Data center boom strains power supply; companies secure gigawatts, pursue modular plants, aluminum energy, faster deployment.

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with Michael Thomas, CEO of Cleanview, about his new report on tech companies' plans to build their own off-grid power plants to provide energy for data centers.

Demand on the electricity grid that serves Pennsylvania and a dozen other states flirted with an all-time record last week as arctic cold blanketed most of the country and millions of heating systems ...

Big Tech is spending hundreds of billions of dollars to build out the energy-hungry infrastructure of AI, and many are turning to “behind-the-meter” solutions to get things up and running as quickly ...

Vertiv is teaming up with Generate Capital, PBC, on a "Bring Your Own Power & Cooling" (BYOP&C) solution for the US data center market. Vertiv has also announced a new digital twin offering and a ...

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Across the country, state lawmakers are considering ways to address the risks posed by the explosion of power-hungry data centers. They have proposed an array of bills to impose moratoriums on data ...

President Donald Trump delivers the State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress in the House chamber at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) ...

(MIRROR INDY) — Data centers are a hot topic in Indianapolis. Developers are trying to build data centers in the Martindale Brightwood neighborhood and Decatur Township. Many residents are opposed to ...