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高温、干旱、AI需求：美国电网今夏面临“五级警报”
美国老旧脆弱的电网正迎来一年中最酷热的几个月，尽管新增发电量创下历史新高，但随之而来的问题也不少。 高达58.5吉瓦的新增电力资源并网，降低了美国近年来面临的大规模停电风险，这些新增资源以太阳能和电池储能为主。这是非营利组织北美电力可靠性公司(North American Electric Reliability Corporation, 简称NERC)公布的数据，该组织负责监控美国电力系统的可靠性。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
今夏に米電力網が直面する「最大級」のリスク
米国の老朽化した電力網が1年で最も暑い季節を迎えている。記録的な規模の新たな発電能力が備わったにもかかわらず、多くの問題を抱えている。 新たな電源として太陽光と蓄電池を中心に58.5ギガワット（GW）が加わったことで、米国がこの数年にわたり直面していた広範な停電のリスクは低下した。このように分析しているのは、米国の電力システムの信頼性を監視する非営利団体、北米電力信頼度協議会（NERC）だ。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The ‘Five Alarm’ Risks Facing the Power Grid This Summer
U.S. households are expected to spend about 10.5% more to cool their homes this summer than last. Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg News U.S. households are expected to spend about 10.5% more to cool their homes this summer than last. Joe Lamberti/Bloomberg News America’s rickety electric grid is entering the hottest months of the year with a record-setting amount of new power generation—but plenty of problems.
The Power Plant Hiding in Plain Sight
Plus: Will anyone buy a cheap EV truck, the World Cup tries to cool off and the Trump administration offers nuclear loans Power lines near a data center in Virginia. Lexi Critchett/Bloomberg News The U.S. needs to build more power plants, poles and wires to meet rising electricity demand, but projects and supply chains are backlogged in every direction. One of the quickest ways to add more electrons to the system could be tapping resources that already exist.
美国押注巨额低息贷款，力图复兴核电产业
特朗普政府迫切看到核电复兴，正着手提供上百亿美元的资金来支持反应堆订单。 根据一项预计于周二宣布的新协议，美国能源部将提供总额达175亿美元的低息贷款，供电力公司采购西屋电气公司(Westinghouse Electric)旗舰核反应堆AP1000的设备。目前，中国正在大规模建造该反应堆的衍生版本。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
US bets billions of dollars in low-cost loans can revive nuclear power
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米政権、原発建設促進へ 低利融資2.8兆円
米トランプ政権は原子力発電の復活を目指し、原子炉の建設促進に巨額を投じる計画だ。 エネルギー省は23日、米原子力発電大手ウエスチングハウス（WH）の主力原子炉「AP1000」を注文する電力会社に対して低利融資175億ドル（約2兆8000億円）を提供すると発表する見通し。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
U.S. Bets Billions of Dollars in Low-Cost Loans Can Revive Nuclear Power Original
Two units at Georgia’s Vogtle nuclear-power plant were originally expected to cost $14 billion, but ultimately exceeded $30 billion. Arvin Temkar/AP The Trump administration is so eager to see a nuclear power renaissance that it is starting to fund billions of dollars for reactor orders.
Chevron Strikes Power Deal With Microsoft for West Texas AI Data Center
The 2.7-gigawatt project will have its own on-site power plant fueled by Chevron’s local natural-gas production The deal cements Chevron’s lead among major oil companies betting on the data-center boom.
Chevron Strikes Power Deal With Microsoft for West Texas AI Data Center
The deal cements Chevron's lead among major oil companies betting on the data-center boom. - Mario Tama/Getty Images Chevron has struck a 20-year agreement to sell electricity to Microsoft, which plans to build what could become one of the country's largest artificial-intelligence data centers in West Texas.
