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So-called large-load customers could make up most of the new demand for electricity in Xcel’s service area in 5 years. Consumer advocates say they must pay their own way.

Pacifico Energy and other energy companies are rushing to build private power plants across the Lone Star State.

Oil and gas companies have said the region needs more power. Environmentalists and a conservative think tank worry the state is moving too fast — and ratepayers will see the costs in their bills.

Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.

Utility companies, Colorado legislators and others are working to balance the impacts of a growing data center industry

Deep Fission says it plans to install a nuclear reactor underground at an industrial park in southeast Kansas. State and local government leaders are on board. It’s part of a national push for new nuclear energy generation.

CEO Sundar Pichai announced the investment with Gov. Greg Abbott during a press conference Friday.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission held a series of meetings with representatives from Oklahoma Gas & Electric to discuss the merits of the application.

Deep Fission is a fledgling startup that says it can help tech companies meet the "explosive demand" for more energy to power artificial intelligence. It's one of two nuclear companies that have announced plans related to Kansas in the past month.

A law passed this year requires the regulatory agency to explore a future with nuclear energy generation in Oklahoma. But the measure doesn't provide funding to secure a firm to complete the study.