https://happenedinai.com/world/climate-energy/ Happened in AI helps you understand the important AI developments worldwide in under five minutes, then gives you the original evidence and context to go deeper. en Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:06:17 GMT https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-amazon-aep-xenergy-indiana-feasibility/ https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-amazon-aep-xenergy-indiana-feasibility/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:03:41 GMT News Climate & Energy AEP and X-energy will study a proposed 12-reactor plant with Amazon development funding; no operating capacity or construction timetable is established by the announcement. https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-ntt-docomo-ai-base-station-trial/ https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-ntt-docomo-ai-base-station-trial/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 23:03:41 GMT News Climate & Energy The Japanese telecom trial tests communications workloads and energy controls together, including outage scenarios; the announcement does not establish measured energy savings. https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-microsoft-exits-nscale-loughton-grid-delay/ https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-microsoft-exits-nscale-loughton-grid-delay/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:08:00 GMT News Climate & Energy Microsoft has ended its deal to anchor Nscale's planned 50 MW AI data center in Loughton, England, after the local grid operator reportedly said enough power may not be available until the early to mid-2030s; both companies say other projects are unaffected. https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-ferc-rejects-pjm-large-load-curtailment-plan/ https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-ferc-rejects-pjm-large-load-curtailment-plan/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 22:02:00 GMT News Climate & Energy In a 9 October order, US regulators rejected PJM's proposal to let the grid operator cut power to new large loads such as data centers that do not bring their own supply, saying the choice belongs to states, while accepting a 50 MW definition and a registry. https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-google-constellation-890-mw-nuclear-uprates/ https://happenedinai.com/story/energy-google-constellation-890-mw-nuclear-uprates/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 21:57:00 GMT News Climate & Energy Google agreed on 6 October to buy power for 20 years from 890 MW of added capacity at 11 existing Constellation reactors, with the first upgrade expected by 2028 and the rest by 2032; the price was not disclosed. https://happenedinai.com/story/ai-energy-use-explained/ https://happenedinai.com/story/ai-energy-use-explained/ Wed, 21 Oct 2026 10:40:00 GMT Explainer Climate & Energy Estimates of AI's power use vary widely because they measure different things, from a single query to all data centers, so here is how to compare them.