Federal regulators recently approved a plan by Oklahoma's power grid operator, Southwest Power Pool, to fast-track the ...

The group would include large power users who’ve been waiting a long time for interconnection and don’t need further study.

Uptime Institute warns that the gap between data center construction timelines and power infrastructure availability will ...

In a world where electrons are the new currency of growth, behind-the-meter power is increasingly viewed not just as a backup ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the ...

From the beginning of American progress, every leap forward has sparked resistance. The stagecoach gave way to the railroad. Farmers saw their landscapes transformed by factories. Steel mills and coal ...

There are significant costs to technological innovation. One notable cost, which has been making the rounds in 2025, is the high energy demands of the data centers powering the AI revolution. But, ...

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 ...

Cutting corners: The jet engine – once a symbol of speed and flight – is finding new life on the ground, fueling the world's artificial intelligence infrastructure. Faced with long delays in ...

Growth in the data center industry isn’t just expanding, it’s exploding. The number of U.S. data centers nearly quadrupled from 2010 to 2024, and demand is climbing with technologies like AI and cloud ...

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Across the United States, more than 5,400 data centers quietly power the digital services that have become essential to modern life—from streaming movies to running artificial intelligence. Yet as ...