Minnesota utility regulators will require Amazon Data Services to prove the need for up to 600 megawatts of diesel generators ...

On Friday, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission voted 4-0 to reject a request for a permitting exemption on Amazon's ...

Amazon is proposing to install 250 diesel generators at its planned data center on a parcel of land near the Xcel Sherco coal ...

Minnesota regulators denied Amazon’s request to exempt a data center’s 250 backup generators from a permitting process that ...

Residents in many states are worried about paying for a growing fleet of power-hungry data centers being built for Amazon, ...

Talen Energy CEO Mac McFarland tried to reassure investors on the company's fourth-quarter earnings call Thursday.

Strained power grids are driving plans for data centers attached to natural gas power plants. But pulling off these projects ...

The rapid expansion of data centers, driven by AI and cloud computing, is causing a significant shift in the US power sector, ...

The power industry was once considered slow-moving and perhaps even boring. That is no longer the case as technology has ...

With the Sherco power plant winding down its coal use, many companies see an opportunity to move into the area.

Amazon plans ahead 13 years when deciding where to build its next data centers. It considers factors like access to power, land and the ability to secure building permits. Amazon has not provided many ...