by giving us more disclosure on Azure, their cloud infrastructure business, we'll find more things to like. They're right. In the end, I come to praise Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, not bury her. They've been very clever getting power for the data centers, pumping it right out of the Permian. They got this deal with Chevron as a partner… 2.67 gigawatts. No one's talking about it. It's the cleanest behind the meter plan for power I have seen yet. People even, and this is not a stretch, I'm not kidding, people even like Copilot.
CFO Amy Hood provided Wall Street with a much clearer look at actual cloud demand by breaking down detailed Azure growth metrics and data center capacity constraints. At the same time, enterprise adoption of Microsoft 365 Copilot is moving past initial trials, with major corporations deploying the AI ***** istant across workforce segments.
A major highlight of the company's infrastructure strategy is a twenty-year agreement with Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX) for a proposed 2.67-gigawatt natural gas power plant in West Texas. Designed to supply dedicated off-grid electricity directly to a hyperscale data center in the Permian Basin, the project bypasses regional grid transmission queues to secure reliable power for continuous AI workloads. Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ:MSFT) president of Cloud Operations + Innovation, Noelle Walsh, commented:
Our agreement with Chevron helps ensure we'll have dedicated, large-scale power to support the evolution and reliability of advanced compute. Through this partnership, we're delighted to grow with and become a deeper part of the West Texas community.
#chevron #power #they 've
3 months ago
Suri Noelle knows what she wants. After years of speculation about the future of her career and creative pursuits, the 20-year-old daughter of Katie Holmes and Tom Cruise made her acting debut in Scotland. It proves that she's following in her parents' footsteps and is pursuing acting at Carnegie Mellon University.
Suri Cruise made her acting debut in Edinburgh (Camera Press/The Grosby Group)
Photos shared this week show Suri on the production of "Midsummer!" her school's adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which is currently touring Scotland, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The images show Suri in period costume, wearing a purple skirt, a darker purple vest, and a yellow long-sleeved shirt. Her look was completed with her hair in a bun and a hat. Suri is seen on the stage, saying her lines as she appears to be smiling.
She is playing the characters of Helena, Mustardseed, Flute, and Thisbe throughout the show's runtime, which will run from August 6th to the 19th.
#Scotland #midsummer #show
Suri Cruise made her acting debut in Edinburgh (Camera Press/The Grosby Group)
Photos shared this week show Suri on the production of "Midsummer!" her school's adaptation of "A Midsummer Night's Dream," which is currently touring Scotland, at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe.
The images show Suri in period costume, wearing a purple skirt, a darker purple vest, and a yellow long-sleeved shirt. Her look was completed with her hair in a bun and a hat. Suri is seen on the stage, saying her lines as she appears to be smiling.
She is playing the characters of Helena, Mustardseed, Flute, and Thisbe throughout the show's runtime, which will run from August 6th to the 19th.
#Scotland #midsummer #show
3 months ago
Suri Noelle is making her on-stage debut while performing at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
The 20-year-old is the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Suri legally changed her last name from Cruise to Noelle, using it during her high school graduation and voter registration
Suri Noelle is making her stage debut!
The 20-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is starring in Midsummer!, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Suri will be playing Helena, Mustardseed, Flute and Thisbe in the show, which runs from Aug. 6 to 19.
#festival #holmes
The 20-year-old is the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes
Suri legally changed her last name from Cruise to Noelle, using it during her high school graduation and voter registration
Suri Noelle is making her stage debut!
The 20-year-old daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes is starring in Midsummer!, an adaptation of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in Scotland. Suri will be playing Helena, Mustardseed, Flute and Thisbe in the show, which runs from Aug. 6 to 19.
#festival #holmes
3 months ago
Suri Cruise, the daughter of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes, has legally dropped her father's last name and chosen a surname that honors her mother instead, according to a Page Six report.
Rather than adopting Holmes as her last name, Suri opted for Noelle, her mother's middle name. While it's unclear when she officially changed her last name, Page Six reported that she registered to vote in Allegheny County, Pa., under the name Suri Noelle during her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University in October 2024. She first made headlines in June 2024, when she graduated from New York City's LaGuardia High School and was listed as Suri Noelle in the ceremony pamphlet.
The reported name change comes after years of estrangement from Cruise. Following her parents' divorce in 2012, Suri moved from Los Angeles to New York City with Holmes, who was granted full custody, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Mission: Impossible star was ordered to pay $400,000 annually in child support, plus medical, dental, education and insurance expenses, until Suri turned 18, the outlet reported.
Before moving to Pittsburgh, Pa., Suri, who has often been described as the spitting image of her mother, was frequently spotted out and about in New York City.
"We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter Suri's best interests," read a joint statement from Holmes and Cruise following their divorce in 2012. "We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other's roles as parents."
#name #cruise #noelle
Rather than adopting Holmes as her last name, Suri opted for Noelle, her mother's middle name. While it's unclear when she officially changed her last name, Page Six reported that she registered to vote in Allegheny County, Pa., under the name Suri Noelle during her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University in October 2024. She first made headlines in June 2024, when she graduated from New York City's LaGuardia High School and was listed as Suri Noelle in the ceremony pamphlet.
