A transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia on July 22, 2026 knocked more than 3 gigawatts of load off the grid in seconds, following a 2024 event in which a single failed surge arrester dropped ro…
AI data centers are projected to consume nearly 12% of all U.S. electricity by 2030, nearly six times the pre-AI boom share in 2018, according to Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, but the U.S. electric …
Data centers are reversing power flows on the U.S. grid and causing sudden demand drops, breaking two century-old planning rules, according to a grid meeting and NERC warnings. On July 22, more than 3…
PJM Interconnection is evaluating new reliability requirements for data centers after nearly 3,800 MW of Northern Virginia computational load transferred to onsite generation on July 22, the largest s…
A transmission line fault in Ashburn, Virginia on July 22 caused more than 3 GW of data center load to disconnect from the PJM Interconnection grid simultaneously, removing roughly 3% of system demand…
A single power fault in February 2025 knocked 1,800 megawatts off the US grid in milliseconds as data center UPS systems tripped, according to NERC's 2026 State of Reliability report, which warns that…
The Department of Energy's draft 2026 National Transmission Needs Study concludes that AI data centers are now the dominant driver of U.S. electricity demand growth, reshaping grid expansion plans. Th…
General Motors is positioning itself as a distributed utility at its GM Empower event, aiming to use its fleet of over 250,000 bidirectional EVs, stationary storage, and a unified charging platform to…