data centers

North Dakota natural gas ‘savior’ for the U.S. power grid

September 22, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

The North Dakota Monitor reported on the North Dakota Petroleum Council’s annual meeting last week: Natural gas is going to be the “savior” of the power grid. That was the…

September 22, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Energy & Environment

Some reasons to be skeptical of Chinese AI hype

January 30, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Over the weekend, a Chinese artificial intelligence company announced that its open-source AI model, DeepSeek-R1, required only a small fraction of the investment that U.S. tech companies are pouring into…

January 30, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Energy & Environment

Biden to lease public lands for ‘clean energy’ data centers

January 14, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Today, the Biden administration directed the Departments of Energy and Defense to lease public lands to data centers — so long as they’re powered with “clean energy.” The order did…

January 14, 2025 by Sarah Montalbano

Energy & Environment

U.S. energy demand to rise 15% in next 5 years

December 12, 2024 by Sarah Montalbano

A new report by Grid Strategies anticipates that U.S. electricity demand will increase five times faster than previously estimated over the next five years. The culprit? Data centers, manufacturing, and…

December 12, 2024 by Sarah Montalbano