The projected demand for electricity to power new data centers driven by the growth in AI applications greatly outpaces current electricity grid capacities. Global data center capacity is projected to ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Federal regulators will allow tech companies to effectively plug massive data centers directly into power plants, issuing a long-awaited order Thursday, as the Trump ...

AI companies are growing at a rapid pace — and continued growth depends on increasing energy supply. Data centers are sprouting up all over the country, sometimes facing community backlash thanks to ...

Power Is the New Gold Rush for AI Data Centers Your email has been sent In 1849, the 49ers chased gold. In 2025, the new rush is for power. Utilities and grid operators are overwhelmed with requests ...

For the past two years, the conversation around AI infrastructure has focused on chips, models, and capital. In practice, that isn’t what’s slowing projects down. What matters is electricity–where it ...

Louisiana regulators have adopted a new rule that suspends certain consumer protections if utility companies need to quickly build power plants for certain industrial developments, including data ...

To continue reading this content, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings and refresh this page. The irony is striking: You're running a data center with ...

Data centers completed in Silicon Valley sit empty for years — unable to power up because the local utility lacks capacity to supply them with electricity. AI computing will more than double ...

AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...

The proliferation of data centers in Arizona raises concerns about the strain on the state's water and power resources. Existing and planned data centers in Maricopa County could nearly double the ...