Can AI improve the very grid it demands so much from? Emerging AI models, like Anthropic's Mythos, are at once the grid's ...

The lights going out during a storm might feel like a minor inconvenience. A few candles, a charged phone, maybe an early bedtime. But the reality of what happens to the electrical grid when a true ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

For years, the energy industry’s answer to rising demand was simple: build more. More generation, more transmission, more ...

Even with nearby power plants, large AI loads still impact the broader electricity network, requiring costly and slow transmission upgrades. AI companies avoiding ...

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 ...

Winter Storm Fern knocked out power for millions of people across the US and reignited a familiar political and media fight over what really causes large-scale outages during extreme weather. To ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Thousands of customers are still without power throughout Middle Tennessee. While some homes have lights back on, others just down the street are going on seven days without ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An upheaval is underway in the nation’s electricity sector, and Virginia is ground zero. As the data center capital of the world, ...

International Energy Agency says global electricity demand is growing at its fastest pace in 15 years, set to rise more than 3.5% annually through 2030. While renewables, nuclear, and natural gas are ...

The Texas power grid is expected to hold up through most weather conditions this winter, even though the emerging data center boom adds a new layer of risk, grid officials said Tuesday. That’s an ...