Utilities warn that new AI-optimized facilities can consume as much power as a small city, straining an already aging grid ...

Three Democrats are seeking information from tech firms about the growing energy use of data centers and the utility bills of ...

San José and PG&E are preparing massive grid upgrades, but AI demand could nearly triple the city's energy use.

Major industrial producers of gases consume more power than many tech and oil giants. Their electricity-intensive production accounts for 2% of carbon emissions in China and the U.S., yet these ...

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) newly released “Electricity 2025” report predicts that global power consumption will jump nearly 4% annually through 2027. That’s like adding an entire Japan’s ...

The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next. AI’s integration into our lives is ...

More and more people seem to be converting to cordless vacuums recently, and it's easy to see why. These battery-powered machines make light work of daily vacuuming, but where they stand on the energy ...

Fueled by the rapid rise in artificial intelligence, data centers could triple their energy use by 2028, accounting for as much as 12 percent of the country’s electricity consumption, according to a ...

Data centers have caught a lot of heat for their electricity use. But there’s another sector that’s an electricity superuser, yet has largely escaped scrutiny. Today’s newsletter pulls back the ...