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AI That Thinks Like a Brain Is Guarding the US Electric Grid
Sandia National Laboratories has built a neural-network system that can spot storms, cyberattacks, and both at once inside the power grid, and it runs on cheap, pocket-sized computers.
The Power Grid Is Struggling. A New AI Course Wants to Train the Engineers Who Can Fix It
America's electrical grid was designed for a calmer era. Now AI tools are being drafted to keep the lights on, and a new online programme is teaching engineers how to use them.
Texas Orders Audit of New Data Centers Before They Can Join the Power Grid
Governor Greg Abbott wants to know exactly how much electricity, water and community disruption each new facility will demand, and no one yet knows how long that review will take.
Fusion power, crumbling grids and hungry data centres: TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 maps out AI's energy crisis
A three-day conference in San Francisco this October will gather fusion scientists, grid engineers and data-centre operators to answer one urgent question: where does all the electricity come from?
One downed power line flickered lights from Virginia to Chicago. AI data centers caused it.
When a single transmission line failed near Washington, DC, more than 3 gigawatts of data center power vanished in seconds. The grid took 11 minutes to recover. It is a warning sign of what comes next as AI demand keeps growing.
AI Data Centers Will Devour a Fifth of All U.S. Electricity by 2035
A new BloombergNEF report puts the power demand from AI computing on a collision course with an already-strained American electrical grid. Here is what that means for your energy bill.
Energy IPOs Are Breaking Records Because AI Needs So Much Power
Investors poured $12.6 billion into energy company stock offerings in the first half of 2025 alone, more than any six-month period since the dot-com peak in 1999. The reason: AI data centres are hungry for electricity, and someone has to supply it.