Power Grab As data centers for AI strain the power grid, bills rise for everyday customers. The huge demand for electricity from data centers driving the AI boom has fallout for everyday ratepayers.

Constellation Energy is increasingly focused on potential data center projects that connect to the U.S. electrical grid in a pivot away from the company's previous emphasis on fueling the giant ...

Bitcoin mining is based in data centers, and its support structure was built with power sourcing – grid connections and dedicated generation – already in mind. But the cryptocurrency sec ...

According to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which operates the state's power grid, the demand forecast for data centers is expected to jump to a little more than 86,000 megawatts.

They are being asked to provide 100 MW or 200 MW or, in some cases, gigawatts of power to a single location. The way our grid was designed, it was never intended to deliver that much power to a ...

Texas power grid operator ERCOT is projecting an explosion in energy demand over the next five years, with peak electricity use more than doubling as new data centers come online around the state.

The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the nonprofit corporation that operates the isolated power grid serving 90% of the state’s electricity needs, is infamous for the February 2021 winter ...

State Sen. Phil King's bill would put new restrictions on big businesses like data centers. Credit: Angelina ... ERCOT could instruct facilities to use that power, instead of the grid.

The Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) is introducing temporary limit on how many new data centres can be added to the electrical grid, as the province experiences un unprecedented surge of ...