Energy
Utilities struggling to deal with data center power demand, report says
Black & Veatch found that more than half of utility leaders said having available power is the biggest challenge to getting data centers online, and that more proactivity is needed in the planning process.
Data center growth drives locals to fight for more say
Higher energy bills, heavy water use and noise are among their concerns.
A new South Texas data center will rely on untapped renewable energy
The new data center will work directly with a nearby windfarm to use energy the windfarm can’t send to the state’s electricity grid.
A Bitcoin mine came to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, and Dafter Township isn’t happy
The mine’s computers emitted a loud, persistent hum that has, for the time being, been silenced by litigation.
In South Memphis, Elon Musk’s Colossus operated gas turbines without appropriate permits, residents and activists claim
In an area long plagued by air pollution, permitting irregularities have opponents of what’s predicted to be the world’s largest supercomputing facility fearing the world’s richest man is getting special treatment.
Meta strikes 20-year nuclear power deal with Constellation Energy
It’s the latest Big Tech company to secure electricity from nuclear as power demand grows for its data centers and artificial intelligence computing.
As energy demand grows, Indiana looks to advanced technologies
Pew-hosted roundtable focuses on modernizing electric grid to ease backlog and benefit consumers.
Lawmakers fear AI data centers will drive up residents’ power bills
Roughly a dozen proposals in state legislatures nationwide seek to ensure that data centers don’t result in increased rates for other electric customers.
Competing Senate bills try to answer the question, how should Utah power new data centers?
While Rocky Mountain Power may have to brace for competition, lawmakers debate whether they should regulate some energy resources.
Ohio lawmakers mull energy overhaul as data center demand piles up
Ohio lawmakers on the House Energy Committee began discussion this week on a measure to overhaul the state’s energy landscape as a supply and demand imbalance is emerging between the state's aging fossil fuel plants and manufacturing and data center development.
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Washington governor orders team to study data centers’ impact on energy use, job creation and tax revenue
Data centers receive some of Washington’s largest corporate tax breaks and require enormous amounts of electricity, a need that is only expected to grow with increasing reliance on artificial intelligence.
Developers plan to build Kentucky’s first ‘hyperscale’ data center in Louisville
The operation could eventually use as much electricity as one of the state’s power plants produces.
As data center boom continues, Va. legislators broach new regulations
A bipartisan coalition of Virginia lawmakers seeks to balance economic growth with energy fairness and environmental protections.
How utilities are working to meet AI data centers’ voracious appetite for electricity
Utilities have options for addressing surging power demand from AI data centers, but there’s no silver bullet.
Massive data centers consuming large amounts of energy have eyes on South Dakota
‘Utilities are getting calls every week,’ state regulator says.
Under pressure from the SCC, Dominion reveals the true cost of data centers
COMMENTARY | With state leaders avidly chasing more data centers in the name of economic development, ordinary Virginians are left to watch the assault on their energy supply, their water and their environment.
Data centers, which require massive amounts of energy and few jobs, have downsides for Alaska
Gov. Mike Dunleavy has invited big tech companies, including affiliates of Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon, to build data centers in Alaska.
‘Renewable energy growth is truly a 50-state story now’: New report shows big jump in solar, wind, EVs
A coalition of environmental groups finds U.S. renewable energy development has tripled in the past decade.
Nuclear power could solve US electricity needs. But at what cost?
State lawmakers are increasingly eyeing nuclear power to boost clean energy. But as Three Mile Island and a Michigan reactor aim to restart, critics question whether the cost makes sense.
The states where climate progress is on the ballot
Getting laws passed is one thing. Protecting them from Republican opposition is another.
