Data centers are an economic boom in some areas and are behind the artificial intelligence economy. However, the cost to ...

We set out to identify every data center in Maricopa County's energy capacity and identify how water use varied among ...

The Department of Energy is allowing grid operators PJM and ERCOT to take extraordinary steps to avoid blackouts as winter weather drives up power usage.

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As Winter Storm Fern swept across the United States in late January 2026, bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures, it ...

A Department of Energy emergency order prioritizes grid reliability over air pollution rules, potentially exposing communities to dangerous emissions.

A draft pact, obtained by POLITICO, seeks to help ensure data centers do not raise household electricity prices, strain water ...

Multiple data‑center proposals in and near Indianapolis have neighbors, utilities and officials on edge over power, water and ...

AI data centers are racing toward power levels that look less like server rooms and more like industrial plants, and their electrical infrastructure is straining to keep up. Into that crunch steps an ...

There’s been a lot of talk about the impact of data centers and what consumers will pay for power. Now, environmentalists are ...

The U.S. Department of Energy used the Federal Power Act on Monday to allow data centers within the regional grid operated by PJM Interconnection, including those in Virginia, to use generators at PJM ...