ROUND ROCK — The size of ERCOT’s large load interconnection requests — the majority of which are data centers wanting to connect to the grid — soared by nearly 150 gigawatts to 410 gigawatts in just ...

CHICAGO — As large data centers burn electricity as fast as some small cities, utilities and advocates are looking for ways to ensure they’re not passing the buck for related infrastructure costs to ...

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence is forcing utilities to confront a question they have not faced in more than a decade: how to meet a surge in electricity demand. Across the country, ...

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America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...

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Given marching orders by the U.S. Energy Dept. to boost artificial intelligence sector growth, independent agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) now must absorb nearly 200 diverging power ...

The amount of ERCOT's large load interconnection requests ballooned to more than 230 gigawatts this year, a massive increase from the 63 gigawatts reported in December 2024. The agency, which operates ...

Enterprises need data, and data needs to be stored, with a flexible, portable environment that scales from developers’ laptops to global clouds. That storage also needs to be able to run on any OS and ...

A surge in proposed data centers in York County, Pennsylvania, is causing concern among residents and officials. Data centers consume massive amounts of electricity and water, raising questions about ...