Power Grids and Data Centers 100 MW of AI Data Center Capacity: About $1.1 Billion for the Building, Nearly $4 Billion With the ChipsBy Arnes Biogradlija19/10/2026 Widely quoted estimates put the capital cost of 100 MW of data center capacity at $900 million to more than…
Power Grids and Data Centers Tata Steel’s Grid Connection Was Contracted for 2027. It’s Now Not Coming Until 2029By Arnes Biogradlija30/09/2026 National Grid’s Electricity System Operator signed a formal connection offer with Tata Steel in May 2024, committing to build the…
Power Grids and Data Centers Global Electrification Targets and Market Realities: Assessing the Feasibility of 35% by 2035By Arnes Biogradlija30/09/2026 Electricity demand increased by more than 3% annually from 2015 to 2025, expanding nearly twice as fast as overall global…
Power Grids and Data Centers Nvidia’s New Grid Alliance Is a 2014 Idea Repackaged for the AI BoomBy Arnes Biogradlija17/09/2026 The AI Energy Management Alliance that Nvidia, Google and Emerald AI launched this week presents itself as a first-of-its-kind coalition.…
Power Grids and Data Centers Heron Power’s Solid-State Transformer Backlog Rests on Two Named CustomersBy Arnes Biogradlija15/09/2026 Heron Power’s newest funding announcement cites more than 40 gigawatts of customer interest in its Heron Link power conversion system.…
Batteries and Storage This New Mobile Battery Planning Model Solves a Problem the Grid Isn’t Ready to UseBy Arnes Biogradlija11/09/2026 The optimization framework published this year in the Journal of Energy Storage is built to jointly site, size, and route…
Power Grids and Data Centers Europe’s Balancing Market Sometimes Charges More to Cut Power Than to Add ItBy Arnes Biogradlija08/09/2026 On April 1, 2026, between midnight and 12:15 a.m., Belgium’s cross-border marginal aFRR price for reducing power output averaged 132…
Power Grids and Data Centers The AI Grid Mismatch Is Getting Worse Each Year NERC Measures ItBy Arnes Biogradlija04/09/2026 The North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s projection for summer peak demand growth over the next decade has gone from 55…
Power Grids and Data Centers Trump’s Grid Order Closes the One Escape Route FEOC Rules Left OpenBy Arnes Biogradlija02/09/2026 Federal safe harbor tables already assign 52% of a grid-scale battery system’s total direct cost to the cells alone, meaning…
Power Grids and Data Centers Trump’s Grid Security Emergency Order Collides With the Supply Chain It RestrictsBy Arnes Biogradlija28/08/2026 China accounts for 80% of global lithium-ion battery supply chain production capacity and 85% of solar production capacity, according to…