米で広がる原発支持 宇宙空間も視野に
米国の原子力発電業界が最後の建設ラッシュに沸いたのは、東西ドイツが統一され、映画「ホーム・アローン」シリーズの第1作がその年の大ヒット作の一つとなった1990年頃だった。 その頃にはもう原子力は長い間支持を失っていた。その後、焦点は天然ガスや風力発電、太陽光発電に移った。だが現在、電力需要の増加や気候変動への関心の高まり、そしてテクノロジー業界で急増するエネルギー需要を背景に、原子力発電への関心が再燃している。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
公众如今支持核能，但全面落地还差什么？
“USA250：世界最伟大经济体的故事”是《华尔街日报》为期一年的系列报道，审视美国第一个250年的风雨历程。敬请阅读总编Emma Tucker的寄语，进一步了解本系列报道。 美国核电行业的上一轮建设热潮是在1990年左右落下帷幕，当时东西德刚刚统一，《小鬼当家》(Home Alone)是当年最热门的电影之一。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The Public Now Backs Nuclear Energy. What Will It Take to Make It Happen?
“USA250: The Story of the World’s Greatest Economy” is a yearlong WSJ series examining America’s first 250 years. Read more about it from Editor in Chief Emma Tucker. The U.S. nuclear power industry’s last building spree ended around 1990, when East and West Germany reunified and “Home Alone” was one of the year’s hit movies. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
米データセンター集積地、AI電力コスト負担の試金石に
【フェニックス】ソノラ砂漠の広大な郊外地域に、新たな様式の建築物が姿を現している。窓のないデータセンターだ。24時間稼働し、中規模都市並みに電力を大量消費する。 マイクロソフトなどのハイテク大手が米最大級のデータセンター市場で事業を拡大する中、人工知能（AI）革命の推進に必要な送電網の大規模な増強の費用をどうやって賄うかを巡り、大きな利害の絡む戦いが繰り広げられている。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
菲尼克斯是数据中心重镇，亦是AI电力成本难题的试金石
在索诺兰沙漠蔓延的郊区，一种新式建筑正在拔地而起：一座座没有窗户的数据中心，一天24小时嗡嗡作响，耗电量堪比一座中等规模的城市。 随着微软(Microsoft)等科技巨头在这个全美最大的数据中心市场之一扩张版图，一场关键的博弈正在上演，核心问题是：为推动AI革命而进行的大规模电网升级，这笔钱该由谁来出？ Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Phoenix Is a Data-Center Mecca—and Test Case for How to Pay for AI’s Power Needs
A new style of architecture is rising in the sprawling suburbs of the Sonoran Desert: windowless data centers that hum 24 hours a day and guzzle as much electricity as a midsize city. As Microsoft and other tech giants expand their footprints in one of the nation’s largest data-center markets, a high-stakes battle is unfolding over how to pay for the massive power-grid upgrades needed to drive the AI revolution.
Phoenix Is a Data-Center Mecca—and Test Case for How to Pay for AI’s Power Needs
Arizona households already face high summer electricity bills and temperatures that often hit triple digits. Mark Lipczynski for WSJ Arizona households already face high summer electricity bills and temperatures that often hit triple digits. Mark Lipczynski for WSJ PHOENIX—A new style of architecture is rising in the sprawling suburbs of the Sonoran Desert: windowless data centers that hum 24 hours a day and guzzle as much electricity as a midsize city.
Phoenix Is a Data-Center Mecca—and Test Case for How to Pay for AI’s Power Needs
ChatGPT 2 hours ago OpenAI says ChatGPT’s memory feature is getting smarter and coming to free users 9to5Mac - Zac Hall • 2h ChatGPT’s memory feature allows it to learn about you and remember your preferences over time. Memory gives ChatGPT useful context for natural interactions that don’t need start from scratch each time. OpenAI has released new details on how ChatGPT’s memory feature is getting smarter and coming to … Artificial Intelligence 2 hours ago What Are A.I. Agents Actually Doing?
Nuclear Power Startup Newcleo to Go Public in SPAC Deal
The deal, which values the developer at about $2.4 billion, follows a wave of nuclear companies going public to serve AI’s surging power needs Newcleo is developing nonnuclear testing systems in Italy and has more than 900 employees. newcleo Nuclear power developer Newcleo said Wednesday that it plans to go public through a merger with a blank-check company in a deal valuing it at about $2.4 billion.
