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 ...

Texas is rapidly emerging as an epicenter of artificial intelligence-driven energy demand, with an unprecedented surge in large-load power requests, a wave now dominated by AI data centers rather than ...

The amount of ERCOT‘s large load interconnection requests ballooned to more than 230 gigawatts this year, a massive increase from the 63 gigawatts reported in December 2024. The agency, which operates ...

Google and NextEra to Launch AI-Powered Grid by 2026 Your email has been sent NextEra Energy has expanded its partnership with Google Cloud to develop multiple gigawatt-scale data center campuses ...

HOUSTON — A new industry report warns that Texas' rapidly expanding data center industry could put additional pressure on the state's power grid this winter. But experts say ERCOT is still in a ...

Planned data center construction shows no signs of fading, with new additions to require 2.7x — nearly triple — the sector’s current demand for electricity over the next decade, according to a new ...

Efforts to support a more sustainable grid that scales for AI data centers and electrifies industry and transport are becoming increasingly complex, beyond the capabilities of legacy grid software.

Microsoft has activated its data center in Atlanta, Georgia, connecting it with another Fairwater project data center in Wisconsin. This will support OpenAI and its own LLM training, using two-story ...

Canaan will supply 4.5 megawatts of water-cooled Bitcoin mining ASICs to a Japanese engineering firm for real-time grid balancing and energy optimization. Mining hardware producer Canaan won a ...

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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, said it could have to improve the state’s power grid and change its operating procedures, after it saw a massive spike in large ...

The energy demand for data centers is surging right along with record-setting heat domes and conversations about a new “Category 6” for hurricanes, bringing serious concerns about grid stability on ...