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By Tammy Nemeth & David Blackmon Across rural Virginia, suburban Utah, and farm communities in the Midwest, residents are showing up at planning meetings to voice real worries about massive new data centers: noise, water use, electricity demand, and the conversion of farmland into industrial zones matter. Yet what appears as spontaneous local pushback …
(Reuters) – U.S. energy storage developers installed 9.7 gigawatt-hours of new capacity in the first quarter of 2026, marking a record high for the quarter, an industry report showed on Thursday. Energy storage capacity grew 32% in the quarter from a year ago despite federal actions the industry says are slowing clean energy development, …
US Energy Storage Additions Hit a First-Quarter Record, Report Shows Read More »
By Anna Flávia Rochas U.S. power developers could face delays and higher costs from shortages in electricians and other crafts, requiring faster rollout of skills and technology training. May 18 – Soaring demand for workers to build data centers, transmission grids and power plants is intensifying already strong competition for electricians, line workers and other …
Data Center Rush Worsens Shortages of Power, Grid Workers Read More »
By Tim McLaughlin Policies shift project financing risk to ratepayers, raising bills before projects are completed Consumer advocates and businesses warn advanced funding may not deliver promised savings Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear project highlights risks of cost overruns and public backlash BOSTON, May 9 (Reuters) – Millions of Americans are unknowingly financing electric grid projects before …
Why Millions of Americans Pay for Unfinished Electricity Projects Read More »
The hyperscaler has been adding a gigawatt of data centre capacity, enough to power 750,000 homes, every three months By Alastair Marsh and Brody Ford Microsoft Corp. may shelve one of the industry’s most ambitious clean-energy targets as it tries to remove hurdles that could hold it back in the race to power data centres, …
Microsoft May Abandon its Clean Energy Powered Data Centre Targets Read More »
(Reuters) – Exxon Mobil is using artificial intelligence and new technology to interpret seismic data from Guyana in days rather than months, John Ardill, the company’s vice president of exploration, said on Tuesday. High-performance computing and AI-driven algorithms have accelerated seismic imaging, Ardill said at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. “We’re using what was …
Exxon Using AI for Faster Analysis of Guyana’s Oil Fields, VP of Exploration Says Read More »
By Aditya Soni, Akash Sriram and Stephen Nellis OpenAI can now sell products on Amazon and Google Cloud, expanding enterprise reach Microsoft aims to reduce reliance on OpenAI by developing its own AI models Ending exclusivity may ease antitrust scrutiny in US, UK, and Europe OpenAI’s demand on Amazon’s cloud described as staggering in internal …
OpenAI Breaks Off Microsoft Exclusivity to Free up Path for Amazon, Google Deals Read More »
