East Coast data centers told to use backup generators to let residents access more grid power to fuel AC amid heatwave.

As a punishing heatwave bakes major East Coast cities, US Energy Secretary Chris Wright directed data centers in the ...

Environmental groups argue a data center in Covington and a 90-megawatt "off-grid" power plant under construction to serve it ...

"What's going to happen ... is going to be a real preview of what the next couple of years are going to look like." ...

As triple-digit temperatures engulf much of the United States, the Trump administration wants grid managers to require the ...

Extreme temperatures threaten to strain the grid as data centers are increasing energy demand. What could go wrong?

STERLING, Va. — Not long after the enormous data center sprouted in Jessica Medeiros’s residential neighborhood, she began seeing black smoke. “There are times when the generators are running and … ...

Eileen Castle's swimming pool, the only one for blocks around, was once a refuge for neighborhood children on hot summer days ...

Extreme heat like the weather sweeping the eastern U.S. drives up energy demands for data centers, adding to their strain on ...

Eighty-eight percent of data-center executives interviewed in North America see islanding during outages as a competitive ...

Hyperscaler AI capital spending has been raised to $750 billion in 2026, up from $670 billion, and is set to cross $1 trillion in 2027.