Utilities that provide natural gas to customers are investing in smart technologies to modernize their infrastructure. These ...

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Artificial intelligence is no longer just a buzzword in software, it is rapidly reshaping the physical grid that keeps the ...

AI’s planned data-center boom is straining California’s grid forecasts and raising fears that customers could pay for ...

Nike Carstarphen’s electricity bill is rising, even when she’s using less power. The Baltimore resident’s electricity rate jumped 20% from August to September, even though she had cut her usage 40%, ...

THE SCOPE OF THIS PROBLEM? CONSUMER PROTECTIONS INCLUDE REQUIRING DATA CENTERS TO PROVIDE THEIR OWN SOURCES OF ENERGY. LAWMAKERS AND ADVOCATES WARN THE PACE OF DATA CENTER EXPANSION IS THE EQUIVALENT ...

The hike in electricity prices is “the tip of the iceberg,” said Marina Domingues, vice president of U.S. New Energies at the Rystad Energy research firm Nathan Howard/Getty As AI-driven data centers ...

Energy-hungry data centers that underpin artificial intelligence are contributing to higher residential electricity bills, ...

Pennsylvania’s Public Utility Commission is advancing a plan to guide how large electricity users — like data centers — connect to the power grid. The commission on Thursday voted 3-2 to propose a ...

An expert says the rise is “the tip of the iceberg" A recent U.S. Department of Energy report found that data centers used approximately 4.4% of total U.S. electricity in 2023, and are expected to ...