The reported name change comes after years of estrangement from Cruise. Following her parents' divorce in 2012, Suri moved from Los Angeles to New York City with Holmes, who was granted full custody, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The Mission: Impossible star was ordered to pay $400,000 annually in child support, plus medical, dental, education and insurance expenses, until Suri turned 18, the outlet reported.
Before moving to Pittsburgh, Pa., Suri, who has often been described as the spitting image of her mother, was frequently spotted out and about in New York City.
"We are committed to working together as parents to accomplish what is in our daughter Suri's best interests," read a joint statement from Holmes and Cruise following their divorce in 2012. "We want to keep matters affecting our family private and express our respect for each other's commitment to each of our respective beliefs and support each other's roles as parents."
#name #cruise #noelle
3 months ago
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter Suri has dropped her famous last name, according to Page Six.
State voter records show a "Suri Noelle" with the same age and birth date as the former Suri Cruise in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the location of Carnegie Mellon University, which the 20-year-old is widely reported to be attending.
Katie Holmes shares photos from daughter Suri Cruise's 14th birthday
Noelle is Holmes' middle name. It was not immediately clear when the name change occurred.
People reported in 2024 that Holmes and Cruise's daughter used the last name "Noelle" at her high school graduation that summer.
#name #noelle
State voter records show a "Suri Noelle" with the same age and birth date as the former Suri Cruise in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, the location of Carnegie Mellon University, which the 20-year-old is widely reported to be attending.
Katie Holmes shares photos from daughter Suri Cruise's 14th birthday
Noelle is Holmes' middle name. It was not immediately clear when the name change occurred.
People reported in 2024 that Holmes and Cruise's daughter used the last name "Noelle" at her high school graduation that summer.
#name #noelle
3 months ago
Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' daughter has legally changed her name from Suri Cruise to Suri Noelle.
Voter-registration records obtained by People show that the 20-year-old registered in Pennsylvania under the new name during her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University. Noelle is Holmes' middle name.
Suri had already begun using the name publicly before starting college. She was identified as Suri Noelle in the program for her June 2024 graduation from New York City's LaGuardia High School and in an earlier school-theater production.
The location and date of the formal name-change process have not been disclosed.
Suri registered to vote in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in October 2024, shortly after beginning her first year at Carnegie Mellon. The registration lists her as Suri Noelle, according to People.
#suri #year #cruise #mellon
Voter-registration records obtained by People show that the 20-year-old registered in Pennsylvania under the new name during her freshman year at Carnegie Mellon University. Noelle is Holmes' middle name.
Suri had already begun using the name publicly before starting college. She was identified as Suri Noelle in the program for her June 2024 graduation from New York City's LaGuardia High School and in an earlier school-theater production.
The location and date of the formal name-change process have not been disclosed.
Suri registered to vote in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, in October 2024, shortly after beginning her first year at Carnegie Mellon. The registration lists her as Suri Noelle, according to People.
#suri #year #cruise #mellon
4 months ago
After the firing of Seattle Storm head coach Noelle Quinn in 2025, no Black woman remained in the WNBA's head coaching ranks despite five head coach vacancies heading into the 2026 WNBA season.
The league has experienced record growth and expansion, but representation in leadership has moved in the opposite direction. In 2022, seven of the league's 12 head coaches were Black, including three women. By 2023, that number dropped to only three Black women head coaches. This season, there are two Black head coaches currently in the WNBA, but neither is a woman.
"(Black women) should get the same equal opportunity as a white woman, as a white man to be an important piece of this league," Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers said on Sunday after a win over the Chicago Sky. "(The league) was built on a lot of black women... So it's definitely right for them to get the same equal opportunity as everybody else."
"I grew up with a lot of prominent Black women in my life that were very important to me... my stepmom, my AAU coach," Bueckers added. "So I understand how amazing they are."
More: Candace Parker, Women's Leadership Council address coaching gaps in women's sports
The league has experienced record growth and expansion, but representation in leadership has moved in the opposite direction. In 2022, seven of the league's 12 head coaches were Black, including three women. By 2023, that number dropped to only three Black women head coaches. This season, there are two Black head coaches currently in the WNBA, but neither is a woman.
"(Black women) should get the same equal opportunity as a white woman, as a white man to be an important piece of this league," Dallas Wings guard Paige Bueckers said on Sunday after a win over the Chicago Sky. "(The league) was built on a lot of black women... So it's definitely right for them to get the same equal opportunity as everybody else."
"I grew up with a lot of prominent Black women in my life that were very important to me... my stepmom, my AAU coach," Bueckers added. "So I understand how amazing they are."
More: Candace Parker, Women's Leadership Council address coaching gaps in women's sports
4 months ago
The Wisconsin Soccer Coaches **** ociation announced its girls all-state teams for the 2026 spring season.
Featured on the teams are four members of WIAA Division 1 state champion Divine Savior Holy Angels , three members of D1 runner-up Muskego and three members of D2 state champion Brookfield Central to lead a host of local honorees. Arrowhead senior Amara Leppla was named the state player of the year to lead the first team.
