Browsing: power grid
Nearly 50,000 Lake Tahoe residents face power loss as utility redirects lines to data centers
Lake Tahoe doesn’t know where its power will come from after next ski season—and it’s a major problem for the…
“A bend in the trajectory”: U.S. data center buildouts hit snags because of power grid limits
Data center development is slowing down, according to a new report from energy analytics firm Wood Mackenzie. In Q4 2025,…
Your utility bills keep going up. Here’s everyone you can blame—AI data centers included
President Donald Trump announced a “Rate Payer Protection Pledge” for hyperscalers during his State of the Union address, and utility…
Google is building the world’s largest battery system with a massive 100 hours of power in Minnesota
Google announced this week it’s developing a new data center complex south of Minneapolis to be powered by a practical…
The U.S. government is offering $171.5 million in grants for field tests to generate electricity and conduct exploratory drilling to…
President Donald Trump offered Silicon Valley an extraordinary deal on Wednesday: Build your own nuclear power plants to fuel AI,…
US President Donald Trump is calling for an emergency wholesale electricity auction that, his administration says, will force technology companies…
Sam Altman’s AI empire will devour as much power as New York City and San Diego combined. Experts say it’s ‘scary’
Picture New York City on a sweltering summer night: every air conditioner straining, subway cars humming underground, towers blazing with…
AI experts return from China stunned: The U.S. grid is so weak, the race may already be over
“Everywhere we went, people treated energy availability as a given,” Rui Ma wrote on X after returning from a recent…
Trump’s interior secretary pick Doug Burgum says U.S. needs to make more electricity from coal to win AI arms race
Former Gov. Doug Burgum, President-elect Donald Trump’s choice to lead the the Interior Department as Secretary of the Interior, testifies…












