Data centers tied to the biggest US grid just tacked on another $6.5 billion to the cost of procuring power supplies, adding to concerns that the AI boom is worsening energy inflation.

The United States power grid is being pushed harder than at any point in decades, and the strain is no longer theoretical.

The electrical grid is facing unprecedented stress from the addition of new data centers. Software could offer a ...

It’s the 75th anniversary of T&D World and it has been an amazing ride chronicling the technological history, trends, and transitions that got us here. Twenty-five years ago we marked the occasion ...

Artificial intelligence is colliding with a power system that was never designed for fleets of hyperscale data centers, ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Looking for a quick fix for their fast-growing electricity diets, tech giants are increasingly looking to strike deals with power plant owners to plug in directly, avoiding a ...

America’s electric grid is in grave danger. After decades of relatively flat national electricity demand, a surge of tech data centers, artificial intelligence, and other Big Tech electricity demand ...

For more than a decade, the demand for power across the US has been nearly stagnant, growing by less than 1% per year. Then came the data center revolution. In turn, US electricity demand has exploded ...

American Electric Power of Ohio is moving forward with a plan to help prevent and shorten power outages for its Ohio customers. AEP Ohio filed the proposed plan Jan. 6 with the Public Utilities ...