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

As Winter Storm Fern swept across the United States in late January 2026, bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures, it ...

A draft pact, obtained by POLITICO, seeks to help ensure data centers do not raise household electricity prices, strain water ...

We set out to identify every data center in Maricopa County's energy capacity and identify how water use varied among ...

The order is aimed at helping the state power grid endure the ongoing freeze.

Texas data centers and other large energy consumers were ordered to activate backup generators as Winter Storm Fern ...

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

HILLIARD, Ohio (WCMH) — Hilliard residents are concerned by a second proposal to provide power to an Amazon data center near ...

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

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 ...

With data center developers in Texas and most other states now commonly deploying fossil fuel generators as backup power sources, a nascent industry from the renewable side of power generation—battery ...

The AI data center boom is reshaping economies while straining power grids, water supplies, and communities. Here’s the real cost behind AI’s rise.