Artificial Intelligence and data centers have been blamed for rising electricity costs across the U.S. In December 2025, American consumers paid 42% more to power their homes than ten years ago. "When ...

Electricity costs spiked around ‘data center alley’ as frigid temperatures threatened the power grid. Electricity costs spiked around ‘data center alley’ as frigid temperatures threatened the power ...

On Tuesday, Microsoft announced a new initiative called “Community-First AI Infrastructure” that commits the company to paying full electricity costs for its data centers and refusing to seek local ...

Meta has cut a trio of deals to power its artificial intelligence data centers, securing enough energy to light up the equivalent of about 5 million homes. The parent company of Facebook on Friday ...

Meta Platforms Inc. agreed to a series of electricity deals to power data centers that will make it the biggest buyer of nuclear power among its hyperscaler peers. The agreements could end up totaling ...

CHEYENNE — Plans are moving forward on a proposed power plant and a data center campus south of Cheyenne following the Laramie County Board of Commissioners’ approval this week of the two facilities’ ...

Power-hungry data centers risk pushing parts of the U.S. power grid toward failure. Some technology companies are fighting a potential solution: disconnecting the data centers from the grid when ...

Google already owns a minority stake in Intersect from a previous funding round. Once the deal closes, Intersect will be expected to help bring new data centers and power generation online faster, ...

Boom Supersonic is putting its engine technology to work on the ground to power the AI boom, and help fund development of its full-size Overture aircraft. Jesse Orrall (he/him/his) is a Senior Video ...

These companies will play a crucial role in supporting the AI era. The AI revolution is driving nearly insatiable demand for hardware like high-performance GPUs, CPUs, networking equipment, and ...

As artificial intelligence applications and model scales continue their rapid expansion, the technology industry faces a mounting infrastructure crisis: power supply ...

NextEra Energy plans to build 15 gigawatts of power generation for data center hubs in the U.S. by 2035, CEO John Ketchum said. NextEra also announced a partnership with Alphabet's Google to develop ...