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Have we run out of big ideas to fix the grid?
The fight over data centers reveals a deeper crisis over our inability to plan and coordinate at scale.
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Exclusive: Most of the projects DOE canceled are still in limbo
Maeve AllsupApr 1, 2026
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What Trafigura’s billion-dollar recycling bet means for critical minerals
Bianca GiacoboneMar 31, 2026
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Does new SPARK grid funding mean that the dust is settling at DOE?
Maeve AllsupMar 31, 2026
- Battery booms and the rise of flexibility
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Microsoft is embracing off-grid gas for West Virginia data centers
The hyperscaler’s deal with “neocloud” developer Nscale takes advantage of a new state law to bypass grid delays.
Catherine BoudreauApr 1, 2026 -
The demand stack: Turning customers into grid capacity
As load growth accelerates, utilities have a chance to make demand-side programs into planning-grade resources.
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The cheapest new computing capacity is hiding in old data centers
Optimizing the facilities’ infrastructure that supports data centers allows for more productive megawatts.
Peter Hans HirschboeckMar 30, 2026 -
The multimillion dollar debate over powering data centers in Texas
The rulemaking process for SB6, the state’s landmark large load legislation, is highlighting key sticking points.
Maeve AllsupMar 30, 2026 -
Google and the rise of space-based machine learning
Blaise Agüera y Arcas, CTO of Technology and Society, digs into the promise, and the details, of Project Suncatcher.
Latitude StudiosMar 27, 2026 -
The tech-utility PR blitz: Data centers can lower energy costs
At CERAWeek, hyperscalers and utility executives alike got behind an affordability pitch for the AI build-out.
Catherine BoudreauMar 27, 2026 -
Grid utilization vs expansion: The 100 GW debate
As the race for powered land intensifies, utilities are facing a hard question: build more, or use better?
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How to use storage to reduce the grid’s emissions
Tierra Climate deployed a 100-MW battery in Texas explicitly to reduce emissions — and avoided nearly 1,500 metric tons of CO2.
Bianca GiacoboneMar 26, 2026














