Should data centers pay up front or build their own power plants?

Should data centers pay up front or build their own power plants?

Workers monitor grid conditions in the main control room at PJM Interconnection in Valley Forge, Pa. Credit: PJM Interconnection Demand on the electricity grid that serves Pennsylvania and a dozen other states flirted with an all-time record last week as arctic cold blanketed most of the country and millions of heating systems worked overtime.  While it fell short of a new peak — due to school and government closures after winter storm Fern, acc…

How localized power and data centers are reshaping energy infrastructure

Jeremy Osterberger talks with Whitney Strickland, CEO of TF Companies, to discuss how data centers are driving new approaches to power generation, including onsite plants, microgrids and emerging nuclear concepts.