Data Centers Are Growing Fast. How We Build And Power Them Matters More Than Ever

Data centers are expanding fast, driving rising energy and water use. Sustainable design will determine whether this growth ...
Los Angeles Times

Letters to the Editor: Tech companies should’ve pledged to use solar to power their data centers

To the editor: After reading that seven major tech company CEOs signed President Trump’s “ratepayer protection pledge” to supply their own power for AI data centers, I used their tool (AI) and typed ...
Post and Courier

Letter to the Editor: What Spartanburg taught us about data centers, power, and public trust

The first time I really understood data centers, I was sitting in a hot plunge in New York City. A friend and I had carved out a rare day off at Bathhouse, steam rooms, cold plunges, phones tucked ...
Bisnow

Largest U.S. Grid Pitches Pathway For On-Site Data Center Power

PJM is asking federal regulators to approve changes to its rules governing “behind-the-meter” power agreements through which data centers or other industrial customers buy a portion of their ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI Data Centers May Not Need Constant Peak Power, Study Finds

AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, according to the results of a UK trial, a finding that could have implications for electricity systems worldwide. Grids from the US ...
KARE 11

Minnesota Power partners with Google data center in Hermantown

HERMANTOWN, Minn. — Minnesota Power announced a partnership with Google to supply energy for a new data center in Hermantown. In a press release Tuesday, Minnesota Power announced the data center ...
POWER Magazine

Engine Power Plants Surge as Data Centers Drive Unprecedented Demand

Manufacturers respond with gigawatt-scale deployments, fast-start technology, and expanded production capacity. The global appetite for electricity has never been more insatiable, and at the heart of ...
Wall Street Journal

A New Threat to Power Grids: Data Centers Unplugging at Once

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 ...
Electrek

Data centers are becoming power plants – this NJ project proves it

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 ...
Forbes

AI’s Data Center Boom Is Testing Power Grids And Local Communities

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Monica Sanders covers climate justice and sustainability from the DMV. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This ...
TechRepublic

Power, Pollution, and Protests: The Growing Revolt Against AI Data Centers

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 ...
The Motley Fool

Beyond the Chips: Why This Power Play Could Ride the AI Data Center Boom Higher

Hyperscalers are projected to spend $500 billion on data center capital expenditures this year. Houston-based Quanta Services provides infrastructure solutions for power and energy. It's focused on ...