The question for cryptocurrency miners and data center developers that are already in line is: Who gets to go first in Texas?

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand.

As artificial intelligence pushes demand for more data centers, companies are drawn to the state’s relatively inexpensive land and natural gas that can run on-site power plants.

The White House and a bipartisan group of governors are holding an event Friday taking aim at power shortages and price ...

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 ...

Electrical substation infrastructure increasingly sits at the front of data center project planning as utilities tighten grid access and require major power upgrades ...

Consumers see data centers as the energy-hungry culprits behind rising energy prices. Utilities see data centers as large customers who could help finance grid upgrades. As the data center boom ...

The power sector is grappling with a fundamental mismatch: hyperscale data centers demand electricity at unprecedented speed and scale, while the infrastructure to serve them operates on timelines ...

Surging data center development is creating havoc across the territory of PJM Interconnection, a power transmission system spanning 13 states in the mid-Atlantic and Midwest and encompassing many of ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed a law in June that empowers the state’s grid operator to remotely disconnect data centers and other large energy users if the grid is under extreme stress. The so-called ...

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) — The watchdog agency that independently oversees Virginia’s energy grid, along with other states, has filed a complaint urging the federal government to halt the connection of ...