Boards and C-suites are adopting new governance practices to address energy constraints and operating and cyber risks to ...

OpenAI's Sam Altman says AI's water concerns are "totally fake." The truth about AI's impact on natural resources is more complicated.

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After teasing a 'ratepayer protection pledge' in his State of the Union, President Trump today revealed which companies have ...

Minnesota Power has signed an electric service agreement (ESA) with Google for the energy needed to power a 700-MW data ...

Given marching orders by the U.S. Energy Dept. to boost artificial intelligence sector growth, independent agency Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) now must absorb nearly 200 diverging power ...

Maryland Gov. Wes Moore is seeking to streamline regulatory hurdles to encourage local data center development, fuel economic growth, and improve the state's technology infrastructure. However, ...

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The White House has floated a new plan to try to ease voter concerns over the A.I. boom’s effect on electric bills. But it won’t be easy to put into practice.

The North Carolina Utilities Commission listen to testimony in their downtown Raleigh hearing room on October 14, 2025. Different stakeholders presented to the commission ideas for how to balance ...

Data centers use a lot of water and energy, making them enemies of environmentalists. Residents of Indianapolis’ northwest side, for example, are fighting a proposed data center in part because of its ...

The proposal would increase local accountability by setting water and electricity reporting requirements and water efficiency standards, and ensure community engagement.