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Nov 18 (Reuters) - Rising power demand driven by data centers is shrinking U.S. electricity supplies and increasing the risk of energy shortages if extreme winter weather strikes this year, the North ...

A pumpjack east of Andrews, Texas, in the heart of the state's Permian Basin, the region's primary oil and gas production area, stands in an area where fossil fuel giant Chevron is launching a move ...

Data centers completed in Silicon Valley sit empty for years — unable to power up because the local utility lacks capacity to supply them with electricity. AI computing will more than double ...

LONDON, Nov 6 (Reuters) - Data centre capacity growth across Europe, the Middle East and Africa has slowed down in 2025 so far compared to the same period last year, despite surging demand, as a lack ...

The expansion is driven by new large-load customers, with data centers expected to account for 90% of the new power demand. Public hearings revealed divided opinions, with some supporting grid ...

Amazon.com Inc. alleges that a Berkshire Hathaway Inc.-owned utility in Oregon is failing to provide sufficient power for four new data center facilities, highlighting the strain rapid expansion of ...

While compute devices such as CPUs, GPUs, and XPUs are stealing the limelight in the artificial intelligence (AI) era, there is an increasing realization that powering AI at scale demands new power ...

TURNOUT AT THE CITY MEETING THERE TONIGHT. YEAH, GUYS, CITY OFFICIALS ACTUALLY HAD TO MOVE THE MEETING OUT OF CITY HALL AND HERE TO THIS NEARBY EVENT CENTER TO ACCOUNT FOR THE INFLUX OF PEOPLE FROM ...

The huge demand for energy to power data centers will be a key focus for antitrust regulators in the future, a former top official at the U.S. Justice Department’s trustbusting division said.

Artificial intelligence is increasingly creeping into our lives. And in support of that super technology, nondescript data centers are popping up in cities, towns and even near cattle ranches. They ...