When electricity demand is set to surge—say, from a new power-hungry data center—the default response from a utility is often to build a new (and expensive) power plant and other infrastructure. A new ...

Researchers have developed an AI image generator that produces images in just four steps, rather than dozens. This could bring fast, private image generation directly to consumer devices. When you ...

AI data centers can operate without using peak power continuously, according to the results of a UK trial, a finding that could have implications for electricity systems worldwide. Grids from the US ...

A winter storm brought freezing temperatures to much of the U.S. two weeks ago and still holds much of the Northeast in its grip. Americans cranked up the heat, posing the biggest test of the electric ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Energy Department order is supposed to help ERCOT avoid the need for rotating outages amid the ongoing Texas winter storm.

UPDATE: In a subsequent news release Sunday, CenterPoint said MISO has rescinded the call for Evansville-area customers to conserve electricity. "Bitter cold temperatures are expected to continue ...

As many states across the nation brace for a severe winter storm this weekend, the Department of Energy is advising grid operators to use data centers as backup generation sources in case of a power ...

Saman Zonouz receives funding from the Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response (DOE CESER) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). The darkness that ...

Tech companies are building data centers as quickly as possible to run AI. These facilities are controviersial because they use copious amounts of electricity and might tax an electrical grid that in ...

AI-generated images, old videos and altered photos proliferated on social media in the hours following former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro's capture. Several of these images quickly went viral, ...

Imagine a restaurant open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week that always maintains a full staff. With the exception of weekend nights and the lunch rush, the restaurant will be empty a lot of the time. But ...

The company is positioning it as especially good for enterprise use. The company is positioning it as especially good for enterprise use. is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for ...