Federal regulators directed the operator of the nation’s largest electricity grid to establish transparent rules for AI data ...

Another winter event similar to Storm Uri is unlikely. But as data centers leach the power supply, Texas will need a Plan B, ...

Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants.

In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak ...

Amazon, Google and Microsoft want the case thrown out. A grid watchdog has proposed an effective moratorium on new data ...

In terms of climate, and energy, and ecology, we are increasingly focused on carbon footprints as a whole, and so it makes ...

PJM will soon unveil its plan to prevent data centers from driving up power prices and jeopardizing reliability. Some ...

As data center demand surges, grid access—not land—is deciding which projects move forward, forcing builders to rethink power infrastructure, costs and schedules before construction begins.

Alphabet is betting that owning clean power is the surest way to keep its AI-hungry data centers running, locking in a $4.75 ...

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