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Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research ...

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 ...

The Energy Department is ordering U.S. grid operators to make backup electricity generation from facilities such as data centers available in case of power outages caused by the weekend’s expected ...

As data centers and AI enterprises continue to use more electricity, federal government leaders, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine and a group representing Ohio manufacturers all expressed unease on the same day ...

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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- The race to power artificial intelligence is on, and tech giants like Google, Meta and Microsoft are placing multibillion-dollar bets on nuclear energy. Ohio may be ground zero. The ...

Over the past few years, millions of Americans have seen their electricity bills skyrocket. Since February 2020, electricity prices have increased by an average of 40 percent across the country. In ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local ...

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...

Google already owns a minority stake in Intersect from a previous funding round. Once the deal closes, Intersect will be expected to help bring new data centers and power generation online faster, ...

Alphabet Inc. has agreed to buy clean energy developer Intersect Power LLC for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, marking one of the largest deals by the tech giant to dramatically expand its ...