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 ...

A “dome” of extreme heat will send temperatures soaring in the central and eastern U.S. starting on Wednesday. More than 200 million people live in areas where temperatures are expected to exceed 90 ...

The AI bubble is slowly unraveling — kind of. Companies gobbled up RAM to power data centers, which turned 2026 into an expensive year for tech, to the point where certain manufacturers are producing ...

Data centers and other large electricity users wanting to connect to the Texas electric grid soon will be freed from the holding pattern many have faced as a massive number of requests has clogged the ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Federal regulators on Thursday took steps aimed at both speeding up the buildout of AI data centers and reducing costs. The ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators on Thursday ordered regional grid operators to help large energy users connect more quickly to the nation’s inefficient and aging electric transmission system, a ...

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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Five years after Hurricane Ida, Entergy will share limited grid data in a lawsuit over widespread power outages. 6 words from ex-Fed chair Jerome Powell that could change everything for Wall Street ...

Editor's note: Search for planned and operating data centers in your area here online. Provide info on a proposed or planned data center here. This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. Late ...

The race to secure power for AI data centers has spilled over into some unusual places, including the automotive world. Battery recycler Redwood Materials kicked off the trend last year with a new ...