Meta Platforms Inc. is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas-fired plants to fuel its most power-hungry data center, increasing its reliance on fossil fuels amid a fast-moving ...

As we drove through southwest Memphis, KeShaun Pearson told me to keep my window down—our destination was best tasted, not viewed. Along the way, we passed an abandoned coal plant to our right, then ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Data center operations linked to tech giants like Google, Amazon, and Microsoft are already in the area. Residents say they’re ...

Microsoft, Google, Amazon, Meta and others signed a nonbinding pledge agreeing to cover the cost of powering AI data centers. Alex Valdes from Bellevue, Washington has been pumping content into the ...

Brian Janous, a former Microsoft executive, and his firm Cloverleaf have become modern-day land men, packaging electricity and land for data centers. Brian Janous, co-founder of Cloverleaf ...

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 ...

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...

A power company serving parts of both Michigan and Indiana plans to take the unusual step of lowering electric rates for customers, but the cut won’t be across the board. Indiana Michigan Power Co.

The Georgia Public Service Commission voted 3-2 in favor of not reconsidering a massive expansion to Georgia Power's energy grid. Commissioner Peter Hubbard filed a motion to decertify power sources ...

AUBURN, Ala. (WTVM) - Alabama Power is preparing for the spring storm season with a new predictive technology designed to reduce power outage times and better position crews before storms hit. The ...