The electrical grid is facing unprecedented stress from the addition of new data centers. Software could offer a cost-effective way to boost reliability and capacity.

The United States power grid is being pushed harder than at any point in decades, and the strain is no longer theoretical.

Foreshadowing long-range plans, Sun's internal IT department flips the switch on the company's own utility computing offering. Martin LaMonica is a senior writer covering green tech and cutting-edge ...

Smart Wires has developed software tools that will enable EirGrid and global grid operators to increase the wind and solar power that can be transported on the grid. These tools combined with grid ...

Google parent Alphabet’s “moonshot” X lab announced last week at the White House Leaders Summit on Climate that it’s working on a project for the electric grid. Over the past three years, the lab says ...

Colin Parris is CTO & SVP of GE Digital, a global leader in digital technology and empowering digital transformation efforts at scale. According to recent research, 85% of people globally have ...

Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about processors, digital photography, AI, quantum computing, computer science, materials science, supercomputers, drones, browsers, 3D ...

Researchers are developing software that will let renewable energy flow into and out of a decentralized power grid like data on the Internet The electric grid was designed as a one-way highway, with ...

Investor-owned utilities, companies with historically the cheapest access to capital, are turning to energy management software to pare capital spending from expensive transmission and distribution ...

Adobe Systems has signed a deal with GridIron Software that will enable its video effects software to tap into spare computing power on a network. Under a licensing agreement announced on Monday, ...

BANGALORE, India, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Smart Grid Market is Segmented by Type (Software, Hardware, Service), by Application (Automotive, Oil & Gas, Mining, Manufacturing Industry, Building ...

When it comes to utility computing, Sun Microsystems wants to be a good role model. On Friday, the server and software company plugged into its own advanced utility computing services when its IT ...