Microsoft Cares About Your Privacy The biggest challenge of a utility megadeal: regulators
Jennifer Hiller NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy have agreed to combine in a blockbuster utilities deal. Now comes the hard part: a regulatory marathon. The companies must convince a web of state and federal regulators that combining two of the U.S.'s largest utilities will benefit customers and avoid increasing electricity bills at a time of heightened scrutiny on consumer costs and grid reliability.
The Biggest Challenge of a Utility Megadeal: Regulators
NextEra Energy NEE -4.63 %decrease; red down pointing triangle and Dominion Energy D 9.44 %increase; green up pointing triangle have agreed to combine in a blockbuster utilities deal. Now comes the hard part: a regulatory marathon. The companies must convince a web of state and federal regulators that combining two of the U.S.’s largest utilities will benefit customers and avoid increasing electricity bills at a time of heightened scrutiny on consumer costs and grid reliability.
NextEra to buy Dominion Energy in $67 billion deal
Ben Dummett, Jennifer Hiller NextEra Energy agreed to buy Dominion Energy in a roughly $67 billion deal that would create the largest U.S. electricity producer and represent one of the biggest tie-ups of the year. The companies said Monday that they plan to combine in a mostly stock deal. NextEra is offering the equivalent of around $76 a share to Dominion shareholders, based on Friday's closing stock prices.
NextEra to Buy Dominion Energy in $67 Billion Deal
NextEra Energy NEE -3.71 %decrease; red down pointing triangle agreed to buy Dominion Energy D 11.70 %increase; green up pointing triangle in a roughly $67 billion deal that would create a utility giant and represent one of the biggest tie-ups of the year. The deal would combine two of the largest U.S. utilities into an East Coast energy titan with territory in Florida, the Carolinas and Virginia, and require approval from a gauntlet of state and federal regulators.
米電力大手ネクステラ、同業ドミニオンを買収へ 670億ドル
米電力大手ネクステラ・エナジーは、同業ドミニオン・エナジーを約670億ドル（約10兆6000億円）で買収することで合意した。この今年最大級のM&A（合併・買収）案件により、公益事業の巨大企業が誕生することになった。 両社は18日、株式交換を通じて合併すると発表した。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
NextEra Energy Near Deal for Rival Utility Dominion
NextEra Energy NEE -2.42 %decrease; red down pointing triangle is in advanced talks to buy rival utility Dominion Energy D -1.97 %decrease; red down pointing triangle in a deal that would be one of the largest of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. The potential tie-up comes as the artificial-intelligence race is propelling significant electricity-demand growth for the first time in decades.
NextEra Energy near deal for rival utility Dominion
Jennifer Hiller, Lauren Thomas NextEra Energy is in advanced talks to buy rival utility Dominion Energy in a deal that would be one of the largest of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. The potential tie-up comes as the artificial-intelligence race is propelling significant electricity-demand growth for the first time in decades. The details The companies are discussing a mostly stock deal that could come as soon as Monday, the people said, assuming the talks don't fall apart.
NextEra Energy near deal for rival utility Dominion
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Microsoft Cares About Your Privacy The Texas-size fight over Rick Perry's nuclear power startup
Jennifer Hiller Seven months ago, former Energy Secretary Rick Perry described as genius an idea from Texas energy billionaire Toby Neugebauer to build the world's largest data center on a dusty grazing lease near Amarillo. “There will be an M.B.A. case study written about what you guys pulled off—I'm telling you,” Perry said to Neugebauer onstage at an October nuclear power conference. Today, the men are on opposite sides of a bitter showdown over the company they co-founded.
The Texas-Size Fight Over Rick Perry’s Nuclear Power Startup
Now You can describe the costs of Donald Trump’s second presidency by the damage he has done — to the rule of law, to the United States’ standing in the world, to the constraints on corruption and self-dealing we once took for granted. As Mr. Trump closes in on 500 days in office, it is even more …
Fermi Says It Terminated Former CEO and Co-Founder
Toby Neugebauer earlier this month. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images for Semafor World Economy Fermi said Thursday it terminated co-founder and former CEO Toby Neugebauer for cause, an escalation of leadership turmoil at the company that plans to build a giant power and data-center campus in Texas. Neugebauer left the CEO role earlier this month but had remained on the board. He has called for the sale of the company.
