Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

Tech companies are building data centers with their own private power plants, a risky bet that will increase carbon emissions ...
Opinion
R Street InstituteOpinion

Removing Federal Barriers to Off-Grid Power: Enabling Innovation to Meet America’s Surging Electricity Demand

February 9, 2026 Dear Senator, Electricity demand from artificial intelligence data centers and other sources is rising at a rapid rate. At the same time, power plant retirements and renewable energy ...
Observer

The A.I. Boom Is Stress-Testing America’s Power Grid

MaC Venture Capital’s Marlon Nichols explores how the rapid growth of A.I. data centers is straining America’s power grid. As A.I. accelerates energy demand, the next wave of innovation will ...
POWER Magazine

Reshaping the Power Grid: Driving Resilience Through DERs

Distributed energy resources are advancing the cause of a more resilient and reliable power supply for utilities, homes and businesses, and more. Distributed energy resources (DERs) have become a ...
San Antonio Current

‘Rapid explosion’ of data centers causes planning struggles for Texas power grid

The sheer volume of energy demand from Texas data centers is creating headaches for the state’s grid operator. Credit: Shutterstock / Calvin Douglas This article originally appeared on Inside Climate ...