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Texas to Study ‘Batch Zero’ of Data Centers by Late Summer
2+ hour, 27+ min ago (686+ words) A month after the state's grid operator said it would pull together data centers and other large load projects that have been waiting to connect to the grid into a group called "batch zero," that process is still at least…...
Pennsylvania Governor Courts Data Centers While Seeking Consumer Protections
1+ week, 1+ day ago (534+ words) Amid a national flight over data centers, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is trying to welcome the economic growth they bring while suggesting ways to protect consumers from soaring electricity costs." In a budget speech this week, Shapiro said that new…...
Data Centers in PJM Grid Can Rely Solely on Generators During the Cold, DOE Rules
2+ week, 3+ day ago (743+ words) RICHMOND, Va.The U.S. Department of Energy used the Federal Power Act on Monday to allow data centers within the regional grid operated by PJM Interconnection, including those in Virginia, to use generators at PJM's discretion through Jan. 31. The allowance comes…...
An Alabama Mayor Signed an NDA With a Data Center Developer. Read It Here.
4+ week, 1+ day ago (1232+ words) COLUMBIANA, Ala.At first, no one knew about the non-disclosure agreement." Columbiana's then-mayor, David Mitchell, had signed the secrecy agreement with DigiPowerX, a data center developer, without consulting City Council members or the public." The undated agreement, obtained by Inside…...
As Data Centers Jostle to Get on Texas’ Grid, ERCOT Promises New Rules for ‘Batch Zero’
4+ week, 2+ day ago (527+ words) Texas" grid operator is developing a new process to evaluate multiple large-load interconnection requests at the same time. The question for cryptocurrency miners and data center developers that are already in line is: who gets to go first?" That should…...
Virginia Regulators Approve New Dominion Rates, Assign More Costs to Data Centers
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (866+ words) RICHMOND, Va.The State Corporation Commission in November approved a new Dominion Energy rate increase for 2026 that will add $16 a month to the typical residential bill and assign more costs to data center operators to cover necessary grid upgrades the…...
Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (667+ words) After months of wrangling over how to handle surging power demand from AI-driven data centers and the resulting spike in electricity prices for millions, members of PJM Interconnection, the nation's largest grid operator, could not agree on a solution. Their…...
Maine’s First Major Data Center Project Touts Green Innovation
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (755+ words) Once a Cold War outpost near Maine's northern border, the former Loring Air Force Base could soon be home to a very different kind of facility: the state's first large-scale data center. The sprawling 450-acre site in Limestone, Maine, would…...
Data Centers’ Use of Diesel Generators for Backup Power Is Commonplace—and Problematic
3+ mon, 3+ day ago (1266+ words) In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to build the warehouses storing supercomputers…...
A Data Center Could Be Coming to an Upstate New York Town, and Residents Are Speaking Out
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (1223+ words) Residents in an upstate New York community are trying to prevent construction of a planned data center by approving a year-long ban on large-scale development." Data center company TeraWulf has signed an 80-year lease for 183 acres of a former coal-fired…...