As a brutal heat wave hits much of the central and eastern United States this week, the Department of Energy wants power-hungry data centers to help ease the strain on the grid. The Energy Department ...

As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the use of backup power that often goes unused. By Ivan Penn and Hilary Howard As ...

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Federal regulators on Thursday took steps aimed at both speeding up the buildout of AI data centers and reducing costs. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) directed regional electric grid ...

It seems like a major U.S. energy regulator is trying to have it all. It wants grid operators to move faster in connecting power-hungry data centers, while also keeping costs down for regular ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) told grid operators on Thursday to fast-track interconnection requests from data centers and other large electricity users. Under the orders, six major ...

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A Republican senator introduced legislation Wednesday that, if it is adopted, would set federal rules around how data centers can plug into the electric grid as AI energy consumption has become a ...

NEW ORLEANS — Attorneys representing Entergy customers in a class-action lawsuit tied to Hurricane Ida secured a breakthrough Tuesday after Entergy agreed to provide a limited sample of data that ...

Artificial intelligence data centers are on the verge of reaching their limits. To meet ballooning demand, chipmakers like Nvidia Corp. are churning out ever more powerful chips, requiring a new ...

So many data centers are clamoring to connect to the Texas power grid that it’s hard to figure out which projects are actually serious, grid officials say. In response, the Electric Reliability ...

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) voted Tuesday to streamline its process for data centers looking to connect to the power grid. The vote comes as ERCOT is wading through a massive ...