A winter storm that brought intense winds and rapidly falling temperatures to the Northern US including New York has left more than 200,000 customers without electricity.
Utility crew workers replace a power pole snapped in two when high winds downed a tree in Sagamore Hills, Ohio on Dec. 29, 2025.
Coastal communities in Southern California braced for more rain and flash floods even as a powerful Christmas storm began to ease on Thursday evening, with a state of emergency still in place for Los Angeles and neighboring counties.
Debris from storm damage covers a vehicle in Wrightwood, California, on Dec. 25. Photographer: Eric Thayer/Los Angeles Times/Getty Images
Alphabet Inc. has agreed to buy clean energy developer Intersect Power LLC for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, marking one of the largest deals by the tech giant to dramatically expand its data center footprint for AI.
The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
The US is suspending leases for all five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, the latest blow to an industry that’s been targeted repeatedly by the Trump administration as part of its attack on clean energy.
A turbine blade is lifted onto a rack near tower sections at the Revolution Wind project assembly site at State Pier in New London, Connecticut.
On Monday, President Donald Trump’s administration paused five leases on wind farms already being built. The reason? National security concerns.
Wind turbine tower sections and blades at the Revolution Wind project assembly site at State Pier in New London, Connecticut, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025. Orsted A/S will resume work on its nearly-completed wind farm off the coast of Rhode Island after a US judge ruled construction can continue during a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s stop-work order, a major win for the beleaguered Danish energy giant. Photographer: Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg
The US is suspending leases for all five wind farms under construction off the East Coast, the latest blow to an industry that’s been targeted repeatedly by the Trump administration as part of its attack on clean energy.
A turbine blade is lifted onto a rack near tower sections at the Revolution Wind project assembly site at State Pier in New London, Connecticut.
Alphabet Inc. has agreed to buy clean energy developer Intersect Power LLC for $4.75 billion in cash, plus existing debt, marking one of the largest deals by the tech giant to dramatically expand its data center footprint for AI.
The Google headquarters in Mountain View, California.
The great artificial intelligence boom that’s fueling US economic growth now depends heavily on credit markets to finance the investments, and utilities are among the key borrowers.
An electricity substation next to an Amazon Web Services data center in Johnstown, Ohio, US, on Saturday, March 23, 2024. Amazon.com Inc. plans to spend almost $150 billion in the coming 15 years on data centers, giving the cloud-computing giant the firepower to handle an expected explosion in demand for artificial intelligence applications and other digital services.
Colorado will face “particularly dangerous” fire weather on Friday, and utility Xcel Energy said it would shut off electricity to about 69,000 customers in order to reduce the risk of power lines potentially sparking wildfires.
Fire engine. Photographer: Carl & Ann Purcell/Corbis Documentary/Getty Images
Michigan regulators unanimously approved a request from utility DTE Energy Co. to power a massive data center development planned by Oracle and OpenAI, during a contentious hearing where some members of the public pushed back on the project.
A rendering of a data center campus in Saline Township, Michigan. Source: Related Digital
Xcel Energy switched off electricity for about 50,000 customers in Colorado Wednesday to lessen the risk that high winds will topple power lines and start fires.
Global demand for coal is stalling and will gradually decline over the next five years, according to a fresh report. Whether we’ve truly hit “peak coal,” however, depends China.
Stockpiles of coal at the Guoyuan Port Container Terminal in Chongqing, China, on Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2025. China's coal slump is likely to persist for several months, weighing on a global market that has seen mining giant Glencore Plc forced to consider output cuts after prices dropped to near their lowest this decade. Photographer: Na Bian/Bloomberg
Xcel Energy is preparing customers in the Rocky Mountain region for preemptive blackouts to help reduce the risk of wildfires as strong, dry winds threaten to knock down power lines.
Transmission lines near Brush, Colorado on Jan. 8, 2024.
Three Democratic US senators opened an investigation into how data centers are driving up monthly consumer power bills by sending letters demanding answers to seven firms developing the facilities, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc.
A power substation near a data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
Three Democratic US senators opened an investigation into how data centers are driving up monthly consumer power bills by sending letters demanding answers to seven firms developing the facilities, including Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Microsoft Corp. and Amazon.com Inc.
A power substation near a data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Xcel Energy Inc., accusing the utility company of “blatant negligence” over its role in the Smokehouse Creek wildfire that killed three people and caused more than $1 billion in damage last year.
Utility workers from Xcel Energy repair power lines near a home destroyed by the Smokehouse Creek Fire in Stinnett, Texas, in 2024. Photographer: Julio Cortez/AP Photo
Gas turbine maker GE Vernova says new factories and electric vehicles are also big demand drivers.
Gas turbines made by GE Vernova, at the on-site natural gas plant under construction during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US. Photographer: Kyle Grillot/Bloomberg
GE Vernova Inc. surged to a record high after showering shareholders with rewards in the latest sign that demand for new natural gas-fired power will remain robust for years into the future.
Gas turbines made by GE Vernova, at the on-site natural gas plant under construction during a media tour of the Stargate AI data center in Abilene, Texas, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025. Stargate is a collaboration of OpenAI, Oracle and SoftBank, with promotional support from President Donald Trump, to build data centers and other infrastructure for artificial intelligence throughout the US.
NextEra Energy Inc., the big clean-power developer that’s been pivoting into natural gas generation preferred by President Donald Trump, announced Monday a flurry of plans to develop data centers and expand its fossil-fuel footprint.
Signage at the Google Midlothian Data Center in Midlothian, Texas, US, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025. Alphabet Inc.'s Google plans to invest $40 billion in three new Texas data centers, ramping up its footprint as competitors such as OpenAI and Anthropic PBC map out their own multibillion-dollar bets in the state.
Big data centers equipped to supply their own power during heatwaves and other emergencies can begin operations much more quickly than those reliant solely on traditional utility hookups, according to a new study.
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