In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...

Data centers completed in Silicon Valley sit empty for years — unable to power up because the local utility lacks capacity to supply them with electricity. AI computing will more than double ...

The expansion is driven by new large-load customers, with data centers expected to account for 90% of the new power demand. Public hearings revealed divided opinions, with some supporting grid ...

The latest Consumer Price Index shows that the average electric bill went up more than 5% from September 2024 to September 2025. That's faster than the inflation rate for the same period. Conventional ...

Backup generators are gaining a new lease on life in data centers. For decades, they have been a rarely used part of the infrastructure, existing for those moments when other power sources fail. But ...

TURNOUT AT THE CITY MEETING THERE TONIGHT. YEAH, GUYS, CITY OFFICIALS ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE THE MEETING OUT OF CITY HALL AND HERE TO THIS NEARBY EVENT CENTER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM ...

“AI” needs a lot of computing resources, which is why new data centers are cropping up anywhere there’s cheap land. But powering all those hungry servers takes a lot of energy, and overburdened power ...

ATLANTA — Georgia’s Public Service Commission is weighing a plan that could determine how we power our future. Georgia Power is asking to spend $15 billion to meet projected future energy needs fueled ...

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.

The utility plans to ask state regulators for approval to add 10 gigawatts of power, enough to support major new industrial growth. The company says it needs to prepare for potential demand from data ...