Meta gets into power trading as AI sends demand soaringMeta is planning to enter the power-trading sector. The company filed an application with US regulators. This move aims to manage the elect...
20 Sep, 2025, 12.30 AM IST
Louisiana PSC approves Entergy plan to power Meta AI data center with three gas plantsLouisiana’s Public Service Commission approved Entergy’s proposal to build three combined-cycle gas turbines and supporting transmission in...
21 Aug, 2025, 08.59 AM IST
Massive Louisiana power outage affects thousands and disrupts Memorial Day weekendA widespread power outage struck southeast Louisiana on Memorial Day weekend, impacting over 100,000 residents due to a load shed order fro...
26 May, 2025, 10.52 AM IST
Families left in the dark as emergency rolling outages hit New Orleans and surrounding parishesTens of thousands lost electricity across New Orleans, Metairie, and nearby parishes on Sunday, May 25, due to emergency rolling outages tr...
26 May, 2025, 06.49 AM IST
Amazon's AWS to invest $11 billion in Georgia to boost AI infrastructure developmentLast week, Microsoft announced plans to invest about $80 billion in fiscal 2025 to develop data centers for training AI models and deployin...
08 Jan, 2025, 01.31 PM IST
Microsoft deal signals booming demand from data centres to power AIUS utilities are securing lucrative power supply deals with data center operators amid surging AI-driven demand. Multiple agreements for gi...
17 Dec, 2024, 06.13 PM IST
Meta to build $10 billion AI data centre in Louisiana as Elon Musk expands his Tennessee AI facilityMeanwhile, Elon Musk's AI startup, xAI, is expanding its existing supercomputer project in Memphis, Tennessee, the city's chamber of commer...
12 Dec, 2024, 08.08 AM IST
Microsoft deal signals booming demand from data centres to power AIUS utilities are securing lucrative power supply deals with data center operators amid surging AI-driven demand. Several companies, includi...
06 Dec, 2024, 12.04 AM IST
Meta to build $10 billion AI data center in Louisiana as Elon Musk expands his Tennessee AI facilityLouisiana is among a growing number of states seeking to lure big tech firms in need of energy-intensive data centers with tax credits and ...
05 Dec, 2024, 08.17 AM IST
US utilities signal booming demand from data centers as AI takes rootAmeren signed a supply deal with a data center with a power capacity of 250 megawatt (MW). It has also received expansion commitments and e...
13 Aug, 2024, 08.21 AM IST
Thunderstorms in Louisiana: Widespread power outages witnessed in Jefferson and Orleans parishesThunderstorms on Sunday morning knocked out power to thousands of customers in Jefferson and Orleans parishes in the state of Louisiana. En...
24 Jul, 2023, 01.58 AM IST
Why Hurricane Ida crippled the New Orleans power gridEntergy Corp, the largest Louisiana utility, is facing tough questions on whether it had done enough to harden the electric system, which l...
04 Sep, 2021, 04.59 PM IST
Hurricane Ida lashes Louisiana, knocks out New Orleans powerPeople in Louisiana woke up to a monster storm after Ida's top winds grew by 45 mph (72 kph) in five hours as the hurricane moved through s...
30 Aug, 2021, 08.21 AM IST
White House eyes subsidies for nuclear plants to help meet climate targets: SourcesBiden wants the U.S. power industry to be emissions free by 2035. He is also asking Congress to extend or create tax credits aimed at wind,...
05 May, 2021, 04.43 PM IST
Hurricane Harvey: Massive clean up begins, 50 killedMore than 185,000 homes were damaged and 9,000 destroyed as 42,000 people remain in shelters amid overflowing rivers and reservoirs, Texas ...
02 Sep, 2017, 03.21 PM IST
HCL sets up delivery centre in Texas; to create up to 500 jobsIt complements HCL's US network of global delivery centres, which created more than 1,500 jobs in the US in 2014, it added.
04 Feb, 2015, 12.14 PM IST
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