Why batteries, not gas plants, should be data centers’ first choice
A new report looks at the advantages of using batteries to meet data center demand — and offers some advice for states.
A new report looks at the advantages of using batteries to meet data center demand — and offers some advice for states.

Years of repetitive weather-related destruction of stretches of N.C. Highway 12 on the Outer Banks have reached a critical stage.
They’re rapidly being converted into generators to meet A.I.’s insatiable demand for electricity. Environmentalists call it a step backward.
In local elections across the country, Americans voted overwhelmingly to restrict the buildout of data centers in their communities.
Some Southern California beaches are losing sand. This threatens coastal towns’ identity, tourism, and infrastructure — and costs millions to replenish.
Two new reports reveal how federal funding cuts have stripped hundreds of millions of dollars from Indigenous communities, jeopardizing renewable energy projects, climate resilience efforts and tribal sovereignty.
