Will Lake Tahoe communities lose power due to data centers? We investigated

Residents around Lake Tahoe are being told they will not lose electricity due to changes in their electricity supplier.
The Guardian

The grid unlocked: how does a greener power network actually work?

Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. The UK’s electricity ‘supergrid’ was built in the 1950s – designed for a different era that was reliant ...
Reuters

US utilities scale up grid-boosting tech to meet surging demand

Industry Insight from Reuters Events, a part of Thomson Reuters. U.S. grid owners are investing in cost-efficient grid enhancements and virtual power plant schemes to help meet soaring demand but ...
Wall Street Journal

A New Threat to Power Grids: Data Centers Unplugging at Once

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...
The Washington Post

Silicon Valley is building a shadow power grid for data centers across the U.S.

The GW Ranch project approved on 8,000 windswept acres of West Texas will look like many of the other data centers that have sprung up across the country to support Silicon Valley’s ambitions for ...
IEEE

Detailed Evaluation of DEM Interpolation Methods in GIS Using DGPS Data

Abstract: Digital Elevation Model (DEM) is a numerical representation of topography and is made up of equal-sized grid cells, each with a value of elevation. The DEMs that were generated from the spot ...
The Guardian

Upgrading the grid: the great energy transition in numbers

Paid content is paid for and controlled by an advertiser and produced by the Guardian Labs team. As the UK moves towards a carbon-free future, the supply and demand for clean energy is set to soar, ...
The New York Times

Once a Gamble in the Desert, Electric Grid Batteries Are Everywhere

An early grid battery was installed in the Atacama Desert in Chile 15 years ago. Now, as prices have tumbled, they are increasingly being used around the world. Andes Solar IV, one of the largest ...
MIT Technology Review

AI is changing the grid. Could it help more than it harms?

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...
Forbes

Is The U.S. Headed For A Power Grid Crisis?

PEMBROKE PINES, FLORIDA - MAY 16: High voltage power lines run along the electrical power grid on May 16, 2024, in Pembroke Pines, Florida. The grid is strained by increasing demand from ...
Energy Central

Case Study: ArcGIS Utility Network Prepares for Grid Modernization

Turlock Irrigation District (TID) provides the Central Valley of California with reliable irrigation water and power. The region boasts some of the world’s most productive farmland due in part to ...