The year data centers went from backend to center stage

There was a time when most Americans had little to no knowledge about their local data center. Long the invisible but ...

Atomic clocks missed a beat as NIST warns of inaccurate timestamps

NIST traced the problem to its Boulder, Colorado campus, where a prolonged utility power outage disrupted operations. The ...

NIPSCO bill credits from data center could begin in 2027

NiSource’s new GenCo subsidiary was set up to supply power to consumers like data centers without affecting other customers’ ...

Nuclear Developer Proposes Using Navy Reactors for Data Centers

A Texas power developer is proposing to repurpose nuclear reactors from Navy warships to supply the US grid as the Trump ...

AI Data Centers Are Forcing Dirty ‘Peaker’ Power Plants Back Into Service

Fisk is part of the nation’s ​largest electrical grid, PJM Interconnection, which stretches across 13 states and covers the world’s biggest concentration of data centers. Demand from AI data centers ...
Opinion

The Data Center Price Myth

Rising electricity prices are being pinned on data centers, but demand isn’t what makes power expensive. A simple story has taken hold in American politics: Big Tech is consuming vast amounts of ...