2025 revealed how data center outages, from fires and mechanical failures to hyperscale cloud region events, can cascade ...

When a data center cooling issue halted futures and options trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, it focused attention on the hidden infrastructure that’s becoming ever more critical to daily ...

This past summer, a fire at an electrical substation forced data centers in Loudoun County to rely on backup diesel generators as their power source. Grid failures like this happen often, but this ...

Another winter event similar to Storm Uri is unlikely. But as data centers leach the power supply, Texas will need a Plan B, ...

Applied Digital a company that develops and operates high-power data center infrastructure for AI and advanced computing ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With the explosive growth of Big Tech's data centers threatening to overload U.S. electricity grids, policymakers are taking a hard look at a tough-love solution: bumping the ...

When a data center cooling issue halted futures and options trading at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, it focused attention on the hidden infrastructure that’s becoming ever more critical to daily ...

Grid operator PJM was unable to secure enough promised power to reach its reliability goal during an auction this week.

Major crypto exchanges have developed strategies for uninterrupted trading during power disruptions. Based on industry analysis, exchanges use layered defenses, including uninterruptible power ...

According to Pablo Vegas, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, residents don't need to be alarmed: A new state law requires data centers to disconnect in phases at the grid operator’s ...