ERCOT sets strict rules for data centers, large electricity users to connect to the grid

We could potentially be solving a national issue on how to do this… reliably, stably,” ERCOT CEO Pablo Vegas said about the ...

New Tennessee law makes data centers pay — not your power bill

A new Tennessee law requires data centers to pay for their own infrastructure, aiming to protect residents from higher ...
Chicago Tribune

Column: Data center march into Grayslake grows into a stampede

It was only a matter of time before Lake County residents began challenging the siting of data centers in the area. Allowing the vast server warehouses in corporate neighborhoods is being debated ...
Futurism

New Data Center Equivalent to Setting Off 23 Nuclear Bombs Per Day, Professor Finds

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) More information Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. A ...
Reno Gazette-Journal

Data centers in spotlight as Lake Tahoe scrambles for power source

Lake Tahoe finds itself in the middle of the national debate about the rising energy demand from data centers as a utility company scrambles to secure an alternate power source. About 49,000 customers ...
The Verge

Use this map to find the data centers in your backyard

Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. Knowledge is power, so here’s how to find power-gobbling data centers near you. is a policy reporter at The Verge ...
Mother Jones

Chevron Seeks Huge Tax Break to Build a Power Plant for a Texas Data Center

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. A major oil company is seeking a state tax break in Texas worth hundreds of millions ...
Electrek

Data centers are cutting power to homes, driving homeowners to solar and batteries

A Nevada utility just told 49,000 Lake Tahoe residents that it’s redirecting 75% of their electricity supply to data centers — and they have less than a year to find a new power source. It’s one of ...
Scientific American

Could the next AI data center be attached to your house?

A unit about the size of an air conditioner, mounted in the side yard, could soon be humming away on artificial intelligence tasks, drawing power from your home’s energy supply and earning you ...
Atlanta Journal-Constitution

The data center boom is transforming Georgia. Some residents could lose their land.

The state’s largest utility is building power plants and a web of transmission lines to carry electricity to satisfy unprecedented demand, mostly from new server farms. Rachael Maszk and her daughters ...
Snopes.com

Will Lake Tahoe communities lose power due to data centers? We investigated

The Nevada-based power supplier for California's Lake Tahoe region, NV Energy, has said it can no longer supply Liberty Utilities, the electric utility that serves communities in the area, because of ...