Utilities are moving toward targeted deployment of composite poles in high-value, remote, or environmentally vulnerable areas to maximize resilience benefits. Regulatory pressures and increasing ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro announced a new set of guidelines for data center development aimed at accountability and responsible development. Shapiro unveiled the plan — known as ...

Indianapolis, IN, USA; Detailed view of the 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 logo during IndyCar Series qualifying for the 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

America’s aging electric grid is struggling to meet modern demands—especially amid the AI boom. Overhauling it will be no small feat. Reading time 6 minutes Most of America’s power grid infrastructure ...

Tech companies charging ahead with artificial intelligence have a problem: AI’s rapid growth is colliding headlong with a finite amount of available energy and computing power. AI is evolving beyond ...

Last month, President Trump sat alongside executives of the largest tech companies in the country as they pledged to pay a fair share of the energy costs of their data center buildout. “Data centers … ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

In a few short years, the technology industry has transformed places like central Ohio, where farmland is giving way to data centers and computer chip factories. In a few short years, the technology ...

The war in Iran has cast a spotlight again on the dependence on fossil fuels. The electric grid is under growing demand, but the Trump administration has worked to roll back subsidies and incentives ...

Abstract: This letter uses sparse matrix statistics to highlight a structural gap between North American grid models and the synthetic cases commonly used in research. North American grids exhibit ...

Data centers face a conundrum: how to power increasingly dense server racks using equipment that relies on century-old technology. Traditional transformers are bulky and hot, but a new generation of ...