The Texas power grid faces unprecedented demand surge driven by data centers, with projections showing demand could quadruple ...

Natural gas power plant costs have nearly doubled in two years and take 23% longer to build as data center electricity demand ...

Industry leaders also pointed to community opposition and a lack of policy as barriers to bringing facilities online at this ...

During a cold spell on Jan. 23, 2025, Dominion Energy hit an all-time peak load with 24,678 megawatts of electricity use recorded. But that’s nothing compared to what future data centers will demand, ...

Due to the explosive growth of artificial intelligence, it is estimated that data centers will consume up to 12% of total U.S ...

Cancellations on builds jumped to 25 in 2025 from just six in 2024, according to Baird analyst Justin Hauke, as state ...

Scrambling to meet higher than average demand, PJM, the nonprofit company that operates the grid serving much of the mid-Atlantic U.S., asked for federal permission to generate more power, even if it ...

U.S. power grids are struggling to keep up with surging data center demand, forcing operators to offer “bring your own generation” or conditional grid access to hyperscalers. Big Tech is pushing back ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The forecasts are eye-popping: utilities saying they’ll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers that are feeding a fast-growing ...

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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michael Thomas, CEO of Cleanview, about his new report on tech companies' plans to build their own off-grid power plants to provide energy for data centers. Companies ...