However, it is unclear how much generation could be available, and the grid operator doubts it will be needed during the ...

The move is unusual because data-center operators and other businesses generally don’t distribute energy onto the grid.

The Trump administration issued an emergency order Sunday night allowing Texas' power grid operator to use backup generators ...

A Department of Energy emergency order prioritizes grid reliability over air pollution rules, potentially exposing communities to dangerous emissions.

The Department of Energy is allowing grid operators PJM and ERCOT to take extraordinary steps to avoid blackouts as winter ...

As Winter Storm Fern strained the Texas power grid, the Trump administration quietly turned a long‑running policy debate into an operational experiment. Instead of only asking homes and factories to ...

The U.S. Department of Energy used the Federal Power Act on Monday to allow data centers within the regional grid operated by PJM Interconnection, including those in Virginia, to use generators at PJM ...

A San Antonio-based industrial equipment manufacturer is becoming a leading supplier of data center generators.

When a derecho slammed into the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in 2020, Diana Lokenvitz had time for exactly one glance out her window. A wall of clouds had poured in from the west, swallowing Palo, Iowa, ...

Those dynamics are examined in a new peer-reviewed study titled Power for AI Data Centers: Energy Demand, Grid Impacts, Challenges and Perspectives, published in Energies. The research finds that AI ...

LP Gas connected with Austin Wicker, of the National Propane Gas Association, to discuss his recently published white paper ...

The developers of a new data center in Surprise are bringing their own power, and neighbors of the project say it's a threat.