With thoughtful planning, California can gain new data centers in ways that benefit ratepayers, improve grid reliability and minimize environmental harms.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. The county seat of Santa Clara is touting its partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric, claiming the city is “the ...

Siting data centers at strategic points of congestion along the power grid can harness unused solar power and avoid pollution usually associated with AI computation. A new report, commissioned by Next ...

Tools that power artificial intelligence devour energy. But attempts to shield regular Californians from footing the bill in 2025 ended with a law requiring regulators to write a report about the ...

A California watchdog is urging state lawmakers to make data centers cover their own power costs, so households do not pay more ...

Developers are descending on a rural desert community along California’s Mexican border, trying to build over $15 billion worth of data centers to power Silicon Valley’s artificial intelligence boom.