August 27, 2026 at 12:49 PM ET
US Army selects 5 companies to deploy microreactors at military installations
The $2.2B in federal funding is intended to boost the sites’ resilience and the commercial viability of next-generation nuclear power.
Shapiro Sets Binding GRID Requirements in Pennsylvania, Targets Data Center Power Costs
Policy & Governance Data Centers Power & Cooling
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro signed an executive order on Aug. 18 that raises the bar for large data center development in the state, directing agencies to condition favorable permitting treatment and tax benefits on compliance with new energy, infrastructure, environmental, workforce, and community requirements. Executive Order 2026-05 applies its central permitting provisions to data centers with [...]
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August 27, 2026 at 9:02 AM ET
Data center load made up 9% of PJM wholesale costs so far in 2026: market monitor
Overall wholesale power costs in the PJM Interconnection jumped 46% to $56.7 billion so far this year, driven by rising energy and capacity costs, per the grid operator’s market monitor.
August 26, 2026 at 3:07 PM ET
Hull Street Acquires Two PJM-Based Power Stations from Rockland Capital
Maryland-based investment firm Hull Street Energy announced it has completed its acquisition of two Midwestern power plants that provide electricity in the PJM Interconnection.
August 26, 2026 at 12:28 PM ET
The POWER Interview: How Is Rising Scrutiny Changing the Way Data Centers Secure Power?
A recent flurry of state and federal action points to a marked pivot from treating data center growth as a grid-planning challenge to requiring large-load customers to show who pays for grid upgrades, what capacity supports the load, and how projects will operate during system stress. Morgan Lewis partner Arjun P. Ramadevanahalli spoke with POWER [...]
August 26, 2026 at 9:58 AM ET
Westinghouse eVinci Reaches Criticality Milestone at Nevada Test Site
Westinghouse’s eVinci microreactor has completed zero-power criticality testing at the National Criticality Experiments Research Center (NCERC), a National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) facility at the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS). The company said the milestone, achieved at 10:39 a.m. PT on Aug. 24 in partnership with Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) and Idaho National Laboratory [...]
August 23, 2026 at 6:14 PM ET
d-Matrix Raptor 3D-DRAM Accelerator for Generative Inference at Hot Chips 2026
At Hot Chips 2026, d-Matrix showed off its Raptor 3D-DRAM accelerator for AI breaking free of using HBM for memory by stacking DRAM and logic
