Data centers can increase energy costs in two main ways. They have to be connected to the grid, which can require extra ...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro knows how to make data center-friendly policies. He's still trying to make them good politics.

Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Workers monitor grid conditions in the main control room at PJM Interconnection in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection ...

Big Tech is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out the energy-hungry infrastructure of AI, and many are turning to “behind-the-meter” solutions to get things up and running as quickly ...

Anthropic will spend $50 billion to build its own data centers. They'll be in Texas, New York, and elsewhere across the US. It could set new standards for AI labs trying to scale. Anthropic will ...

Cotton proposes allowing data centers to build own power plants, electrical networks January 7, 2026 by Alex Thomas | Updated January 8, 2026 at 9:52 a.m.

Iron Mountain's New Jersey data center will add a 23 MWh battery storage to pair with solar, boosting reliability and easing ...

A new analysis tries to calculate the coming environmental footprint of AI in the US and finds that the ideal sites for data centers aren’t where they’re being built. An extensive new analysis looks ...

By Kavya Balaraman and Sumit Saha Feb 13 (Reuters) - A plan from PJM Interconnection, the largest power grid operator in the ...

Demand on the electricity grid that serves Pennsylvania and a dozen other states flirted with an all-time record last week as arctic cold blanketed most of the country and millions of heating systems ...