A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The ...

In 1843, Congress gave Samuel Morse $30,000 to try to send a telegram from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. Rather than bury the transmission wires underground, where technical issues would be hard to ...

Electricity costs spiked around ‘data center alley’ as frigid temperatures threatened the power grid. Electricity costs spiked around ‘data center alley’ as frigid temperatures threatened the power ...

As a massive winter storm barrels across the U.S., power grid operators are taking extraordinary steps to keep the lights on and avoid rolling blackouts. The storm, stretching more than 2,300 miles, ...

We cannot win 21st-Century conflicts with a 20th-Century electric grid. The Trump Administration’s new National Security Strategy goes to great lengths to do what every good strategist is taught: ...

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a major force in the U.S. economy. The rapid expansion of data centers in the United States has emphasized the challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector, which ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — With the explosive growth of Big Tech’s data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the ...

With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data ...

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...