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From Backup to Prime Power: How AI Data Centers Are Bypassing the Grid
Data centers have traditionally depended on uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems and backup generators to keep them online during a power cut, grid event, or natural disaster. But the critical…
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The POWER Interview: Quantum Computing's Importance for Utilities and Power Generators
Dr. Remy Notermans, director of Strategic Planning for Atom Computing, a Boulder, Colorado-based group developing large-scale quantum computers, recently provided POWER with information about how quantum computing works. Notermans discussed how quantum computing can benefit electric utilities and the power generation sector.
Phantom Data Centers Didn't Break the Power Grid—They Proved It Was Already Broken
The requests flooding interconnection queues come from data center developers, private equity funds, land brokers, and shell companies, many of whom lack site control, a construction timeline, or even a signed customer. They secure a queue position, bet that powered land will attract a buyer, and wait. The industry calls them "phantom data centers," and the grid isn't prepared to handle them.
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77 Miles, One Drone: Rewriting the Rules of Infrastructure Inspection
Transmission corridors can be difficult to inspect, sometimes requiring helicopters and boots on the ground. A Daytona Beach, Florida, company is using drones to improve the process—at roughly a quarter of
 
The Hidden Bottleneck Slowing DER Interconnection—and What Utilities Can Do About It
Utilities are under increasing pressure to move distributed energy resources (DER) through interconnection queues more quickly. In many regions, review timelines have stretched from months into years as requests for solar, storage, and electric vehicle infrastructure continue to rise.
CISA’s CI Fortify Initiative Signals a Shift in How the U.S. Government Thinks About Grid Threats
On May 5, 2026, the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) released its CI Fortify initiative, new guidance instructing electric utilities and other critical infrastructure (CI) operators to plan for…
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Why the Power Grid Must Be Modernized Now to Handle EV Growth
The electric vehicle (EV) charging conversation in America has focused largely on hardware: how many ports, what power level, where to locate them. That framing misses the more consequential challenge.…
A Roadmap for Breaking Through the Power Demand Bottleneck in Data Center Construction
With many hyperscale data centers requiring hundreds of megawatts of reliable, uninterrupted power, contractors often find themselves stuck between a rock and a hard place.
Managing AI’s Footprint in a Carbon-Constrained World
Behind even the smallest convenience powered by AI is a massive surge of computing power for training models and inference. All that computing power requires energy.
Aligning Data Center Growth with Community Acceptance in a Constrained Grid
Grid capacity and the interconnection queue aren’t the only constraints on U.S. data center growth. Community acceptance is becoming the toughest bottleneck to break through, and a hot political topic with the approach of the midterm elections.
The Insurance Engine Behind Energy Growth
The global energy landscape is undergoing a profound transformation. Increasing demand for power driven by the proliferation of data centers, the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), expansive manufacturing, and…
POWER Reveals 2026 Awards Finalists; Readers to Choose Plant of the Year
POWER is pleased to announce the finalists for the 2026 POWER Awards, recognizing the projects, people, and organizations setting the pace for the global power industry. Winners will be revealed…