Overview: Data mining tools in 2026 focus on usability, scale, and real business impact.Visual and cloud-based platforms are ...

Google parent Alphabet has agreed to buy Intersect Power, a data center and clean energy developer, for $4.75 billion in cash, plus the assumption of the company’s debt. The acquisition, which was ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Roaming the country, and asking people about their concerns on artificial intelligence, one can hear a lot about two things: job ...

Illinois is running out of power. That’s the word from state analysts trying to figure out whether there are enough sources of electricity to keep the lights on in the coming years. The outlook is ...

This coal plant in central Pennsylvania, once the largest in the state, was shuttered in 2023 after powering the region for over 50 years. Earlier this year, wrecking crews blasted the plant’s cooling ...

When a derecho slammed into the Duane Arnold nuclear plant in 2020, Diana Lokenvitz had time for exactly one glance out her window. A wall of clouds had poured in from the west, swallowing Palo, Iowa, ...

WASHINGTON—U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright rejected concerns that the proliferation of data centers powering artificial intelligence across the country will raise American energy bills. The data ...

Power demand from US data centers is set to surge to 106 gigawatts by 2035, according to BloombergNEF, a 36% increase from the research provider’s previous outlook in April. The upward revision in ...

Dominion Energy says its upcoming $11-a-month rate hike is driven by grid upgrades and inflation — not Virginia’s rapidly growing data-center industry. Critics note that Virginia hosts one of the ...

The explosive growth of data centers could threaten the stability of the electrical grid this winter, according to an industry overseer. Across North America, demand for electricity this winter is ...

In the world of data centers, ensuring a facility will be online 99.999 percent of the time, is everything. Access to power is the number one priority when developers are trying to figure out where to ...

Data centers fueling the AI boom are driving up the nation’s demand for electricity — and possibly your utility bill along with it. There are several reasons power is getting more expensive in the US.