Western Pennsylvania’s energy resources are coming to the forefront as shifting federal priorities and rapidly increasing demand for AI and data centers converge, speakers at the Oct. 21 PA Energy Ecosystem Conference  emphasized. The conference , hosted by the Washington & Jefferson College Center for Energy Policy and Management, brought together leaders in energy, policy, and industry for a daylong discussion of the rising need for energy and how this region’s natural gas

Electric customers in seven PJM states, including Pennsylvania, paid more than $4.3 billion in data center transmission costs in 2024, a new report found. The report from the Union of Concerned Scientists  said that the costs, for local transmission upgrades made to provide transmission service directly to data centers, have contributed to rising electric bills due to a “loophole” in the current regulatory structure. The Union of Concerned Scientists  is an advocacy group tha

Growth in data centers and cryptocurrency mining through 2030 could mean higher electric generation costs, as well as a spike in power...

The speaker lineup is set for the Pennsylvania Energy Ecosystem Conference on Oct. 21, hosted by the Center for Energy Policy and...

The regional electric grid operator is fast-tracking development of a plan to standardize how new data centers and other large-load...

The energy landscape in Pennsylvania is rapidly evolving as rising demand for electricity, rapid growth in data center development, and...

Projections of the increase in electric demand expected in the coming years due to the rapid growth of data centers continue to...

The cost of electricity continues to climb in the Mid-Atlantic region, as grid operator PJM Interconnection works to maintain adequate...

The U.S. power grid is not ready to meet the increased energy needs of AI in the coming years, which will put national security at risk,...

More than $90 billion in private investment in energy projects, data centers, and power infrastructure was the highlight of the recent...

The U.S. electric grid system remained relatively resilient even as it faced significant operational stress, according to the North...

U.S. electricity demand could climb by 26% through 2030 , more than twice the rate that many utilities have used in their long-term...

Amazon announced that it plans to spend at least $20 billion  to build two AI data center complexes in Pennsylvania, one of which will be...

Geothermal power could meet a large portion of projected demand growth for electricity from continuing large-scale data center...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced it had identified 16 federal sites across the country  that could be used as...

Pennsylvania is seeing a sharp increase in companies looking for locations to build huge data centers and trying to find ways to compete...

The rubble from the demolition of part of the former Homer City power plant in Indiana County hasn’t even been fully cleared yet, but...

As the number of energy-hungry data centers used for artificial intelligence and cloud computing continues to increase in Pennsylvania...

The expansion of data centers in the U.S., caused by massive increases in demand for AI software capabilities, is fueling unprecedented...