Will Wade

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Will Wade

Piles of coal at a coal-fired electrical generation plant in Utah in 2022. (Bloomberg) -- While President Donald Trump is pushing to prop up the US coal industry, generating power from the dirtiest fossil fuel is becoming increasingly expensive and uncompetitive, according to a new report.

3 weeks ago | financialpost.com | Will Wade |Shoko Oda

Advertisement 1Meta Platforms Inc.’s flashy deal this week for nuclear power was just the latest sign of the technology industry’s need for more energy — and fast. And while the top US reactor companies are eager to sign more contracts, the big question remains: Will new generation come online quickly enough? Article content(Bloomberg) — Meta Platforms Inc.’s flashy deal this week for nuclear power was just the latest sign of the technology industry’s need for more energy — and fast.

3 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Will Wade |Shoko Oda

The Clinton Power Station in Illinois, US. (Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc.’s flashy deal this week for nuclear power was just the latest sign of the technology industry’s need for more energy — and fast. And while the top US reactor companies are eager to sign more contracts, the big question remains: Will new generation come online quickly enough? Data-center demand is rapidly disrupting the power grid as tech companies clamor for electricity to run artificial intelligence.

3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Will Wade |Shoko Oda

Meta Platforms Inc.’s flashy deal this week for nuclear power was just the latest sign of the technology industry’s need for more energy — and fast. And while the top US reactor companies are eager to sign more contracts, the big question remains: Will new generation come online quickly enough? Data-center demand is rapidly disrupting the power grid as tech companies clamor for electricity to run artificial intelligence.

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Will Wade |Naureen Malik

The parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will probably be paying about $80 (€70) per megawatt hour for energy from the Clinton plant in Illinois, according to Paul Zimbardo, an analyst at Jefferies, who made the forecast based on company guidance. That compares with the firm’s estimate of at least $110 for Microsoft’s deal for power from Pennsylvania’s Three Mile Island plant.