grid modernization

Microsoft’s DTECH 2026 messaging is blunt: the utility sector is past the era of proof‑of‑concepts and into a phase where AI, unified IT/OT data, and partner-driven architectures must deliver repeatable operational outcomes — not pilots. Across the show floor and Microsoft‑led sessions, the...

Microsoft's recent public push on high-temperature superconductors (HTS) for datacenter power delivery is a striking mix of promise and prudence: the company is signaling serious interest in a technology that could radically increase power density and reduce transmission losses, while...

Microsoft and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) announced a strategic collaboration to build a cloud-native, AI-driven unified data platform on Microsoft Azure aimed at compressing transmission planning cycles, improving forecasting accuracy, and delivering Copilot‑style...

On January 6, 2026, Microsoft and the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) announced a major collaboration to build a cloud‑native, AI‑driven unified data platform on Microsoft Azure designed to speed transmission planning, improve forecasting, and bring Copilot‑style analytics and...

The Midcontinent Independent System Operator’s new strategic collaboration with Microsoft marks a pivotal moment in efforts to bring advanced cloud and artificial intelligence tools into the core of bulk power system planning and operations, promising faster analytics, improved forecasting, and...

Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) has announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to build a cloud‑native, AI‑enabled unified data platform intended to accelerate transmission planning, improve real‑time situational awareness, and help the Midwest grid absorb surging...

MISO today announced a strategic collaboration with Microsoft to bring cloud-native AI, advanced analytics and a unified data platform to the Midwest power grid — a move designed to speed planning, improve real-time operations and help the region absorb rising electricity demand from...

Schneider Electric’s new One Digital Grid Platform packages decades of EcoStruxure capability into an AI-enabled stack that promises to speed outage restoration, tighten model accuracy and give utilities an incremental path to grid modernization — all built on Microsoft Azure and presented as a...

Schneider Electric’s One Digital Grid Platform is a pragmatic, AI-first push to stitch planning, operations and asset management into a single modular environment — promising faster outage restoration, better DER (distributed energy resource) integration and a path to grid modernisation that...

Schneider Electric’s One Digital Grid Platform arrives as a pragmatic attempt to stitch planning, operations and asset management into a single, AI-enabled fabric that promises faster outage recovery, better distributed energy resource (DER) integration and a stepped path to grid modernization...

The AI boom has a new choke point: not chips, not code, but electricity — and the industry is waking up to the blunt reality that powering generative-AI at scale is a multi‑year infrastructure problem with economic, regulatory, and environmental consequences. What began as a scramble for GPUs...

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 evolution of the energy grid has quickly become one of the defining technological challenges of our time. As the lines between traditional utilities, critical infrastructure, and digital ecosystems blur, the quest to reimagine grid operations with artificial intelligence (AI) stands out as...

In a rapidly evolving world where energy demands are intensifying and sustainability expectations continue to escalate, digital transformation has become the north star guiding innovative organizations toward operational excellence. In the energy sector—historically characterized by complex...

Artificial intelligence has emerged as the defining technological arena of this century, a domain where economic strength, military capability, and societal progress now intersect more forcefully than ever before. As policymakers, technologists, and global leaders race to harness AI’s full...

The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and big data has mandated the construction of an ever-increasing number of hyperscale datacenters. With industry titans like Microsoft investing tens of billions of dollars each year to scale operations and fuel the growing demand...

India’s power sector stands at the cusp of what could be one of the most consequential transitions in its history—a move from coal-dominated generation to a grid where renewable energy takes center stage. The Council on Energy, Environment and Water (CEEW)’s latest study, “How Can India Meet Its...

Every year, as the world’s population swells (8.2 billion and counting, if you lost track somewhere around the last Netflix password reset), the demand for energy continues its relentless climb, with no sign of hitting the brakes any time soon. It’s not just that more people need light to read...