Commercial electricity sales in Virginia increased by nearly 30.0 million megawatthours (MWh) between 2019 and 2025, much faster growth than in any other state except Texas, a much larger state, according to our Annual Electric Power Industry Report. The growth in sales of electricity in Virginia is largely driven by a concentration … [continued]
Project is expected to double Utah’s power demand, guzzle scarce water resources. Salt Lake City — Box Elder County Commissioners voted on Monday to approve the Stratos Data Center, a massive project set to become one of the largest in the country. The facility will be built in the Great … [continued]
The ON.energy team meets with NLR staff at the Flatirons Campus. Photo by Agata Bogucka, National Laboratory of the Rockies.
Inside the First Data Center–Grid Simulator Built To Test the Promising New Technology As demand for data centers continues to rise, many center operators, utilities, and American communities are asking: Can the U.S. power grid handle these energy elephants? The answer depends on just how many elephants the country adopts. … [continued]
MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin — New analyses have found that Wisconsinites across the state and across political affiliations strongly dislike data data centers, citing concerns around affordability, energy and water. Sierra Club Wisconsin, the WEBB, Moms Clear Air Force, and Healthy Climate Wisconsin examined comments from two Public Service Commission (PSC) cases: WEC’s large … [continued]
AI data centers have become a major problem for cutting greenhouse gas emissions. They need soooooo much power. Some people like to claim that they can all be powered with cheap, clean renewable energy from the sun and the wind, but the fact is, that’s not how it’s always happening … [continued]
Google styles itself as a leader in the use of renewable energy, but it is backsliding on that commitment because of AI.
The Humpback Creek hydroelectric facility in Cordova, Alaska, was the site of an edge data center pilot project. Photos from Chelsea Haisman.
The U.S. Department of Energy Helped Cordova With Its Local Microgrid. Now the Remote City Is Localizing Its Data Too. For years, the Cordova Electric Cooperative in Alaska has worked to source its energy closer to home. Hydropower and battery energy storage now supply Cordova’s highly seasonal electric demand. This … [continued]
The US energy storage startup Form Energy is challenging Tesla’s new Megapack 3 rollout with a new 100-hour iron-air battery, with deployments in Minnesota and six other states in the planning stages.
Bernie Sanders and Ro Khanna told an audience in Palo Alto last week that the rush to expand AI may have unexpected consequences.
The governor of New Jersey is pushing programs forward to simplify permitting for residential and community solar.
