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, ...

In June, WSJ’s Joanna Stern went inside a data center to trace the journey of an AI prompt and then grilled up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: ...

Caterpillar has embraced a new business on the back of the data-center buildout, as developers looking to reduce strain on the grid increasingly turn to alternative methods to satisfy the energy needs ...

Google already owns a minority stake in Intersect from a previous funding round. Once the deal closes, Intersect will be expected to help bring new data centers and power generation online faster, ...

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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 ...

Late Tuesday night, NorthWestern Energy announced it has signed a letter of intent to supply as much as 1,000 megawatts (one gigawatt) of electricity by the year 2030 to a proposed data center in ...

This was the year of the data center, with handfuls of these energy-hungry facilities popping up throughout Texas and nationwide, most with a mission of getting us all closer to a more AI-powered ...

Delivery fails involving 10-year Treasury notes surged to the highest level in eight years this month, a result of the Federal Reserve’s move to shrink its bond portfolio since 2022. Trades involving ...

An ambitious data-center project in Utah is going to need about one-quarter of the power the entire state currently uses. David Gray, co-chief executive for the project’s developer, knows he can’t get ...

The fight for the Senate is expanding to a few more states next year, as both parties tout talented candidates and point to political dynamics tilting in their favor. Democrats still face an uphill ...