Inc

Data Centers Are About to Use as Much Power as Japan—and the Solutions Are Getting Weird

Global electricity consumption for data centers is set to more than double by 2030. According to the International Energy Agency, consumption will hit around 945 TWh in just four years. That’s roughly ...
Argus Leader

CTR Launches American Data Power to Deliver 600MW Energy Complex in California’s Salton Sea Geothermal Field

IMPERIAL COUNTY, CA, UNITED STATES, January 29, 2026 /EINPresswire.com/ — Controlled Thermal Resources Holdings Inc. (“CTR”), a U.S. geothermal resource ...
Reuters

Microsoft exploring using advanced power lines to make data centers more energy-efficient

Feb 10 (Reuters) - Microsoft (MSFT.O), opens new tab is exploring using superconducting power lines in its data centers, which could potentially accelerate its massive U.S. build-out of the server ...
CNBC

This data center power play is about to report earnings, and it has room to run, charts show

The demand for power consumed by data centers is expected to more than double from 292 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2026 to 606 TWh by 2030, according to McKinsey & Company. In percentage terms of total ...
The Conversation

Data centers told to pitch in as storms and cold weather boost power demand

Nikki Luke is a fellow at the Climate and Community Institute. She receives funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. She previously worked at the U.S. Department of Energy. Conor Harrison receives ...
WYFF

Major power provider asking customers to reduce energy use

SO WE CAN GET YOU LISTED. WELL, DUKE ENERGY SAYS EXTREMELY COLD TEMPERATURES 10 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL ARE CAUSING VERY HIGH ENERGY DEMANDS ACROSS OUR AREAS. WELL, THEY’RE ASKING ALL OF ITS ...
The Verge

It’s a new heyday for gas thanks to data centers

AI data centers are driving a surge in new gas projects. AI data centers are driving a surge in new gas projects. is a senior science reporter covering energy and the environment with more than a ...
Wired

Data Centers Are Driving a US Gas Boom

Data centers have caused the demand for gas-fired power in the US to explode over the past two years, according to new research released Wednesday. More than a third of this new demand, the research ...
The Verge

The winter storm tested power grids straining to accommodate AI data centers

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 ...
The Hill

A faster way to power AI ambitions: Make your own electricity

The Trump administration and a bipartisan group of 13 governors announced an agreement urging the PJM Interconnection — the largest electric grid operator in the U.S. — to “…expand the energy supply, ...
Wall Street Journal

Trump Administration Taps Data Centers for Backup Power Ahead of Snowstorm

The Energy Department is ordering U.S. grid operators to make backup electricity generation from facilities such as data centers available in case of power outages caused by the weekend’s expected ...