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 ...

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. U.S. grid owners are investing in cost-efficient grid enhancements and virtual power plant schemes to help meet soaring demand but ...

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - MAY 16: High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The grid is strained by increasing demand from ...

Instagram announced on Thursday that it will finally allow users to rearrange their grid and is testing a way for users to quietly post to their profile without having the content appear in users’ ...

U.S. power infrastructure—the intricate physical fabric that laces together generation, transmission, and distribution—is under intensifying strain. Outdated and overextended, it must now absorb ...

Aug 6 (Reuters) - The Biden administration said on Tuesday it is investing $2.2 billion to revamp the nation's power grid to protect it against growing threats of extreme weather events. The U.S.

The US power grid is under stress. Outages are much more common than they were two decades ago, even as electricity consumption has remained little changed. One culprit is the extreme weather brought ...

The surging demand for energy in the U.S. is growing significantly for the first time in decades. Experts say it is forecast to hit record highs both this year and next year — creating more ...