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Google’s data center campus in Moncks Corner, South Carolina

Energy & Power Supply

NERC Flags AI Data Center Grid Risks in Report NERC Flags AI Data Center Grid Risks in Report

NERC’s 2026 report emphasizes that as individual campuses approach gigawatt scale and cluster regionally, these abrupt disconnections now threaten grid stability and require new modeling standards, operational coordination, and regulatory frameworks.

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Jul 3, 2026

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4 Min Read

Power collection grid substation and wind turbine

Energy & Power Supply

Texas Tests New Rules for AI Campuses Behind Existing Power Plants Texas Tests New Rules for AI Campuses Behind Existing Power Plants

Jul 2, 2026

5 Min Read

DC01UK data center, UK

Data Center Construction

New Data Center Developments: July 2026 New Data Center Developments: July 2026

byHenry Chapman

Jul 2, 2026

9 Min Read

Energy & Power Supply

AI Interconnect Delays Spur $1.75B National Grid-Joulent Deal AI Interconnect Delays Spur $1.75B National Grid-Joulent Deal

Jul 1, 2026

3 Min Read

A Google data center in Lenoir County, North Carolina

Google Says AI Growth Is Outrunning Grid Decarbonization Google Says AI Growth Is Outrunning Grid Decarbonization

Jul 1, 2026

4 Min Read

an installation of bloom energy units

Energy & Power Supply

Brookfield-Bloom $25B Aims to Make Energy Certainty Financeable Brookfield-Bloom $25B Aims to Make Energy Certainty Financeable

Jul 1, 2026

3 Min Read

Energy & Power Supply

Data Center Power Coalition Launches to Tackle AI’s Biggest Bottleneck

Data Center Power Coalition Launches to Tackle AI’s Biggest Bottleneck

byJames Walker,Executive Editor

Energy & Power Supply

How Do Utilities Determine Which AI Data Centers Get Grid Access?

How Do Utilities Determine Which AI Data Centers Get Grid Access?

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

power substation

Energy & Power Supply

Why AI Data Centers Make Existing Power Plants More Valuable

Why AI Data Centers Make Existing Power Plants More Valuable

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Digital Realty Pays $3.5B for Blackstone Data Center Stakes

Digital Realty Pays $3.5B for Blackstone Data Center Stakes

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

photo of power infrastructure outside under blue sky

Energy & Power Supply

AI’s Duplicate Demand Problem Drives Grids to Commitment-First Planning

AI’s Duplicate Demand Problem Drives Grids to Commitment-First Planning

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Data center construction line drawing

Data Center Site Selection

Losing the Plot: Why a Responsible Approach to Land Is Pivotal to Data Center Development

Losing the Plot: Why a Responsible Approach to Land Is Pivotal to Data Center Development

byJohann Thor Jonsson

Aerial view of the AWS Scioto Darby Campus Data Center in Ohio

Energy & Power Supply

AI Data Center Loads Rewrite the Utility Playbook

AI Data Center Loads Rewrite the Utility Playbook

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Map of North Carolina

Energy & Power Supply

The Carolinas May Hold a Critical Resource for AI Data Centers

The Carolinas May Hold a Critical Resource for AI Data Centers

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

A rendering of the Lighthouse data center campus in Port Washington, Wisconsin

Oracle’s Wisconsin Suit Tests How States Hedge AI Data Center Risks

Oracle’s Wisconsin Suit Tests How States Hedge AI Data Center Risks

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Energy & Power Supply

ICF Warns Grid Deliverability May Limit AI-Era Power Growth

ICF Warns Grid Deliverability May Limit AI-Era Power Growth

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

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Texas AI Data Centers: Power, Policy, and Progress

Texas AI Data CentersPower, Policy, and Progress

bySpencer Smith,Data Center Knowledge

Microsoft’s $3.3 billion Mount Pleasant AI Campus in Wisconsin

Data Center Construction

Microsoft’s Wisconsin AI Data Center Campus Now Fully Operational

Microsoft’s Wisconsin AI Data Center Campus Now Fully Operational

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Industrial engineers workers observe a refinery oil and gas LNG tank

Energy & Power Supply

Powering Behind-The-Meter Power: Where LNG and Process Safety Meet Digital Resilience

Powering Behind-The-Meter Power: Where LNG and Process Safety Meet Digital Resilience

byBryant Hendrickson

an aerial view of an Austin Energy-owned electrical substation next to the North Austin reservoir.

Texas Approves ‘Batch Zero’ Study as Data Center Demand Soars

Texas Approves ‘Batch Zero’ Study as Data Center Demand Soars

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

A new data center under construction in Middenmeer, Netherlands

Data Center Site Selection

Bridging the Divide: How Data Centers Are Addressing Community Concerns

Bridging the Divide: How Data Centers Are Addressing Community Concerns

byJames Walker,Executive Editor

Virginia data centers

Virginia Approves First-Ever Data Center Power Tax

Virginia Approves First-Ever Data Center Power Tax

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Behind-the-Meter AI: Microsoft-Chevron’s West Texas Bet

Behind-the-Meter AI: Microsoft-Chevron’s West Texas Bet

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

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The Breaking Points 2035: A Data Center Space Odyssey

The Breaking Points 2035: A Data Center Space Odyssey

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

construction of a cement wall for a data center

Data Center Construction

Building Data Centers Faster: Plays That De-Risk Delays

Building Data Centers Faster: Plays That De-Risk Delays

byChristopher Tozzi,Technology Analyst

Data center evaporative cooling system

Evaporative Cooling in Data Centers: Why the Industry Hesitates to Move On

Evaporative Cooling in Data Centers: Why the Industry Hesitates to Move On

byChristopher Tozzi,Technology Analyst

FERC Targets Grid Rules for Data Centers, Large Loads

FERC Targets Grid Rules for Data Centers, Large Loads

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

battery energy storage system

Energy & Power Supply

Battery Storage Moves Closer to Data Centers, but Challenges Persist

Battery Storage Moves Closer to Data Centers, but Challenges Persist

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

An aerial view of an AWS data center in Ohio

Data Center Construction

Missouri Emerges as the Next Hyperscale Frontier Amid Growing Power Demands

Missouri Emerges as the Next Hyperscale Frontier Amid Growing Power Demands

byShane Snider,James Walker

natural gas turbine

Energy & Power Supply

From Grid Constraints to On-Site Solutions: The Future of Data Center Power

From Grid Constraints to On-Site Solutions: The Future of Data Center Power

byJenson Dunn,Matt White

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HPE Interview: Why Data Center Efficiency Is Now Core to IT Decisions

HPE Interview: Why Data Center Efficiency Is Now Core to IT Decisions

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Next-Gen Data Centers

Data Centers in Space: Hype, Reality, and the Long Timeline Ahead

Data Centers in Space: Hype, Reality, and the Long Timeline Ahead

byNathan Eddy,Contributor

utahns protest data center on the steps of the state capitol

Data Centers’ Next Hurdle: Winning Public Trust and Social License

Data Centers’ Next Hurdle: Winning Public Trust and Social License

byShane Snider,Senior News Writer

Energy & Power Supply

The Overlooked Reason AI Data Centers Use So Much Power

The Overlooked Reason AI Data Centers Use So Much Power

byTaavi Madiberk,Contributor

New York connected by data lines

New York Confronts the Data Center Boom: Balancing Growth and Grid Reform

New York Confronts the Data Center Boom: Balancing Growth and Grid Reform

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byGraham Coates,Brendan Connorsand 1 more

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