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Everett Sloane

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Power and Grids

Data centers are now pulling so much power that some utilities are cutting homes off first — driving a rush to rooftop solar and backup batteries

May 21, 2026

Power and Grids

Data centers drove half of all U.S. electricity demand growth last year — and utilities are now scrambling to keep the lights on

May 21, 2026

Energy Transition

The Energy Department just laid out how wind, solar, and nuclear could meet exploding data-center demand without buckling the grid

May 21, 2026

Power and Grids

PJM warns the largest U.S. grid could slip below reliability standards by 2027 — raising the odds of rolling blackouts in the next deep freeze

May 21, 2026

Power and Grids

U.S. power demand will still climb 11 gigawatts this summer — enough to light more than 8 million homes — even as data-center hookups slow

May 21, 2026

Power and Grids

Denmark just slammed the brakes on new data centers entirely — pausing construction as surging server farms threaten to overwhelm the national grid

May 21, 2026

Nuclear

A Dutch-French team just tapped Hyundai to build molten-salt reactors — a design that runs hot at normal pressure instead of risking a meltdown

May 21, 2026

Power and Grids

Britain just picked the site for its first small modular reactors at Wylfa — a single project built to pump 1.5 gigawatts into the grid

May 21, 2026

Nuclear

The Energy Department just handed eight companies $94 million to fast-track small modular reactors — clearing the licensing and supply snags that stall new plants

May 21, 2026

Extreme Weather

Record heat is about to slam 22 states this week — 61 million Americans brace for 90-plus degrees as a heat ridge builds toward a scorching summer

May 21, 2026

Extreme Weather

Indonesia just raised Lewotobi volcano to its second-highest alert as tremors build — the same peak that grounded flights and buried villages last year

May 21, 2026

Extreme Weather

The Storm Prediction Center warns damaging winds and hail from the Ohio Valley to New England today as the cold front throws its last punch

May 21, 2026

Power and Grids

America’s power grids just caught a surprise summer break — AI data centers are plugging in far slower than utilities feared, easing the blackout threat

May 21, 2026

Extreme Weather

NOAA reveals its official 2026 hurricane forecast today — a strengthening El Niño is already shredding storms apart before the season even begins

May 21, 2026

Nuclear

The Air Force just fired an unarmed Minuteman III across the Pacific from Vandenberg — a live test of the nuclear missiles on watch for 50 years

May 21, 2026

Energy Transition

More than 100% of Scotland’s electricity just came from renewables across a record stretch — wind alone now out-produces the entire country’s demand

May 20, 2026

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