Why do AI data centers use so many resources?

With the AI boom, construction of new data centers has skyrocketed, and not without consequence — some communities that count ...
NBC DFW

Data centers threaten to overload US electricity grids

With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data ...
E&E

PJM tries to ease threats to grid from supersize data centers

Under the proposal, the mid-Atlantic grid would turn off power to data centers before ordering rolling blackouts in an emergency. The potential threat to grid reliability from supersize AI data ...
KSL

US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy

HARRISBURG, Pa. — With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the ...
The Scranton Times-Tribune

Developer shifts from warehouse to data center by power plant in Jessup

JESSUP — The rapid rise of data center proposals in the Midvalley continues as a West Conshohocken developer looks to change its plans from a warehouse to a nearly 500,000-square-foot data center on ...