Trump Media的最新转型之举：高层大换血
Trump Media & Technology Group的新任掌门人凯文·麦格恩(Kevin McGurn)正面临一项挑战：如何把该公司旗下有些另类的业务组合包装成一个说得通的故事。 麦格恩是一位资深媒体高管兼顾问，他于上周接任该公司的临时首席执行官。Trump Media最广为人知的身份，是美国总统特朗普旗下社交媒体平台Truth Social的母公司。麦格恩接替的是前国会议员德文·努内斯(Devin Nunes)，后者在执掌该公司四年后突然离职。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Trump Media’s Latest Pivot Is a Leadership Shake-Up
Kevin McGurn, interim CEO of Trump Media & Technology Group. Michael Nagle/Bloomberg News Kevin McGurn faces a challenge as the new head of Trump Media & Technology Group DJT 3.55%increase; green up pointing triangle: figuring out how to package the company’s odd mix of business ventures. McGurn is a longtime media executive and adviser who took over last week as interim chief executive of the company, best known as the parent of Truth Social, President Trump’s social-media platform.
Stock Market Today: Nasdaq, S&P Close at Records, Finishing Best Month Since 2020
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The S&P 500 and Nasdaq closed their best month in years, pushing through war in the Middle East, a divided Federal Reserve and a gauntlet of tech earnings. The Nasdaq composite rose nearly 1% on the day, ending April with a 15.3% gain, its best month since the volatile Covid-era trading of early 2020. The S&P 500 also closed its best month since 2020. Both benchmarks ended the day at fresh records. On Thursday, America's AI buildout helped indexes, but not in all the usual places.
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美国10年来首批商业核电项目破土动工
美国10年来首批商业核电项目现已动工，这对于多年来停滞不前的核电行业而言，可能是一个转折点。 由比尔·盖茨(Bill Gates)近20年前创立的公司TerraPower的项目周三在怀俄明州动工。与此同时，Kairos Power也于上周在田纳西州破土动工，兴建一座计划向谷歌(Google)出售电力的核电站。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
America’s First Commercial Nuclear-Power Projects in a Decade Just Broke Ground
Bill Gates-backed TerraPower and Google partner Kairos are building nuclear plants in Wyoming and Tennessee April 23, 2026 2:00 pm ET The Kairos Power demonstration project is under construction in Tennessee. Kairos Power The first commercial nuclear-power projects in a decade are now under construction in the U.S., a potential turning point for a segment of the power industry that has been stuck in neutral for years.
Fermi Shares Plummet on Executive Departures
Rick Perry, a former U.S. energy secretary, co-founded Fermi. Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg News Shares of Fermi, the company co-founded by Rick Perry that plans to build a giant power and data center campus in Texas, dropped nearly 20% Monday on the departure of the chief executive officer and chief financial officer. Fermi went public in October and aims to build what would become one of the world’s largest data-center campuses by 2038 in Amarillo, Texas.
Hawaii and Alaska are feeling the brunt of the energy shock
Jennifer Hiller Hawaii's largest utility is warning residential customers to brace for a 20% to 30% jump in their electric bills in the coming months. In Fairbanks, Alaska, the Golden Valley Electric Association is also telling customers to get ready to pay more. The power markets in Hawaii and Alaska are among the first in the U.S. to feel the reverberations of the global energy shock caused by the Iran war .
Hawaii and Alaska Are Feeling the Brunt of the Energy Shock
Electricity bills are rising in those oil-dependent regions, while lower natural-gas prices have insulated most of the U.S. U.S. natural gas is a rare piece of the energy market that remains insulated from the Iran war. WSJ’s Jinjoo Lee explains how. Photo: Claire Hogan/WSJ Hawaii’s largest utility is warning residential customers to brace for a 20% to 30% jump in their electric bills in the coming months.
