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Data centers are renowned energy vipers. But some are transitioning into energy powerhouses that are heating local cities.
Feb 24 (Reuters) - Alphabet's Google doubled down on efforts to secure power supply for its data centers across the country by entering into separate agreements with U.S. utilities, AES Corp and Xcel Energy,
In response to the societal challenge of growing electricity demand from AI data centers, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is launching the Next Generation Data Centers Institute (NGDCI). This internal ORNL institute will unite the laboratory’s unique expertise and facilities that span energy technologies,
A new air-cooled data center will be making its way to Wilbarger County in a “power-first” initiative between Google and AES that aims to eliminate operational water use.
Data centers account for about 80% of Duke Energy’s projected energy demand, according to a report from Gov. Josh Stein’s North Carolina Energy Policy Task Force.
The North Carolina Utilities Commission listen to testimony in their downtown Raleigh hearing room on October 14, 2025. Different stakeholders presented to the commission ideas for how to balance energy demand for data centers with ratepayer protections.
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is seeking to streamline regulatory hurdles to encourage local data center development, fuel economic growth, and improve the state's technology infrastructure. However, environmentalists, policymakers, and private citizens have ...
A Minnesota-based Google data center will have some backup from a local source. According to officials, Form Energy will deploy a 300-megawatt and 30 gigawatt-hour multi-day iron air battery system to Pine Island,
Given marching orders by the U.S. Energy Dept. to boost artificial intelligence sector growth, independent agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) now must absorb nearly 200 diverging power sector comments to finalize by next April 30 a rule to ...