On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

When electricity demand is set to surge—say, from a new power-hungry data center—the default response from a utility is often to build a new (and expensive) power plant and other infrastructure. A new ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday, leaving the island without electricity for a third time this month amid ...

Cuba started restoring power Sunday after the nation's energy grid collapsed a day prior, cutting electricity to millions of people. The blackout was the third this month. Some 72,000 customers in the ...

The U.S. energy grid is increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks due to a combination of aging infrastructure, surging demand from data centers, and the growing complexity of integrating renewable ...

AI’s insatiable demand for power has tech companies hunting for new energy sources — a search that has fueled competition and investment into fusion and fission startups. For many, natural gas is the ...

Cuba’s power grid collapsed Saturday leaving the country without electricity for a third time in March as the communist government battles with a decaying infrastructure and a US-imposed oil blockade.

European countries are racing to bring new data centers online as AI labs across the globe continue to demand more compute. The primary limiting factor is energy—and specifically the ability to move ...

Cuba is restoring power to its national grid on Sunday, March 22, after the system collapsed for the second time in a week amid a U.S. oil blockade that has dealt a major blow to the island's ailing ...

Cuba's grid collapse affects 10 million people U.S. oil blockade impacts Cuba's energy infrastructure Cuba blames U.S. embargo for economic failures HAVANA, March 22 (Reuters) - Cuba had restored ...