The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. Annual analysis explains changing U.S. load expectations, expanding long-term oil supply potential in Venezuela and ...

As the surge in artificial intelligence and data centers continues across the state, Austin officials say the technology’s rapid expansion could drive up utility rates, overwhelm the power grid and ...

Kyoto, Japan -- Superconductors are materials that can conduct electricity with zero resistance, usually only at very low temperatures. Most superconductors behave according to well-established rules, ...

A new strain of mpox, formerly known as monkeypox, has been detected in the United Kingdom, according to health officials. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said in a Dec. 8 statement that a new ...

North Carolina leaders are raising new concerns about rising power bills as the state’s Energy Policy Task Force met Tuesday to examine how rapid load growth from data centers and new industries could ...

Planned data center construction shows no signs of fading, with new additions to require 2.7x — nearly triple — the sector’s current demand for electricity over the next decade, according to a new ...

A new variant of influenza H3N2 is spreading in other countries. But that could mean the U.S. is in for a rough flu season. The mutated strain, known as subclade K, is causing a surge in cases in the ...

The reorganization reflects the ongoing shift in the federal government’s energy priorities: less renewable energy, more fossil fuels. By Brad Plumer Reporting from Washington The Energy Department is ...

India announced a deal that will see the United States supply nearly 10% of New Delhi's liquefied petroleum gas imports. India's imports of U.S. crude "saw a sharp rise in October, reaching 568 ...

U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez last month secured a Department of Energy study examining how AI-driven data centers are driving up electricity costs and straining grid reliability. The fact that ...

As the everyday use of AI has exploded in recent years, so have the energy demands of the computing infrastructure that supports it. But the environmental toll of these large data centers, which suck ...