An ice storm in northern Michigan in March 2025 brought down trees and power lines, causing widespread damage and outages. Michael Livingston / IPR News This coverage is made possible through a ...

In a few short years, the technology industry has transformed places like central Ohio, where farmland is giving way to data centers and computer chip factories. In a few short years, the technology ...

State Grid Corp. of China said it’s accelerating investment in power grids as Beijing pushes to stabilize growth and expand infrastructure spending. The utility reported fixed‑asset investment of 75.7 ...

The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be ...

If you rely on the Surround Vision camera system to park your Chevy Silverado or GMC Sierra, you expect to see those handy grid lines overlaying the display. So, what happens when you shift into ...

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...

In 1843, Congress gave Samuel Morse $30,000 to try to send a telegram from Washington, D.C., to Baltimore. Rather than bury the transmission wires underground, where technical issues would be hard to ...

The start of the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina is one month away, with the Opening Ceremony on Feb. 6. The men's ice hockey tournament begins on Feb. 11. The tournament, the first with NHL ...

New York sees investing in the electric grid as a way to lower costs and supply growing demand, but it's a gamble at a time when affordability is king. Substations facilitate the flow of electricity ...

Massive data centers are pushing energy demand higher. Some people claim that AI will be a net benefit for the grid. The rising popularity of AI is driving an increase in electricity demand so ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — As we close in on a year since a tornado hit Buffalo, National Grid wants to remind you to never go near downed power lines. "We're going to put sites and sounds to those safety ...

Look closely at a solar panel, and you'll see a series of thin metallic lines running across the surface. They're not there to look nice — they have a specific purpose. Those lines are called the grid ...