How the Midwest's data center gold rush may become a political reckoning

Most Midwestern states offer partial or full sales tax exemptions from 20 to 50 years. The region has also shown an openness ...
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NextEra will build 15 GW for data centers by 2035

NextEra Energy is positioning itself as one of the central utilities behind the artificial intelligence boom, committing to build 15 gigawatts of new generation capacity tailored to data center hubs ...

Data centers need electricity fast, but utilities need years to build power plants – who should pay?

Modern data centers use a similar amount of electricity but can be built in nine to 12 months. To meet that projected demand, construction of a new gas-fired power plant, or a solar farm with battery ...

What AI data centers are doing to your electric bill

As a country, we are spending more to get data centers up and running than we spent to build the entire interstate highway system. (Yes, that’s inflation-adjusted.) With tech companies spending ...

Senators count the shady ways data centers pass energy costs on to Americans

In letters to seven AI firms, Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) ...

Data centers will have to disconnect during severe Texas grid emergencies, ERCOT CEO says

Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Texas power grid operator, said the influx of data centers to Texas is “something that we've never experienced before in the history of ERCOT." ...