The electrical grid is facing unprecedented stress from the addition of new data centers. Software could offer a ...

If you can get new customers or new electricity consumption added to the grid when and where there is that spare capacity – ...

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 ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory partnered with the University of Tennessee to develop ...

There are more than 200 data centers in Ohio already, and American Electric Power has claimed 30 gigawatts-worth of proposed data center projects want to connect to the grid. For context, peak load ...

The grid is made up of power generators — such as dams, coal plants or wind turbines — and more than five million miles of power lines carrying electricity all over the country, according to the vice ...

Everyone—politicians and the public—is talking about energy costs. In particular, they're talking about data centers that ...

The US electricity system is built for rare moments of extreme demand. Some researchers say using its unused capacity more ...

On March 3 at 11:30 in the morning, an interesting thing happened on the New England power grid. The price for power dropped below zero. It was -$75.14 per MWh, to be exact. That’s MINUS $75.14. That ...

Illinois faces potential power shortages and price hikes due to retiring fossil fuel plants and rising energy demand from ...