Meta Platforms Inc. is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas-fired plants to fuel its most power-hungry data center, increasing its reliance on fossil fuels amid a fast-moving ...
North Carolina’s push to attract data centers and power the artificial intelligence boom is colliding with a simpler question for households: Who will pay for the electricity infrastructure needed to ...
The recent increase in data centers is largely driven by the massive computing power required for artificial intelligence. New AI-focused data centers are significantly larger and more ...
HERMANTOWN, Minn. — Minnesota Power announced a partnership with Google to supply energy for a new data center in Hermantown. In a press release Tuesday, Minnesota Power announced the data center ...
Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...
The Georgia Public Service Commission voted 3-2 in favor of not reconsidering a massive expansion to Georgia Power's energy grid. Commissioner Peter Hubbard filed a motion to decertify power sources ...
The GW Ranch project approved on 8,000 windswept acres of West Texas will look like many of the other data centers that have sprung up across the country to support Silicon Valley’s ambitions for ...
Data centers face a conundrum: how to power increasingly dense server racks using equipment that relies on century-old technology. Traditional transformers are bulky and hot, but a new generation of ...
The automaker is jumping into the competitive market of energy storage, after ditching its plans to churn out EV batteries. The Ford Motor Co. found itself last year with a factory to spare. Its new ...
A survey from Politico and Public First released Tuesday found that nearly half of respondents believe the increase in data centers will be a campaign issue in their area in the next five years. The ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about green energy tech that will change your life. Data centers are now driving demand growth at a pace that rivals ...