After months of wrangling over how to handle surging power demand from AI-driven data centers and the resulting spike in electricity prices for millions, members of PJM Interconnection, the nation’s ...

Brookfield Corporation sees a once-in-a-generation opportunity to invest in building infrastructure to support AI. The global investment firm and its affiliates are investing heavily in the ...

Google has 44 data centers in operation or in development around the world, but as demand for AI and the need for compute capacity grows, the company is getting started on three more. This latest ...

WSJ’s Joanna Stern went inside a data center to trace the journey of an AI prompt and then grilled up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to make an AI image and video. Photo: David Hall ...

A controversial data center proposal in Naperville is set to once again come before the Planning and Zoning Commission Wednesday evening. Developer Karis Critical’s plan calls for the construction of ...

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Alphabet's Google is investing $40 billion to build new data centers in two Texas counties. The announcement, made Friday, said one of the new data centers will be in Armstrong County, in the Texas ...

Google plans to invest $40 billion in artificial intelligence data centers and related workforce training across Texas through 2027, CEO Sundar Pichai announced Friday at a news briefing alongside Gov ...

Secretary of Energy Chris Wright recently sent a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission directing it to open a rulemaking to facilitate access to the electrical grid by both new generating ...

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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 ...