Last month, President Trump sat alongside executives of the largest tech companies in the country as they pledged to pay a fair share of the energy costs of their data center buildout. “Data centers … ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout Monday in the country of some 11 million people as its energy and economic crises deepen. Cuba has blamed its woes on a U.S. energy blockade after ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Just as Upstate New York residents are trying to catch their breath from the enormous utility bills they got this winter, a new round of rate increases will hike their bills in April.

HAVANA – Cuba's national electric grid collapsed March 16, the country's grid operator said, leaving around 10 million people without power amid a U.S.-imposed oil blockade that has crippled the ...

US President Donald Trump mused over whether he would have the “honor of taking Cuba” on Monday, the same day the communist-run island’s electricity grid suffered its first nationwide collapse since ...

The war in Iran has cast a spotlight again on the dependence on fossil fuels. The electric grid is under growing demand, but the Trump administration has worked to roll back subsidies and incentives ...

Google, Tesla, and data center developer Verrus are among a group of companies arguing that the electrical grid is being underutilized and they want everyone — especially politicians — to know about ...

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 ...

The rapid growth of data centers that support artificial intelligence is reshaping how electricity systems operate across the United States. Pennsylvania is emerging as a key location in this shift, ...