AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills. Tech companies invested hundreds of billions of ...

KYRO AI, a Plano-based company that builds AI software used by utilities and construction teams to manage field operations, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Electric Power Research ...

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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 ...

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Drax Group (DRX.L), opens new tab said on Thursday it could convert part of its power station in Yorkshire, northern England, into a data centre as soon as 2027, using land, ...

For decades, demand for electrical power has remained stable. Utilities could count on highly predictable growth patterns to guide their capacity planning. However, the power requirements of AI and ...

TEXAS — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) held its final board of directors meeting for 2025 this week — giving insightful updates on grid operations as we enter the winter months.

The CEO of an enterprise software startup walked into my office looking visibly distraught. His voice shaking, he said, “The company that tried to buy us last year just launched a competing product. I ...

The explosive growth of data centers could threaten the stability of the electrical grid this winter, according to an industry overseer. Across North America, demand for electricity this winter is ...

At today’s Ignite 2025 event, Microsoft announced one of the biggest Azure data updates in years. The company has announced the general availability of SQL Server 2025. That has come after a long ...

Read More: AI Data Centers Are Sending Consumer Electric Bills Soaring The monitor’s analysis for the first time quantifies the cost of making data centers flexible as a way to extract more use out of ...

The idea that data centers can shut down during peak demand times — not requiring the buildout of power plants — is a concept that could cost utility customers billions of dollars, according to a new ...