The US federal government’s central energy information agency is planning to implement a mandatory nationwide survey of data centers focused on their energy use, according to a letter seen by WIRED.

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Tech companies, including Microsoft and Meta, have been falling in love with natural gas lately, rushing to build power plants fed by the fossil fuel to drive their data centers. But their embrace ...

Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill regulating data centers, questioning their economic benefits and impact on utility rates.

Maine lawmaker Melanie Sachs, a Democrat, thought her state was one of the few places in the nation where data centers weren’t interested in setting up shop. The northeastern-most state in the US — ...

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has set a June 2026 deadline to act in a high-stakes rulemaking that could redefine how massive new power users—including AI-driven data centers—connect ...

Seattle residents could soon feel the effects of artificial intelligence in their electricity bills, as multiple companies explore building large-scale data centers that would dramatically increase ...

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U.S. utility companies are planning to invest $1.4 trillion over the next five years to update the nation's ailing power grid as the data center boom intensifies the need for electricity. That's ...

A new Utah law could add to the challenges faced by several thousand people who wish to oppose plans for a hyperscale data ...

Plans for a huge expansion of Meta's Louisiana data center took their first steps before Louisiana electricity regulators on Wednesday, with Entergy granted an initial green light for an expedited ...