The amount of ERCOT‘s large load interconnection requests ballooned to more than 230 gigawatts this year, a massive increase from the 63 gigawatts reported in December 2024. The agency, which operates ...

Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of individuals and other businesses. By Ivan Penn and Karen Weise Three ...

Court documents reveal that the deaths of four people in Mercer Island and Issaquah were preceded by more than a year of ...

HOUSTON — ERCOT is speaking up about the growth in data centers across the state. They said they’re seeing applications for the large load centers come in at record rates. These large load centers ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

Ford is jumping into the battery energy storage business, betting that booming demand from data centers and the electric grid can absorb the EV battery capacity it says it’s not using. To achieve this ...

Duke Energy is investing billions to upgrade its power grid, in part responding to unprecedented demand expected from a surge in new data centers. The Charlotte utility giant is adamant, however, that ...

Lighting up the entire night might not be the wisest decision when it comes to your holiday displays. Why it matters: Rising energy prices during the holidays have Americans second-guessing if they ...

Everything really is bigger in Texas. The state’s primary grid operator reported this month that large power consumers will need 225 gigawatts of electricity over the next five years. Almost ...

AI has quickly become the defining driver of demand within global data centers, outpacing nearly every forecast made prior to the latest breakthroughs, and the resultant power consumption leap has not ...

Amid Ford’s shift away from making large electric vehicles, the automaker is adding a new product line to find a home for its batteries. Ford said Monday that instead of scuttling plans to build the ...

Dec 18 (Reuters) - Michigan regulators on Thursday conditionally approved special contracts for DTE Energy's (DTE.N), opens new tab unit to supply power to a Washtenaw County data center. The Michigan ...