Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand.The country's aging electrical grid could struggle to keep up ...

After the Trump administration and a coalition of bipartisan governors called on the biggest U.S. electric grid operator to enact reforms to cut electricity prices, the operator announced its own plan ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Construction of Microsoft Azure data center campus on Oct. 19, 2024, in Leesburg, Va. (Getty Images) This story was originally ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has proposed a plan to protect farmland from data center expansion. The plan suggests creating Agriculture Freedom Zones (AFZs) to steer development to less ...

It’s a real power play. Gov. Hochul wants AI and other computer data centers that devour huge amounts of energy to pay more for electricity in a move she says will prevent sticker shock on regular ...

Key point: Kentucky attorney general files a lawsuit against an artificial intelligence chatbot company, eight days after the Kentucky Consumer Data Protection Act went into effect. On January 8, the ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

In the sunbaked outskirts of El Paso, Texas, construction crews are laying the foundations for Meta’s “AI‑optimized” 1.2-million-square-foot data center, designed to house thousands of servers and ...

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 ...