The NOAA issued ongoing space weather alerts in 2025, noting that solar activity, including minor radio blackouts (R1 level), could cause voltage control problems and contribute to grid instability.

Operators of the U.S. electric grid covering the world's largest data center market on Wednesday said they planned to move ...

Eleven US states are being warned to prepare for a total blackout caused by a severe geomagnetic storm that also caused some ...

On October 20, 2025, a glitch at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center in northern Virginia triggered more than 6.5 ...

The state’s Independent System Operator is forecasting power grid reliability concerns in New York City and Long Island as early as next summer – with broader concerns raised in a second ISO report ...

Artificial intelligence, automation, crypto mining, and cloud computing are putting increasing demand on electric utilities—and the power-hungry data centers these technologies rely on continue to ...

For decades, U.S. electricity demand was steady, allowing utilities to plan gradual growth and maintain the grid with modest upgrades. That era is over.

AI models and the data centers filled with chips to power them require an enormous amount of power. And the industry is scrambling to keep pace. After a decade of largely flat electricity needs, ...

Russia attacked Ukraine’s power grid overnight into Sunday, part of an ongoing campaign to cripple Ukrainian energy infrastructure before winter, and expressed “extreme concern” over the U.S.