The power sector is grappling with a fundamental mismatch: hyperscale data centers demand electricity at unprecedented speed and scale, while the infrastructure to serve them operates on timelines ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern went inside a data center to trace the journey of an AI prompt and then grilled up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The ongoing dispute between multiple agencies and organizations over the addition of large data centers to the regional energy grid persists, with several filings submitted to ...

Over Valentine’s Day weekend 2021, running water was a luxury. When unpredictable freezing temperatures hit the state and the power grid failed, Texans’ survival skills were put to the test. Storm Uri ...

According to Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, residents don't need to be alarmed: A new state law requires data centers to disconnect in phases at the grid operator’s ...

Everyone – politicians and the public – is talking about energy costs. In particular, they’re talking about data centers that drive artificial intelligence systems and their increasing energy demand, ...

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ILLINOIS, USA — Electricity prices in Illinois are set to get even more expensive over the next decade if a new report's projections become a reality. Hyperscale data centers are driving Illinois' ...

As a researcher of energy policy who has studied the cost challenges associated with new utility infrastructure, I know that uncertainty comes with a cost. In the electricity sector, it is the ...

Surging data center development is creating havoc across the territory of PJM Interconnection, a power transmission system spanning 13 states in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest and encompassing many of ...

Consumers see data centers as the energy-hungry culprits behind rising energy prices. Utilities see data centers as large customers who could help finance grid upgrades. As the data center boom ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohioans may soon feel the strain of a grid that’s adding massive new data centers faster than it can build the power to run them. The just completed PJM capacity auction — the tool ...