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Infrastructure week: why our own story count on power, chips and data centres just tripled
We ran 13 AI infrastructure pieces in the seven days to 20 September, up from 4 the week before. Here is what our own coverage looks like when the picture zooms out from models to megawatts.
Google, Nvidia and Anthropic Back a Startup That Wants to Squeeze 100 More Gigawatts From the Power Grid
A new coalition says smarter software can let data centers pause and shift their electricity use, unlocking grid space that new power plants alone cannot provide fast enough.
AI Data Centres Are Breaking the Power Grid, and It Is Not About Supply
Two massive blackouts in Virginia exposed a deeper problem: the way AI campuses connect to the grid is the real danger, and a new power architecture aims to fix it.
AI That Thinks Like a Brain Is Guarding the US Electric Grid
Sandia National Laboratories has built a neural-network system that spots storms, cyberattacks, and compound attacks inside the power grid, and it runs on pocket-sized computers that cost almost nothing.
The Power Grid Is Struggling. A New AI Course Wants to Train the Engineers Who Can Fix It
America's electrical grid was built for steadier times. 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.
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's a warning of what comes next as AI demand keeps climbing.
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.