Advocacy groups hope the United States will impose restrictions on cryptocurrency mining as governments around the world crack down on the booming industry stressing electrical grids. Last January, ...

Australia has launched a plan to force energy companies to offer free electricity to households during the day, aiming to use excess solar capacity and rebalance the grid away from coal and gas.

We are holding two meetings to provide information and get feedback regarding concerns and opportunities about developing ...

Data centers accounted for 4% of total U.S. electricity use in 2024. Their energy demand is expected to more than double by 2030.

AI’s energy use already represents as much as 20 percent of global data-center power demand, research published Thursday in the journal Joule shows. That demand from AI, the research states, could ...

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.