Lake Tahoe finds itself in the middle of the national debate about the rising energy demand from data centers as a utility company scrambles to secure an alternate power source. About 49,000 customers ...

A small utility powering the California side of Lake Tahoe has a year to find a new source of energy at a time when unprecedented demand from the rapid rise of data centers in the Nevada desert is ...

Everything is bigger in Texas — and that includes the data center demand straining its power grid. Texas data center development has become so rampant that the state is on track to become the world's ...

The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

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In a few short years, the technology industry has transformed places like central Ohio, where farmland is giving way to data centers and computer chip factories. In a few short years, the technology ...

Google may have signed on to President Trump’s toothless power pledge, but it’s clear the company started working months ago on a framework to power its data centers. On Thursday, Google said it will ...

Large tech companies are just beginning to share financial details on the massive amounts of power they’ve locked in to run their AI data centers. But for some investors, those details aren’t nearly ...

AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, according to the results of a UK trial, a finding that could have implications for electricity systems worldwide. Grids from the US ...

Manufacturers respond with gigawatt-scale deployments, fast-start technology, and expanded production capacity. The global appetite for electricity has never been more insatiable, and at the heart of ...