Opinion

Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions and other pollution.
POWER Magazine

Reshaping the Power Grid: Driving Resilience Through DERs

Distributed energy resources are advancing the cause of a more resilient and reliable power supply for utilities, homes and businesses, and more. Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a ...
Forbes

Is The U.S. Headed For A Power Grid Crisis?

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - MAY 16: High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The grid is strained by increasing demand from ...
POWER Magazine

The POWER Interview: Grid Integration of DERs

Integrating distributed energy resources (DERs) such as solar, wind, batteries, and electric vehicles into the power grid is an important part of the energy transition. Utilities and transmission ...
Morning Overview on MSN

Inside the data center boom: Silicon Valley quietly wiring a new US power grid

The U.S. power grid is being reshaped by a force that most Americans never see: the explosive growth of data centers built to feed artificial intelligence. Federal forecasters now project the ...
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America’s biggest power grid operator has an AI problem—too many data centers

America’s AI boom is pushing the nation’s largest power-grid operator to the brink of a supply crisis. Sixty-seven million people in a 13-state region stretching from New Jersey to Kentucky get their ...