In February 2021, Texas came within four minutes and 37 seconds of a complete statewide blackout. A winter storm knocked out 40 percent of the state’s grid capacity in just four hours, leaving ...

As the United States races to expand its artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and accelerate electrification, the nation faces a significant challenge: ensuring its aging power grid can keep pace ...

Artificial intelligence, automation, crypto mining, and cloud computing are putting increasing demand on electric utilities—and the power-hungry data centers these technologies rely on continue to ...

The energy demand from data centers is expected to double by 2028, according to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. But the US power grid, full of aging infrastructure, years-long connection ...

Rising electricity demand from EVs and AI is stressing a grid built of centralized, rotating generators. Renewables can ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Investment funds are seeking out clean power and grid projects that can meet booming U.S. power demand and the need for diversified ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. Surging power demand from data centers and manufacturing is reshaping the funding plans of transmission operators as the outlook for ...