As artificial intelligence applications and model scales continue their rapid expansion, the technology industry faces a mounting infrastructure crisis: power supply cannot keep pace with demand. Time ...

This story originally appeared on Inside Climate News and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. When a derecho slammed into the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in 2020, Diana Lokenvitz had time for ...

High-voltage power lines in Florida (Joe Raedle/Getty Images) Surging power demand from new data centers is reaching unprecedented — and potentially unrealizable — heights. Over the next five years, U ...

The idea that data centers can shut down during peak demand times — not requiring the buildout of power plants — is a concept that could cost utility customers billions of dollars, according to a new ...

AI Data Centers Need More Power Right Now. These Companies Can Deliver It. A new group of players in the AI power race are posting huge stocks gains. Their futures look bright.

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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 ...

The latest Consumer Price Index shows that the average electric bill went up more than 5% from September 2024 to September 2025. That's faster than the inflation rate for the same period. Conventional ...

Backup generators are gaining a new lease on life in data centers. For decades, they have been a rarely used part of the infrastructure, existing for those moments when other power sources fail. But ...

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Global data center power demand is averaging a 17% annual growth rate, a new McKinsey study found. In the US, data centers could account for 14% of total power demand by 2050. Fossil fuels are likely ...

An analysis suggests two Wisconsin data centers could use more energy than all the state's homes combined. The estimate assumes constant power demand, so actual usage may be lower. Three other ...