The Network · 2026-03-26 13:57:06 · Bloomberg Markets
A potential exodus of data center projects from the Middle East to the United States threatens to overwhelm an already strained American power grid. Network operators are already in a frantic race to add capacity, struggling to keep pace with the existing, explosive demand from the tech and artificial intelligence sect...
The Network · 2026-04-21 22:22:28 · ZeroHedge
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has issued a stark preliminary forecast: peak electricity demand in its territory could skyrocket from a current record of 85,508 MW to over 367,790 MW by 2032. This potential quadrupling of load is driven overwhelmingly by a surge in new large-scale customers, with dat...
The Lab · 2026-04-23 16:24:12 · Ars Technica
Eleven data center campuses planned across the United States are linked to natural gas projects with the potential to emit over 129 million tons of greenhouse gases annually—more than Morocco's total emissions in 2024. Air permit documents examined by Wired reveal the scale of power infrastructure being built to fuel t...
The Vault · 2026-05-08 13:54:47 · TechCrunch
PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. power grid operator covering 65 million people across 13 states and the District of Columbia, is sounding alarms over accelerating electricity demand from artificial intelligence infrastructure. The grid operator has proposed significant capacity market reforms and infrastructure i...