During a cold spell on Jan. 23, 2025, Dominion Energy hit an all-time peak load with 24,678 megawatts of electricity use recorded. But that’s nothing compared to what future data centers will demand, ...

A deal led by French energy company TotalEnergies will supply large-scale solar power to Google as the tech giant ramps up its data-center footprint in Texas. Under two long-term power purchase ...

Global electricity consumption for data centers is set to more than double by 2030. According to the International Energy Agency, consumption will hit around 945 TWh in just four years. That’s roughly ...

TotalEnergies just landed a massive solar deal to power Google’s expanding Texas data centers. The company signed two long‑term power purchase agreements (PPA) totaling 1 gigawatt (GW) of capacity, or ...

In New Jersey lawmakers’ latest bid to control rising electricity prices, committees in both legislative chambers approved a bill that would require large power users to pay for a larger share of the ...

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Programs designed to enable load flexibility and demand response in data centers are becoming more critical as constraints on the electric grid intensify. A survey of U.S. energy professionals shows ...

Illinois lawmakers are pursuing data center regulations to address concerns about price increases, electricity shortages and environmental impacts. The POWER Act addresses all three by requiring data ...

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is exploring using superconducting power lines in its data centers, which could potentially accelerate its massive U.S. build-out of the server ...

PROVO, Utah (KUTV) — A new data center could be coming to Provo as a developer is in the early stages of planning to build one. However, the effort is raising a lot of questions—like how this will ...

Most of the new energy demand will be fueled by fossil fuels, leaving environmental advocates worried about more impacts to the state’s air quality.

One of the panels during Monday's data center workshop at DTECH. Photo by Jeremiah Karpowicz. Utilities are confronting a new wave of large-load growth tied to artificial intelligence, arriving at a ...