The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will “take action” by next June on the Trump administration’s call to reform the way large electricity consumers, like power-hungry data centers, connect to the nation’s electrical grid,

The commercial and industrial battery energy storage system (C&I BESS) market is poised for significant growth, fueled by AI-driven data center demands, telecom advancements, and EV infrastructure needs.

Texas officials weigh new ERCOT rules as data center demand surges, raising concerns about grid reliability and electricity costs.

Soma Energy, a US-based energy software startup focused on optimizing electricity use for data centers, has raised $7 million in seed funding, led by Category Ventures. The company intends to use the proceeds of the funding to support the development of its AI-based platform.

Google plans to throw its financial support behind a multibillion-dollar data centre project in Texas, leased to Anthropic, as it builds out its infrastructure deal with the AI lab.

Big technology companies are facing pushback over their data centers, which have been blamed for rising energy prices in the U.S. These so-called hyperscalers have pledged to bear rising energy costs or to pursue alternative energy sources. But as doubt ...

Communities are protesting new data centers due to environmental impacts and rising utility costs. Data centers require significant amounts of electricity and water, with consumption expected to grow. Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, is ...

Some residents opposing a proposed data center project in Lackawanna County are raising concerns about a recent national news report, questioning why a potentia

This means treating readiness as a long-lead process, beginning community engagement early, building robust and future-proofed sustainability into the development concept, and securing land and planning permissions well before the application to connect to the grid.

Editor's note: This is the first of three feature articles Ars is publishing to explore the financial, technical, and competitive dimensions of orbital data centers. Although the idea of putting data centers into space has long been discussed on a ...