美国公用事业公司计划未来五年斥资1.4万亿美元，为AI发展提供电力
美国公用事业公司正酝酿一轮史无前例的投资狂潮，目标是修缮老化的电网，满足人工智能(AI)发展热潮所催生的激增电力需求。 消费者教育组织PowerLines发布的一份新报告显示，51家投资者所有的公用事业公司的未来五年资本支出计划估计已达1.4万亿美元，较一年前增长逾20%。彼时，这些公司的五年支出计划规模约为1.1万亿美元。 Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Utilities Plan to Spend $1.4 Trillion Over Next Five Years to Power AI Boom
The power grid has been repeatedly battered by storms and fires, requiring rebuilding and investment. - Jae C. Hong/Associated Press U.S. utilities are planning a historic investment spree to patch up an aging power grid and meet rising electricity demand for the artificial-intelligence boom. Capital spending plans for 51 investor-owned utilities have reached an estimated $1.4 trillion for the next five years, according to a new report from PowerLines, a consumer education group.
Utilities plan to spend $1.4 trillion over next five years to power AI boom
Jennifer Hiller U.S. utilities are planning a historic investment spree to patch up an aging power grid and meet rising electricity demand for the artificial-intelligence boom. Capital spending plans for 51 investor-owned utilities have reached an estimated $1.4 trillion for the next five years, according to a new report from PowerLines, a consumer education group. That is up more than 20% from a year ago, when the companies planned to spend about $1.1 trillion over a five-year period.
Utilities Plan to Spend $1.4 Trillion Over Next Five Years to Power AI Boom
Soaring spending plans by 51 investor-owned utilities will help patch up the aging power grid and meet rising electricity demand for AI, report finds The power grid has been repeatedly battered by storms and fires, requiring rebuilding and investment. Jae C. Hong/Associated Press U.S. utilities are planning a historic investment spree to patch up an aging power grid and meet rising electricity demand for the artificial-intelligence boom.
Trump Media入局核聚变竞赛背后：一场“人造太阳”的竞逐
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How Trump Media joined the nuclear industry's quest to create a star on Earth
Jennifer Hiller FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.—Trump Media & Technology Group is embarking on a $6 billion foray into power generation with an unlikely partner pursuing an unlikely technology, one that has yet to produce a single watt of electricity. In a quiet office park tucked in a hillside, technicians at fusion company TAE Technologies make adjustments to a 40-foot-long tube of nickel-chromium alloy.
How Trump Media Joined the Nuclear Industry’s Quest to Create a Star on Earth
By Jennifer Hiller | Photography by Adam Amengual for WSJ FOOTHILL RANCH, Calif.—Trump Media & Technology Group DJT -1.40%decrease; red down pointing triangle is embarking on a $6 billion foray into power generation with an unlikely partner pursuing an unlikely technology, one that has yet to produce a single watt of electricity. In a quiet office park tucked in a hillside, technicians at fusion company TAE Technologies make adjustments to a 40-foot-long tube of nickel-chromium alloy.
Constellation Energy Exec Says Reactor Restart Faces Grid Bottleneck Original
The site of the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Middletown, Pa., in 2024. Matt Roth for WSJ A Constellation Energy executive said on Thursday that a reactor at the former Three Mile Island nuclear power plant will be ready to generate electricity again in 2027, but the company was told that it might not be able to connect to the power grid until 2031.
The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be shared between power-gobbling AI companies and consumers already bridling at utility bills. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
The electric grid needs huge upgrades. No one knows who will pay for them.
Katherine Blunt, Jennifer Hiller The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be shared between power-gobbling AI companies and consumers already bridling at utility bills .
The Electric Grid Needs Huge Upgrades. No One Knows Who Will Pay for Them.
The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be shared between power-gobbling AI companies and consumers already bridling at utility bills. Copyright ©2026 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Exclusive | A New Threat to Power Grids: Data Centers Unplugging at Once
Dozens of data centers abruptly dropped off the power grid in recent Virginia incidents, forcing operators to take emergency action Power-grid health is critical in Virginia, where data centers could use up to 57% of the state’s electricity by 2030. Jonathan Ernst/Reuters Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system.
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