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Microsoft, Azure turn data centers from grid drains into flexible revenue assets
Data centers are undergoing a fundamental transformation, evolving from passive, voracious consumers of electricity into active, intelligent partners for the power grid. This shift toward...
AI's Energy Hunger Exaggerated? Phantom Data Center Requests Could Strand Ratepayers with Billions in Unnecessary Gas Plants
U.S. electricity demand forecasts that project a surge from AI data centers may be significantly inflated by phantom interconnection requests and optimistic tech industry extrapolations, driving a...
Ohio Slaps AI Data Centers with 85% Take-or-Pay Grid Charge in U.S. First
Ohio regulators dropped a bombshell on the hyperscale computing world in July 2025, authorizing a first-of-its-kind tariff that forces large data center operators to underwrite at least 85 percent of...
Ohio Regulator Forces AI Giants to Foot Grid Upgrade Bill, Upending Cloud Power Economics
Ohio’s utility regulator just threw down a gauntlet that could reshape the economics of AI cloud infrastructure across the country. On July 9, 2025, the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio (PUCO)...