Consulting firms like Boston Consulting and McKinsey see AI-driven electricity demand surge, complicating energy transition ...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The forecasts are eye-popping: utilities saying they’ll need two or three times more electricity within a few years to power massive new data centers that are feeding a fast-growing ...

States with booming data center construction are seeing spikes in new power needs. Much of it is being met by coal and solar. First came predictions of skyrocketing electricity consumption from data ...