Battery storage firms eye AI demand but face grid, supply hurdlesAmerican battery storage companies are experiencing high demand from AI data centers. However, long waits to connect to the power grid and ...
18 May, 2026, 09.18 PM IST
NextEra Energy strikes $66.8 billion deal for Dominion in bets on AI power demandThe deal, one of the largest in the U.S. power industry, adds to a wave of consolidation as the rapid data-center buildout lifts power dema...
18 May, 2026, 08.01 PM IST
Dominion energy stock rises highest in over 3 years, Nextera energy stock crashes. Here's whyNextEra Energy is buying Dominion Energy in an all-stock transaction valued at about $66.8 billion, creating the world's largest regulated ...
18 May, 2026, 07.54 PM IST
Bangladesh starts fuelling its first nuclear power stationBangladesh will begin loading uranium fuel into its first nuclear power station on Tuesday, a key step towards bringing the 2,400 megawatt ...
28 Apr, 2026, 03.07 PM IST
White House to host Big Tech after pledge to rein in power costsThe White House said on Wednesday it will host leading data center and artificial intelligence companies next week, with attendees expected...
26 Feb, 2026, 07.50 AM IST
Trump says he has told big tech companies to build their own power plantsPresident Donald Trump said on Tuesday during his State of the Union address that his administration has told major technology companies th...
25 Feb, 2026, 10.48 AM IST
US utilities spend big on rising data center demand, but affordability concerns loomThe largest US electric utilities are ramping up spending on new power infrastructure to meet surging demand from data centers, with compan...
13 Feb, 2026, 09.28 AM IST
How the White House and governors want to fix AI-driven power shortages and price spikesThe White House and a bipartisan group of governors are pressuring the operator of the mid-Atlantic power grid to take urgent steps to boos...
16 Jan, 2026, 12.51 PM IST
AI data centers are forcing obsolete 'peaker' power plants back into serviceA analysis of filings with the country's biggest power grid shows that about 60% of oil, gas and coal power plants slated for retirement in...
23 Dec, 2025, 05.25 PM IST
Google backs US gas power plant with carbon capture for Midwest data centersGoogle has entered into the first corporate agreement to buy electricity from a US power plant using carbon capture and storage in a deal t...
23 Oct, 2025, 05.58 PM IST
Big Tech's energy-hungry data centers could be bumped off grids during power emergenciesAs data centers strain U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are considering disconnecting them during power emergencies, a move first initi...
13 Sep, 2025, 09.53 AM IST
AI boom sends power bills soaring across the US gridElectricity bills are rising in several US states. The reason is the increasing demand from data centers powering artificial intelligence. ...
25 Aug, 2025, 03.02 PM IST
Google inks $3 billion US hydropower deal in largest clean energy agreement of its kindThe deal between Google and Brookfield Asset Management includes initial 20-year power purchase agreements, totaling $3 billion, for electr...
15 Jul, 2025, 04.28 PM IST
America's largest power grid is struggling to meet demand from AIAmerica’s largest power grid, PJM, faces a crisis as surging data center and AI demand outpaces new power plant construction. Electricity p...
09 Jul, 2025, 04.00 PM IST
US heatwave: Electricity demand expected to hit 12-year high. Will your power bill go up?Will your power bill in the United States shoot up and disrupt your household budget amid sweltering heatwave? The intense heat is set to b...
23 Jun, 2025, 09.19 PM IST
Big Tech's data center boom poses new risk to US grid operatorsHistorically, grid operators have planned for large power plants tripping offline. But the rapid expansion of data centers processing the v...
20 Mar, 2025, 08.39 AM IST
Data center build-out stokes fears of overburdening biggest US gridAI data centers are driving record US electricity demand, straining the aging grid. With fossil fuel plants retiring and new power projects...
13 Mar, 2025, 11.40 PM IST