AI data center growth is driving unprecedented electricity demand, exposing U.S. grid and transmission constraints. The 2025 ACEG report highlights regional disparities in

Data centers are easy targets. They require large amounts of water, electricity, and land. They’re an eyesore. Of the 3,907 data centers in the U.S., the majority are in Virginia, Texas, California, Illinois,

Tech giants are in a heated race to build data centers and dominate the AI landscape. But America might not be ready for the energy demand.

Everyone – politicians and the public – is talking about energy costs. In particular, they’re talking about data centers that drive artificial intelligence systems and their increasing energy demand, electricity costs and strain on the nation’s ...

The DATA Act would allow companies to construct electrical networks for data centers and other high-demand facilities. Cotton argued these systems would not need to be connected to a large energy grid or face similar regulations like power plants linked to these networks.

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in some areas is already straining. In a bill introduced ...

As the data center backlash grows, support is growing for server factories and the hundreds of jobs they’re expected to bring.

Electrical substation infrastructure increasingly sits at the front of data center project planning as utilities tighten grid access and require major power upgrades ...

Jan 14 (Reuters) - Connecting to the U.S. electrical transmission system has become the biggest problem for powering up Google data centers on the grid, as the wait times to connect surge to more than a decade in some parts of the country, an energy ...