Power generation surged for the second year amid a struggle to power AI data centers

The quantity of electricity generated in the US by all sources, from natural gas to rooftop solar, rose by 3.0% in 2025 from 2024 to a record 4,527,969 gigawatt-hours (GWh), according to data from the EIA. There had been 14 years of roughly no growth in power generation from 2007 through 2021, despite the growing...