Google has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities in states from Arkansas to Minnesota to curtail its electricity use during periods of peak demand, the company said on March 19, in its ...

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GREENVILLE, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - The five electric cooperatives that serve the Upstate are urging customers to reduce energy use to reduce the strain on the power grid and avoid temporary power ...

The Trump administration issued an emergency order Sunday night allowing Texas’ power grid operator to use backup generators from data centers and other facilities to prevent rotating outages over the ...

As many states across the nation brace for a severe winter storm this weekend, the Department of Energy is advising grid operators to use data centers as backup generation sources in case of a power ...

UPDATE (January 30 th, 2026): For a technical breakdown of the incident affecting a company in Poland’s energy sector, refer to this blogpost. In late 2025, Poland’s energy system faced what has been ...