Duke Energy released its latest long-range energy plan proposing two additional gas plants and extending coal plant operations based on speculative data center demand, prompting the Sierra Club to urg…
WhiteFiber Inc., a Nasdaq-listed subsidiary of Bitcoin miner Bit Digital, acquired a 96-acre former textile facility in Madison, North Carolina, for $45 million in cash on May 20, with contingent paym…
Morgan Stanley expects hyperscalers and their joint ventures to issue $250 billion to $300 billion in debt in 2026, part of a broader AI-related debt market topping $570 billion, as Bank of America pu…
President Donald Trump on Thursday announced a voluntary pledge with governors and electricity companies to shield U.S. consumers from higher utility bills from data centers, but analysts at ICF proje…
US President Donald Trump defended the rapid spread of AI data centres on Thursday, saying 'very smart communities' want the projects despite public concerns over rising utility costs. Trump made the …
Nearly 200 utilities, data center operators and other organizations have signed the White House's Ratepayer Protection Pledge, a voluntary initiative to prevent AI infrastructure growth from driving u…
Nearly 200 utility companies and data center developers, including NextEra Energy, Duke Energy, Equinix, and Digital Realty, have signed President Donald Trump's 'rate payer protection pledge' to shie…
North Carolina lawmakers are advancing new electricity rules for large data centers as AI-driven demand strains the grid, with the state House passing a bill targeting facilities above 100 MW that man…
Duke Energy CEO Harry Sideris forecasts U.S. electricity demand will grow at ten times the historic rate, driven by AI data centers and electrification. The company is backing that projection with a $…