Sunrun shares surged 31% on June 24 after the residential solar company announced a partnership with Tesla and Renew Home to build the largest virtual power plant in the US, targeting AI-hungry data c…
Sunrun partnered with Tesla and Renew Home to aggregate residential solar and battery systems into virtual power plants, aiming to meet the surging electricity demands of AI data centers. The company …
A new economic analysis commissioned by Amazon and conducted by E3 found that data centers lower electricity bills for American consumers, challenging the political narrative driving regulatory crackd…
The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved ERCOT's first 'Batch Zero' process to group large electricity connection requests of 75 MW or more into a single study, as ERCOT tracks over 438,000 MW …
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will vote on July 9 on ERCOT's Batch Zero framework, a new process to manage interconnection requests for large loads like data centers and crypto mines. The bac…
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission announced plans on June 18, 2026, to expedite grid connection approvals for AI data centers, cutting approval timelines to as short as 60 days for flexible loa…
James McAvity, CEO of Cormint Inc., says declining Bitcoin mining difficulty and cheap ASIC hardware make now the best entry point for miners in five years. Cormint raised $29 million in Series B fund…
PJM and ERCOT, America's two largest grid operators, face interconnection queues exceeding 233 GW, driven by AI data centers and Bitcoin miners. The surge threatens grid reliability and has already dr…
PJM Interconnection faces a projected 32 GW surge in peak demand by 2030, driven by AI data centers, prompting FERC to order new tariff rules for co-location arrangements. The capacity market prices h…