Data centers can increase energy costs in two main ways. They have to be connected to the grid, which can require extra ...

The regulatory reform efforts, bills like the SPEED Act, ePermit Act and PERMIT Act, could help. The Securing Reliable Power for Advanced Technologies Act specifically targets AI infrastructure ...

Multiple measures working through the General Assembly could put more of the costs that are driving up residential power bills onto data centers. They range from direct mandates to shift the costs of ...

The Sierra Club warns Delmarva Power's proposed tariff for data centers could leave ratepayers footing the bill for unused power and stranded assets.

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Scrambling to meet higher than average demand, PJM, the nonprofit company that operates the grid serving much of the mid-Atlantic ...

Today’s data centers have developed a ravenous appetite for power as they tackle large language models and other ...