AI data centers require incredible amounts of energy to run. NPR's Planet Money investigates how that demand for power might affect your electric bills.

The group would include large power users who’ve been waiting a long time for interconnection and don’t need further study.

Electricity prices are surging, voters are growing angry, and the artificial intelligence industry's data centers are increasingly a target for blame with U.S. mid-term elections on the horizon.

Federal regulators recently approved a plan by Oklahoma's power grid operator, Southwest Power Pool, to fast-track the ...

Under pressure for rising electricity rates as a result of data centers that demand massive amounts of power, AI developers ...

In a world where electrons are the new currency of growth, behind-the-meter power is increasingly viewed not just as a backup ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The forecasts are eye-popping: utilities saying they’ll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers that are feeding a ...

If there’s any question about whether data centers are driving the global economy, a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) should dispel any doubts. This year, the world will spend ...

Communities across the U.S. are reading about — and learning from — each other's battles against data center proposals that ...

There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long the invisible but critical backbone of the internet, server farms have rarely been a point of ...