One of the nicest comments people have made about the electrical grid was … nothing. The grid works best when it fades into the background. That low-profile status has changed in recent years as fires ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. New data centers and factories are piling further pressure on grid deliveries but new manufacturing capacity will help to curb delays ...

Brandeis student Tasbia Uddin ‘29 has been selected as a member of the National Grid Foundation’s inaugural Youth Advisory Council. Uddin is one of 12 students from Massachusetts, New York, and ...

Warnings have been issued for portions of the United States’ electric power grid amid a forecasted severe geomagnetic storm. The Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) of the National Oceanographic ...

Max Verstappen made it a Sprint and Grand Prix pole double at the United States Grand Prix, as he continues his championship recovery mission. Verstappen will be joined by Lando Norris on the front ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is now a major force in the U.S. economy. The rapid expansion of data centers in the United States has emphasized the challenges facing the U.S. electricity sector, which ...

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - MAY 16: High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The grid is strained by increasing demand from ...

According to the U.S. Department of Energy, more than 70% of the nation’s grid transmission lines and transformers are more than 25 years old, straining under the pressures of rising electrification ...

States and grid operators are scrambling to craft rules to keep the data center boom from outstripping the power supply. The moves — from Texas to Ohio — underscore concerns across the political ...

This story originally appeared on Vox and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The tricky thing about generating electricity is that for the most part, you pretty much have to use it or lose it.