Data Centers Archives https://www.powermag.com/category/data-centers/ The power industry's trusted source for generation technology, O&M, and legal & regulatory news for coal, gas, nuclear, hydro, wind & solar power plants; power jobs Fri, 08 Nov 2024 00:31:03 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 https://www.powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-p-power-32x32.jpg Data Centers Archives https://www.powermag.com/category/data-centers/ 32 32 Vistra in Talks to Expand Power for Data Centers Through Nuclear, Gas Options https://www.powermag.com/vistra-in-talks-to-expand-power-for-data-centers-through-nuclear-gas-options/ https://www.powermag.com/vistra-in-talks-to-expand-power-for-data-centers-through-nuclear-gas-options/#respond Thu, 07 Nov 2024 22:29:35 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=225139 Vistra is pursuing deals with data center developers in Texas and the PJM region to address the industry’s energy needs at multiple sites, executives revealed during the company’s third-quarter earnings […]

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Vistra’s Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant is a two-unit, 2,400-MW nuclear facility with pressurized water reactors (PWRs) located near Glen Rose in Somervell County, Texas. Built by Luminant with reactors supplied by Westinghouse and operational since 1990, Vistra received Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval in July 2024 to extend the plant’s operation through 2053, adding 20 years beyond its original licenses.

]]> https://www.powermag.com/vistra-in-talks-to-expand-power-for-data-centers-through-nuclear-gas-options/feed/ 0 Ratepayers First: The Economic Case Against Nuclear’s Data Center Dreams https://www.powermag.com/blog/ratepayers-first-the-economic-case-against-nuclears-data-center-dreams/ https://www.powermag.com/blog/ratepayers-first-the-economic-case-against-nuclears-data-center-dreams/#respond Wed, 06 Nov 2024 12:40:36 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?post_type=blog&p=225048 As an energy professional in Georgia with a front row seat to the construction of Plant Vogtle, I found the October 23 Washington Post editorial endorsing nuclear energy as a […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/blog/ratepayers-first-the-economic-case-against-nuclears-data-center-dreams/feed/ 0 FERC Blocks PJM Proposal to Expand Amazon Data Center Load at Susquehanna Nuclear Plant https://www.powermag.com/ferc-blocks-pjm-proposal-to-expand-amazon-data-center-load-at-susquehanna-nuclear-plant/ https://www.powermag.com/ferc-blocks-pjm-proposal-to-expand-amazon-data-center-load-at-susquehanna-nuclear-plant/#respond Sat, 02 Nov 2024 17:05:47 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=225003 The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected an amended interconnection agreement that would have supported expanded co-located load at an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center connected to the […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/ferc-blocks-pjm-proposal-to-expand-amazon-data-center-load-at-susquehanna-nuclear-plant/feed/ 0 Why Data Center Developers Should Think ‘Power First’ https://www.powermag.com/why-data-center-developers-should-think-power-first/ https://www.powermag.com/why-data-center-developers-should-think-power-first/#respond Thu, 31 Oct 2024 00:08:31 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=224938 You don’t need me to tell you how artificial intelligence (AI) is impacting the power grid; you can just ask AI. Claude, an AI assistant created by Anthropic, told POWER, […]

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]]> https://www.powermag.com/why-data-center-developers-should-think-power-first/feed/ 0 Power and Data Center Sectors Join Forces to Resolve Mounting Electricity Demand Uncertainties https://www.powermag.com/power-and-data-center-sectors-join-forces-to-resolve-mounting-electricity-demand-uncertainties/ https://www.powermag.com/power-and-data-center-sectors-join-forces-to-resolve-mounting-electricity-demand-uncertainties/#respond Wed, 30 Oct 2024 13:34:59 +0000 https://www.powermag.com/?p=224916 The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has launched an ambitious new initiative alongside power companies, grid operators, and several tech giants to establish five to 10 “flexibility hubs” that will […]

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Projections of potential power consumption in U.S. data centers scenarios, 2023–2030. Courtesy: EPRI, Powering Intelligence: Analyzing Artificial Intelligence and Data Center Energy Consumption. May 2024.

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