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Power and Grids

A decommissioned nuclear plant in the Midwest is now the foundation for a 640-megawatt-hour grid battery — crews building a power bank where a reactor once stood

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

PJM’s grid operator just warned the nation’s biggest power network has ‘years, not decades’ to restructure as AI loads surge — 65 million people bracing for shortfalls by 2027

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

The Memorial Day storm belt just knocked out power to more than 450,000 customers across five states — crews working through the weekend to restore the grid before Monday

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A utility just begun building a giant grid battery on the bones of a shuttered nuclear plant — turning a decommissioned reactor site into a 640-megawatt-hour power bank

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A utility just began building a giant grid battery on the bones of a shuttered nuclear plant — turning a decommissioned reactor site into a 640-megawatt-hour power bank

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A utility just began building a giant grid battery on the bones of a shuttered nuclear plant — turning a decommissioned reactor site into a 640-megawatt-hour power bank

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A six-state heat wave just pushed Memorial Day power demand past records from the Carolinas through New England — grids bracing for another spike through Friday

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Denmark just slammed the brakes on new data centers entirely — the first country to tell the server-farm boom it cannot plug in until the grid catches up

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

AI data center power demand just hit 29.6 gigawatts — roughly what it takes to light the entire state of New York at peak

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

America’s largest grid operator just warned it has ‘years, not decades’ to restructure as AI devours power — the system serving 65 million bracing for shortfalls by 2027

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

A utility is building a giant grid battery on the bones of a shuttered nuclear plant — turning a decommissioned reactor site into a 640-megawatt-hour power bank

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

The biggest new power line in a generation just cleared its final hurdle — a cross-country link built to carry cheap wind power to where it’s needed most

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

America’s grid batteries just set a record — stored electricity now discharging enough at peak to replace dozens of power plants in a matter of seconds

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Data centers are on track to triple their slice of U.S. electricity by 2028 — climbing from roughly 4% to 12% in just five years

By Everett Sloane

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Data centers are on track to triple their slice of U.S. electricity by 2028 — climbing from roughly 4% to 12% in just five years

By Everett Sloane

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

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

By Everett Sloane

Power and Grids

Data centers are on track to triple their share of U.S. electricity by 2028 — climbing from roughly 4% to 12% in just five years

By Everett Sloane
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