Energy & technology

AI oil emissions could rise or fall depending on production gains, data-center energy use, methane monitoring, and verified efficiency.

Texas Nuclear Energy gains an academic partner as UH joins a state alliance, but scale, safety, cost, and siting questions remain.

AI emissions research points to rising data center energy use, reporting gaps, and grid planning questions for power suppliers.

AI Oil Production is moving from pilot tools to commercial workflows, with efficiency claims, safety gains, and unresolved grid impacts.

Superconducting power lines could reduce data center power losses, but Microsoft’s work still faces cooling, cost, and supply limits.

Illinois is aggressively pursuing a carbon-free grid by 2050 under the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA). While the state's transition brings necessary environmental benefits and massive infrastructure investments, the rapid pace of replacing legacy fossil fuels with intermittent renewables carries inherent risks. Transitioning an entire energy economy requires a delicate balance of timing, generation…

Walmart’s first direct nuclear electricity agreement is landing in Illinois, and the deal says plenty about where large corporate energy buying is headed next. On June 23, 2026, Walmart and Constellation announced a long-term nuclear purchase agreement tied to the Dresden Clean Energy Center in Grundy County. The contract covers about 176 megawatts of wholesale…

A profound shift is rippling through the Midwestern energy grid. For years, electricity supply and demand maintained a predictable balance across the region. That stability has fractured. Massive server farms, built to process artificial intelligence queries and cloud computing workloads, require an unprecedented volume of electricity. The sudden influx of these sprawling facilities has strained…