Here are the full all-state first and second teams, as well as other all-state honorees. Journal Sentinel area athletes are listed in bold.
Player of the year:Amara Leppla, sr., midfielder, Arrowhead.
Brailey Baxter, jr., defender, DSHA; Meghan Gavigan, jr., midfielder, The Prairie School; Madonna Helf, jr., forward, Whitefish Bay; Keira Kimbrough, jr., forward, The Prairie School; Jaylah Moore, sr., goalkeeper, McFarland; Noelle Rauwolf, jr., forward, Verona ; Gabi Retana sr., midfielder, Madison West; Avery Roethe, jr., midfielder, DSHA; Kylie Steel, jr., midfielder, Oregon; Emily Urban, sr., defender, Kimberly.
Featured on the teams are four members of WIAA Division 1 state champion Divine Savior Holy Angels , three members of D1 runner-up Muskego and three members of D2 state champion Brookfield Central to lead a host of local honorees. Arrowhead senior Amara Leppla was named the state player of the year to lead the first team.
Here are the full all-state first and second teams, as well as other all-state honorees. Journal Sentinel area athletes are listed in bold.
Player of the year:Amara Leppla, sr., midfielder, Arrowhead.
Brailey Baxter, jr., defender, DSHA; Meghan Gavigan, jr., midfielder, The Prairie School; Madonna Helf, jr., forward, Whitefish Bay; Keira Kimbrough, jr., forward, The Prairie School; Jaylah Moore, sr., goalkeeper, McFarland; Noelle Rauwolf, jr., forward, Verona ; Gabi Retana sr., midfielder, Madison West; Avery Roethe, jr., midfielder, DSHA; Kylie Steel, jr., midfielder, Oregon; Emily Urban, sr., defender, Kimberly.
4 months ago
Chevron (CVX) announced Monday that it will power a huge Microsoft (MSFT) data center in West Texas with natural gas, using gas turbines supplied by GE Vernova (GEV) and Caterpillar (CAT). GE Vernova stock rose near a buy point, and Caterpillar stock jumped.
Project Kilby, as it is known, is expected to produce 2.7 gigawatts of electricity. That is said to be enough capacity to power about 2 million homes. A majority of the electricity will come from large gas turbines supplied by GE Vernova, Chevron said. Additional capacity will be provided by a Caterpillar subsidiary called Solar Turbines.
"The rapid growth we're experiencing in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud, driven by customer demand, requires energy infrastructure that can scale quickly and reliably," said Noelle Walsh, Microsoft president of cloud operations, in the news release.
Compared with alternative sources of energy, gas-fired power plants hold an advantage in terms of speed to market. For example, new nuclear reactors can involve extremely lengthy testing and permitting times.
The 20-year power purchase agreement for Project Kilby marks a first for energy giant Chevron: its debut as a direct utility-style power provider for the technology sector amid the AI boom.
Project Kilby, as it is known, is expected to produce 2.7 gigawatts of electricity. That is said to be enough capacity to power about 2 million homes. A majority of the electricity will come from large gas turbines supplied by GE Vernova, Chevron said. Additional capacity will be provided by a Caterpillar subsidiary called Solar Turbines.
"The rapid growth we're experiencing in artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud, driven by customer demand, requires energy infrastructure that can scale quickly and reliably," said Noelle Walsh, Microsoft president of cloud operations, in the news release.
Compared with alternative sources of energy, gas-fired power plants hold an advantage in terms of speed to market. For example, new nuclear reactors can involve extremely lengthy testing and permitting times.
The 20-year power purchase agreement for Project Kilby marks a first for energy giant Chevron: its debut as a direct utility-style power provider for the technology sector amid the AI boom.
5 months ago
Boston's pubs are facing an unexpected challenge as thousands of Scottish football fans descend on the city for the World Cup, reportedly causing a significant shortage of beer.
Over 20,000 members of the Tartan Army have travelled to Massachusetts for Scotland's opening two group stage matches.
Beyond the pitch, these enthusiastic supporters have embraced American culture, including a visit to Fenway Park to watch a Boston Red Sox game.
The influx of thirsty fans has led to an unprecedented surge in demand, with numerous establishments across the city reporting dwindling beer supplies.
Noelle Somers, chief operating officer at Henessy’s Bar in central Boston, highlighted the scale of the phenomenon, stating that trade following the Scotland v Haiti match had tripled that of St Patrick’s Day.
Over 20,000 members of the Tartan Army have travelled to Massachusetts for Scotland's opening two group stage matches.
Beyond the pitch, these enthusiastic supporters have embraced American culture, including a visit to Fenway Park to watch a Boston Red Sox game.
The influx of thirsty fans has led to an unprecedented surge in demand, with numerous establishments across the city reporting dwindling beer supplies.
Noelle Somers, chief operating officer at Henessy’s Bar in central Boston, highlighted the scale of the phenomenon, stating that trade following the Scotland v Haiti match had tripled that of St Patrick’s Day.
