The U.S. power grid has changed little since Edison and now strains under soaring demand. Flush with capital, data centers may be forcing it to catch up.

AI power demand is surging, but the grid problem emerging in US data is more local and complicated than a nationwide electricity shortage. AI data centers are adding new electricity demand as US grid ...

America’s civilian power grid has become a strategic military asset, yet it lacks the resilience, capacity, and planning required for sustained conflict. In the event that geopolitical competition ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A prolonged blackout in an Indiana city is shining a bright light on America's aging power grid and revealing major national ...

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The modern United States runs on an invisible machine of wires, transformers, data centers, and control rooms. If that machine failed all at once, life would not simply get less convenient, it would ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Ryan Knutson: One of the biggest players in the US power industry is called PJM ...

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?

Data centers have long been viewed as massive energy consumers, but forward-thinking operators are now transforming these facilities into active grid partners. As the data center industry has grown in ...

America’s power grid is entering 2026 with mounting stress, and experts warn that a handful of states face the sharpest blackout risk if extreme weather hits. With demand climbing faster than new ...