US electric grids under pressure from energy-hungry data centers are changing strategy
Yahoo Finance·2025-09-13 04:02
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the energy-hungry data centers off grids during power emergencies. Texas moved first, as state lawmakers try to protect residents in the data-center hotspot from another deadly blackout, like the winter storm in 2021 when dozens died. Now the concept is emerging in the 13-state mid-Atlantic grid and elsewhere as m ...