The White House and state leaders want data centers to provide their own electricity — a plan that isn’t overcoming opposition in local communities.
Construction has commenced on an approximately 3,200-acre power plant and data center campus site in Homer City. Photographer: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg
The White House and state leaders want data centers to provide their own electricity — a plan that isn’t overcoming opposition in local communities.
Construction has commenced on an approximately 3,200-acre power plant and data center campus site in Homer City. Photographer: Justin Merriman/Bloomberg
Oracle Corp. agreed to purchase as much as 2.8 gigawatts of fuel-cell power from Bloom Energy Corp. to supply data centers for artificial intelligence work.
The Oracle offices in Redwood City, California, US, on Monday, June 2, 2025. Oracle Corp. is expected to release earnings figures on June 11.
PJM Interconnection LLC is seeking 15 gigawatts of new power supplies in an emergency proposal to address potential electricity shortages stemming from the boom in artificial intelligence.
Power transmission lines are suspended from electricity pylons in Kearny, New Jersey, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 26, 2010. U.S. electrical output rose 6.2 percent to 94,254 gigawatthours from a year earlier during the week ending Aug. 14. About 45 percent of U.S. electricity will come from coal plants and 22 percent from natural gas power facilities this year, according to the Energy Department.
Network operators are already scrambling to add capacity as demand from the tech industry soars.
Power lines during a heatwave in North Hollywood, California, US, on Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022. After narrowing avoiding blackouts, California faces another bruising test of its power grid Thursday as a heat wave smothering the region builds, driving temperatures to dangerous levels. Photographer: Bloomberg/Bloomberg
Plug Power Inc. is planning to offer hydrogen electricity in a potential special auction by the biggest US power grid in the scramble to feed the artificial intelligence boom.
A nitrogen pipe at the Plug Power Inc. liquid green hydrogen plant in Woodbine, Georgia, US, on Tuesday, July 2, 2024. The Biden administration offered US company Plug Power Inc. a conditional commitment for $1.66 billion in loan guarantees to build up to six hydrogen plants.
The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has rejected demands for compensation from at least two natural gas investors who lost money when a technical glitch disrupted trading during the key period when settlement prices are calculated.
US President Donald Trump’s plan for Japan to build a massive gas power plant in Ohio promises a flood of electricity in a region desperate for it. It also heralds risks for others eager to meet the demand — but without the same political support.
A power transmission line behind homes in a residential neighborhood in Columbus, Ohio, US, on Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2025. The outcome of what was, until recently, an obscure US power market auction will be the subject of intense interest this week for electric generators, regulators and consumers alike.
PJM Interconnection LLC, operator of the largest US grid, warned of a potential power supply shortfall of as much as 60 gigawatts over the next decade as data centers accelerate demand growth.
Power lines during a winter storm in Dallas, Texas, US, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. US power grids are expected to grapple with unprecedented seasonal demand and the threat of blackouts after a damaging winter storm coated parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic in ice — leaving brutal cold in its wake. Photographer: Mark Felix/Bloomberg
The US Northeast, including New York City, will get a brief touch of snow this weekend before a frigid blast of arctic air pushes through the region, leaving winter-weary residents shivering and putting additional stress on power grids and energy prices.
People look at the New York skyline from Weehawken, New Jersey on Feb. 1.
Texas has so many massive AI-related data centers in development that its grid operator is now considering reevaluating some projects that were previously approved.
Power transmission lines near Austin, Texas, US, on Thursday, June 13, 2024. The Texas grid repeatedly has suffered from tight electricity supplies in the past two years as extreme weather and surging power demand stress aging infrastructure.
The US Southeast is making final preparations for a powerful Atlantic storm as yet another blast of Arctic air surges south, threatening to smash temperature records and putting Florida’s citrus belt at risk of a damaging freeze.
Workers install frames to hang protective fabric around plants ahead of cold weather at Island Tropical Foliage in Miami on Jan. 29.
Electric Reliability Council of Texas Chairman Bill Flores said Thursday that some data centers and cryptocurrency miners voluntarily curtailed power use during the recent winter storm that strained the state’s grid and others across the country.
Power lines during a winter storm in Irving, Texas, US, on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026. US power grids are expected to grapple with unprecedented seasonal demand and the threat of blackouts after a damaging winter storm coated parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic in ice - leaving brutal cold in its wake.
As many as 151 million Americans are at high risk of power shortfalls — or outright blackouts — over the next five years because of extreme weather, natural gas system vulnerabilities and soaring electricity demand, according to a report by the grid reliability regulator.
A power substation near a data center in Ashburn, Virginia.
Power prices in New York City and other major population centers are surging to unprecedented heights as a record-setting cold spell threatens to intensify in coming days.
Workers clear Times Square during a snowstorm in New York on Jan. 25.
This week’s storm has highlighted the increasing risk of blackouts.
Damaged ice-covered trees and downed power lines block a road during a winter storm in east Nashville, Tennessee, US, on Monday, Jan. 26, 2026. US power grids are expected to grapple with unprecedented seasonal demand and the threat of blackouts after a damaging winter storm coated parts of the South and Mid-Atlantic in ice - leaving brutal cold in its wake. Photographer: Kate Dearman/Bloomberg
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