Across the U.S., new AI-driven data centers are causing a significant increase in power demand. Carbon Direct projects that data center capacity in the U.S. will grow from roughly 25 GW in 2024 to 120 ...

The 800-pound gorilla in the room has been on a binge and can no longer be ignored. In fact, it has now become an elephant, weighing in at 2,500-3,000 pounds. We’re talking about today’s data center ...

US regulators and grid operators are calling on data centers to cut their power use when the grid is overloaded, saying it is the only way to connect large-load customers as quickly as they are ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected an amended interconnection agreement that would have supported expanded co-located load at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center ...

Some U.S. utilities may need to increase their annual generation by more than a quarter over the next three years in order meet rising electricity demand led by data centers and artificial ...