This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. The U.S. power grid, long resistant to modernization despite technological advances, is now ...

AI power demand is surging, but the grid problem emerging in US data is more local and complicated than a nationwide electricity shortage. AI data centers are adding new electricity demand as US grid ...

America's aging power grid has just been elevated to one of the highest priorities in Washington — not just as an infrastructure challenge, but as a matter of national security. In an April 20 ...

America’s civilian power grid has become a strategic military asset, yet it lacks the resilience, capacity, and planning required for sustained conflict. In the event that geopolitical competition ...

AI infrastructure plans are running into real world grid limits, as data centre projects face higher funding costs, local resistance, and questions over how much of the US build-out will actually ...

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America’s aging electric grid is struggling to meet modern demands—especially amid the AI boom. Overhauling it will be no small feat. Reading time 6 minutes Most of America’s power grid infrastructure ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. It’s set to be an abnormally hot summer this year—but the US grid appears to be in ...

On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

The US is at a heightened risk of a catastrophic blackout that could last up to 18 months due to aging power grid infrastructure that takes agonizingly long to update and is potentially vulnerable to ...