E&E

Arkansas solar project would power Google data center

Entergy is pursing the large solar and storage project weeks after it got approved to build three gas plants for another data center. Entergy is seeking regulatory approval for what would be among the ...
Wall Street Journal

Data Centers That Don’t Exist Yet Are Already Haunting the Grid

Data centers are desperate to connect to the U.S. electric grid. What remains fuzzy is how many will ultimately be built and how much electricity they will require. U.S. utilities are reporting a ...
Business Wire

Forgent Power Solutions Becomes Parent Brand for MGM, PwrQ, States and VanTran and Announces Data Center Equipment Veteran as Chief Executive Officer

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Forgent Power Solutions, Inc. (“Forgent Power” or the “Company”), a leading designer and manufacturer of electrical distribution equipment for data centers, the power grid ...
TechCrunch

Meta to add 100MW of solar power from US gear

Meta signed a deal yesterday with solar developer Silicon Ranch to develop a $100 million, 100-megawatt solar farm in South Carolina. The new renewable installation will power Meta’s planned AI data ...
The Advocate

Louisiana regulators approve power plan for giant Meta AI data center

State regulators on Wednesday approved a controversial plan to power tech giant Meta's largest artificial intelligence data center yet, to be built in rural northeast Louisiana, clearing the way for ...
Government Technology

Power, Water Needs Shape $3B North Dakota Data Center

(TNS) — Applied Digital is planning on expanding its footprint in North Dakota with a $3 billion data center investment. The Dallas -based company aims to break ground on its Polaris Forge 2 project ...
Newsweek

Map Shows Where Power Outages Are Most Common in the US

From Winter Storm Blair to Hurricane Beryl in Texas and the more recent Connecticut thunderstorms, power outages from severe weather events have become an increasingly common reality across the United ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Data Centers Need Own Power Supply, US Grid Watchdog Says

Data centers looking to connect to the largest US grid must bring their power supply, the system’s independent watchdog said. The warning escalates the watchdog’s position from just a month ago when ...
Hosted on MSN

Proposed Congressional map, adding more Republican seats, passes out of committee

The full House could vote on the ban in the coming days. Houston police union suing Kroger after members' $100 gift cards drained by thieves of all but $2 Boy injured in rare octopus incident at Texas ...
KVUE

Texas House panel advances redrawn congressional map that would add more GOP seats

AUSTIN, Texas — (The Texas Tribune) A Texas House panel on Saturday advanced a draft congressional map aimed at adding five new Republican districts next year over protests from Democrats that the ...
High Country News

The West’s data centers suck (water and power)

This May, STaX Capital Partners applied for a permit to install turbines fueled by methane from oil wells on Alaska’s North Slope. The temporary facilities would serve as a proof of concept for a much ...