AI companies are growing at a rapid pace — and continued growth depends on increasing energy supply. Data centers are sprouting up all over the country, sometimes facing community backlash thanks to ...

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AI has quickly become the defining driver of demand within global data centers, outpacing nearly every forecast made prior to the latest breakthroughs, and the resultant power consumption leap has not ...

With data centers flooding into Georgia, utility regulators face a big decision: Should they let Georgia Power Co. spend more than $15 billion to increase its electricity capacity by 50% over the next ...

Theodore Kury is the Director of Energy Studies at the University of Florida’s Public Utility Research Center, which is sponsored in part by the Florida electric and gas utilities, the Florida Public ...

As artificial intelligence applications and model scales continue their rapid expansion, the technology industry faces a mounting infrastructure crisis: power supply ...

To hear Silicon Valley tell it, artificial intelligence is outgrowing the planet that gave birth to it. Data centers will account for nearly half of U.S. electricity demand growth between now and 2030 ...

Amid Ford’s shift away from making large electric vehicles, the automaker is adding a new product line to find a home for its batteries. Ford said Monday that instead of scuttling plans to build the ...

Georgia Power seeks approval for a $16B plan to add 10 gigawatts to the grid, driven largely by data center demand. The utility says rates could drop by 2029, but customers and advocacy groups are ...

Duke Energy is investing billions to upgrade its power grid, in part responding to unprecedented demand expected from a surge in new data centers. The Charlotte utility giant is adamant, however, that ...

ULANQAB, China—The U.S. invented the most powerful artificial-intelligence models and controls access to the most advanced computer chips, but China has an ace to play in the global AI contest. China ...