Insatiable demand for data centers is pushing development to high-risk areas
Data center construction continues booming across the U.S. as demand for AI, cloud services, and digital infrastructure climbs, even in areas historically considered high-risk for hurricanes and flooding. As utilities struggle to scale transmission capacity fast enough to keep up, the industry is increasingly turning toward alternative power solutions and resilient design to support demand growth.
Enchanted Rock keeps the power on for businesses, critical infrastructure, and communities
Enchanted Rock delivers reliable, low-emission power to businesses, critical infrastructure, and entire communities that depend on uninterrupted operations. The company’s natural-gas microgrids provide full-facility backup power, support long-duration outages, and help customers avoid the operational and financial risks associated with grid instability.
Quenching Data Center Thirst for Power Now Is Solvable Problem
Rapid growth in artificial intelligence, cloud computing, and digital infrastructure is driving an unprecedented surge in electricity demand from data centers.The challenge is substantial but workable through a more flexible approach that includes distributed generation and other rapidly deployable resources.
Powering Resilience: Building a Stronger Future for Critical Infrastructure
From hurricanes and heat waves to cyber threats and grid strain, Houston faces growing challenges that threaten essential services. At a roundtable hosted by the Houston Business Journal and Enchanted Rock, leaders from healthcare, utilities, transportation, and manufacturing shared how they’re preparing for what’s next.
Enchanted Rock Introduces ERT500™ and RockBlock™ Advanced Onsite Power Generation Technologies
The new ERT500™ generator and RockBlock™ backup power solutions from Enchanted Rock are engineered to deliver reliable, ultra-low-emission onsite power for data centers, healthcare facilities, and other critical infrastructure. With diesel-like transient response, modular scalability, and advanced monitoring, these systems maximize uptime while meeting the strictest air quality standards.
How is the energy industry navigating data centers, tariffs and federal policy changes?
Houston Business Journal’s Energy in Business panel brought together leaders from across the sector to discuss the impacts of tariffs, policy shifts, and rising data center demand on natural gas, infrastructure, and the energy transition. Joel Yu of Enchanted Rock highlighted both the risks and opportunities of rapid demand growth, stressing the need for policy support and infrastructure investment to keep pace with change.
Blackout Fears Arise As Trump’s Data Center Push Hits Already Strained Grid
A wave of artificial intelligence data center development is raising concerns about an electricity reliability crisis for the nation’s largest power grid. But with this surge of planned data centers, industry experts question whether the power grid serving this region can handle the tsunami of new development headed its way without significantly increasing the risk of blackouts.
The AI data center boom won’t bust, but it will pause
An AI data center bust is unlikely in the near future, but the boom is experiencing a brief slowdown. Tech companies are using this pause to reassess their strategies and plan for more sustainable development.
Green Hydrogen Shows Promise for AI Power, But Challenges Remain
The extensive computing power and complex algorithms needed to train AI — not to mention the cooling systems needed to keep data centers running — entail significant electrical consumption. As a result, tech giants like Microsoft are looking for ways to reduce reliance on strained electric grids. Green hydrogen could be the next big thing.
Enchanted Rock Microgrids Offer Backup Power and Grid Support
Sometime, somewhere, the power is going to go out. Maybe for a few minutes or a few hours. Starting with Winter Storm Uri in February 2021, most Texans have endured a blackout longer than a day. Outages of that length aren’t just inconvenient. They’re expensive, destructive and life-threatening. Texas energy provider Enchanted Rock helps to mitigate the aftershocks of grid failure.