Across the U.S., new AI-driven data centers are causing a significant increase in power demand. Carbon Direct projects that data center capacity in the U.S. will grow from roughly 25 GW in 2024 to 120 ...

The 800-pound gorilla in the room has been on a binge and can no longer be ignored. In fact, it has now become an elephant, weighing in at 2,500-3,000 pounds. We’re talking about today’s data center ...

How much electricity will the U.S. need to support new data centers popping up around the country? Spurred by the rise of advanced artificial intelligence technologies (including generative AI models ...

Whether sizing uninterruptible power supply (UPS) or an air conditioner, you need to know what your data center power load really is. Data center engineers often overstate the power load because they ...

The North American Electric Reliability Corp. is in the “final stages of preparing to issue a Level 3 essential actions alert” related to large computational loads unexpectedly disconnecting from the ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Aug. 3 order pausing all new data center connections to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid until a comprehensive audit is complete could delay 49.8 GW of ...