America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...

There are significant costs to technological innovation. One notable cost, which has been making the rounds in 2025, is the high energy demands of the data centers powering the AI revolution. But, ...

CHICAGO, Dec. 23 - In Chicago’s working-class Pilsen neighborhood, a 60s-era oil-fired power plant rises up from an industrial lot behind Dvorak Park, which in warmer weather is packed with children ...

Given marching orders by the U.S. Energy Dept. to boost artificial intelligence sector growth, independent agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) now must absorb nearly 200 diverging power ...

A solar-powered ‘Galactic Brain’ is supposed to side-step energy constraints new data centers face on Earth. A solar-powered ‘Galactic Brain’ is supposed to side-step energy constraints new data ...

There’s not a single data center in the entire commonwealth that has not been built without the explicit approval of the local government — whether a board of supervisors, city council, or town ...

Texas' power grid is getting slammed with more big requests than ever, and most of them are coming from the booming world of artificial intelligence. ERCOT reported this week that large load ...

Aetherflux plans to launch an initial demonstration satellite to test its space-based solar power technologies by 2026. Credit: Aetherflux TAMPA, Fla. — Space-based solar power startup Aetherflux has ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over fifteen years ago. She tends to enjoy musical ...

Planned data center construction shows no signs of fading, with new additions to require 2.7x — nearly triple — the sector’s current demand for electricity over the next decade, according to a new ...

Texas is attracting a huge amount of data center demand due to its energy resources and business friendly environment. Those data centers could contribute to electricity supply shortfalls during ...

Silicon Valley entrepreneurs prefer to talk of possibilities rather than obstacles, and of vast revenue opportunities to be seized through sheer force of will. That defiant optimism now faces the ...