Artificial intelligence is driving a surge in electricity demand that could strengthen the role of natural gas and dispatchable power generation.

Global power demand surge puts net zero by 2050 out of reach as world heads toward 2.6°C warming, says Wood Mackenzie AI boom and geopolitical tensions strain energy systems; a 30% increase in annual ...

Jan 30 (Reuters) - Power demand ‌on ​the largest U.S. electric grid is ‌expected to peak just shy of the all-time winter ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A low-angle view of a steel power transmission tower. Photo: Jason Richard / Unsplash (The Center Square) – The impact on ...

States with booming data center construction are seeing spikes in new power needs. Much of it is being met by coal and solar. First came predictions of skyrocketing electricity consumption from data ...

As Winter Storm Fern swept across the United States in late January 2026, bringing ice, snow and freezing temperatures, it ...

The German manufacturer announced plans to expand factories in several U.S. states and build a new plant in Mississippi.

S&P Global Market Intelligence recently released its 2026 US Datacenter and Energy Report, which summarizes the forces that ...

Inside Siemens Energy AG’s vast glass and steel assembly hall in central Berlin, engineers are close to completing a 500-ton turbine for a natural-gas power plant. Workers have spent weeks on ...

Electricity is moving from a background utility to the central fuel of the modern economy, and the numbers now on the table are staggering. New long-range outlooks suggest that by midcentury, U.S.

All those big, new data centers being built around the country will use a whole lot of power. Bloomberg New Energy Finance said that in the next 10 years, data centers are likely to burn through 36% ...

India's power demand hit a record 143 BUs in January 2026, driven by cold waves and growth; renewable energy rose 10%, according to a CRISIL report.