Lake Tahoe, Silicon Valley’s favorite ski spot, is about to get hit with higher energy prices as AI drives demand for electricity.
Prices have nearly doubled in the largest U.S. grid thanks to surging demand from data centers.
PJM Interconnection — which oversees the grid for some of the densest data center developments on Earth — wants to overhaul itself. Not everyone thinks it’s up to the task.
Ayr Energy is using a shortage of power conversion equipment to break open a decades-old market.
Fusion, fission, and even natural gas are appeared tied in the race to deliver new power to the grid in the early 2030s.
Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid.
Power has become one of the biggest bottlenecks in rolling out new AI data centers. That’s creating an opening for investors.
Google has long procured clean power for its operations and data centers, but recent deals show the company is changing tactics.
GridBeyond’s hardware and software coordinates several gigawatts of supply and demand to help balance the flow of electricity on the grid. The idea has attracted investors like Samsung Ventures.
The duo have teamed up with other companies to launch Utilize, which seeks to change how the grid is used and regulated.