After nearly two decades of relatively flat electricity consumption, the United States is entering a new era of power demand growth. This shift is not being driven by population growth, household consumption, or traditional heavy industry. Instead, it is being propelled by data centers—specifically those supporting cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and high-performance workloads. Federal energy forecasts now show that U.S. electricity usage is set to rise more over th

Executive Summary POWER’s inaugural Data Center POWER eXchange (DPX)  Summit convened utilities, hyperscalers, regulators, financiers, and developers to address the accelerating collision between data center demand growth and grid capacity. AI-driven load expansion is materially outpacing grid planning, permitting, and build-out timelines—raising reliability, cost, and political risks. Former federal energy regulators and utility CEOs highlighted a dual challenge: maintaining

As Florida pivots from “permanent” tax incentives to a conditional, five-year compliance model, data-center operators face a turning...

As data centers cement their place at the heart of the AI and cloud revolutions, Texas and the broader United States are navigating the...