Tech companies charging ahead with artificial intelligence have a problem: AI’s rapid growth is colliding headlong with a finite amount of available energy and computing power.

Over the next five years, electricity demand in the U.S. is forecast to increase nearly five times faster than we thought it would just two years ago. A new report from the power consulting firm Grid ...

As data centers, EVs, and extreme weather jolt the power grid, firms like Jane Street, DRW, Squarepoint, and Citadel are wagering on the esoteric 'congestion' trade. When the first winter storm of the ...

Houston Chronicle covering the Texas power grid, the clean energy transition and other electricity-related topics. Claire ...

Picture this: It’s a Thursday night in Houston and thunderstorms are rolling in. Suddenly, winds roar past 100 mph. Trees snap, windows shatter and the city darkens as power flickers out. Even after ...

Power outages are increasing as the grid ages and climate change drives more frequent severe weather. Burying power lines ...