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Data centers are no longer just voracious consumers of electricity; a rising number of operators are redesigning facilities, contracts and controls so those same data centers can become active partners in balancing and stabilizing power systems at scale. This shift—what the industry increasingly...

The debate over whether artificial intelligence will devour the U.S. power grid has moved out of academic journals and into boardrooms, utility commission hearings, and consumers’ monthly bills—and the conversation is finally demanding honest numbers, not hype. Recent reporting has made two...

The rapid expansion of AI-focused data centers has moved from a niche infrastructure story into a full-blown national policy and utility challenge: soaring electricity demand is forcing utilities and regulators to rewrite the rules on who pays for grid upgrades, while hyperscalers respond by...

The boom in generative AI — and the data-center buildout that powers it — is colliding with an electricity system built for a different era, and regulators, utilities and tech companies are scrambling to decide who ultimately pays for the upgrades. A landmark ruling by the Public Utilities...