Cloud computing and grid computing are often mistaken for one another, but the fact is that they’re nowhere close to the same thing. This article explains both systems, and how they differ from one ...

In recent years, Europe’s rapid transition to renewable energy, particularly solar and wind power, has dramatically reshaped its energy landscape. Countries such as the Netherlands, Germany, and the ...

Across the landscape of U.S. electric utilities, the words “grid modernization” encapsulate the frustration and promise in tackling the growing need to update and harden chronically aging grid ...

As the world accelerates toward an electrified future driven by renewable energy, electric vehicles (EVs), and industrial electrification, energy distribution grids face unprecedented challenges. From ...

The electric distribution grid is facing unprecedented challenges as artificial intelligence (AI) and data center growth drive energy demand to new heights. Over the next five years, the surge in ...

41% of North American utilities have fully integrated AI, data analytics, and edge intelligence, surpassing previous projections. Key AI use cases include customer personalization, safety monitoring, ...

LIBERTY LAKE, Wash., April 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ: ITRI), which is innovating new ways for utilities and cities to manage energy and water, is working together with Norwegian ...

The concept of “grid computing” was created in the late 1990s by researchers at Argonne National Labs and other places. Like many revolutionary concepts in IT, including the World Wide Web and ...

The Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water is working through the implications of an AI-driven boom in data centres for the energy grid, raising both "challenges" and ...

National Grid's infrastructure has not been substantially upgraded since the 1950s in the UK and over 100 years in Upstate NY. The UK's plans to upgrade the electrical grid with a £58 billion ...

Although grids and clusters may both satisfy high-performance or high-throughput requirements by enabling distributed computing, grids solve the more complicated problem of providing computing ...

Adding renewable energy and energy storage capacity brings an added layer of complexity to traditional electrical grid systems. Balancing supply and demand of energy for power systems, even under ...