Companies that include Amazon, Google, and OpenAI are racing to build data centers across the country to fuel the growth of artificial intelligence. But these facilities need massive amounts of energy ...

AI data centers are seen on show at the Mobile World Congress 2026 (Photo by Davide Bonaldo/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (SOPA Images via Getty Images) Apparently, AI data centers are ...

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...

Construction of new data centers in the U.S. fell for the first time since 2020 despite soaring demand for artificial-intelligence computing capacity, as developers face delays in permitting, zoning ...

North Carolina is facing a surge in electricity demand, largely driven by the growth of data centers. A state task force is exploring how to manage rising power needs without overburdening residential ...

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Calibrant Energy has signed a definitive agreement with Iron Mountain to build, own, and operate a 23-megawatt-hour (MWh) battery at the latter’s New Jersey data center. Data center as a clean energy ...

BOISE, Idaho — Idaho Power will no longer serve customers in eastern Oregon. The company announced the transfer of ownership to Oregon Trail Electric Cooperative (OTEC) for a sticker price of $154 ...

The GW Ranch project approved on 8,000 windswept acres of West Texas will look like many of the other data centers that have sprung up across the country to support Silicon Valley’s ambitions for ...

Big Tech is considering supporting new uranium mining projects as companies need additional reliable power capacity for their huge data center expansion, according to the top executive of Canadian ...

Power, Pollution, and Protests: The Growing Revolt Against AI Data Centers Your email has been sent A 7.65 gigawatt AI data center is coming to Texas. To power it, developers secured a permit to build ...