Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. The UK’s electricity ‘supergrid’ was built in the 1950s – designed for a different era that was reliant ...

In a few short years, the technology industry has transformed places like central Ohio, where farmland is giving way to data centers and computer chip factories. In a few short years, the technology ...

The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be ...

Tesla, Google, and Carrier are among the founding members of a new industry coalition called Utilize, which launched today with a bold claim: the US power grid is so underused that better utilization ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. U.S. grid owners are investing in cost-efficient grid enhancements and virtual power plant schemes to help meet soaring demand but ...

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 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 ...

A group that monitors the U.S. electricity system warns that grid reliability is “worsening” and blackout risks are rising for millions of people. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The ...

Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. As the UK moves towards a carbon-free future, the supply and demand for clean energy is set to soar, ...

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - MAY 16: High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The grid is strained by increasing demand from ...