Catherine Boudreau
Catherine Boudreau is a senior reporter at Latitude Media. She’s spent a decade covering, energy, climate and agriculture issues at the intersection of business and policy. Her stories have taken her from a solar manufacturing plant in rural Georgia to global climate summits in Egypt and Dubai.
Catherine was previously a senior sustainability reporter at Business Insider, focusing on how climate change and the energy transition affect the economy. Before that, she worked at POLITICO, where she launched a newsletter on corporate climate accountability. She received a James Beard Award for an investigation into federal nutrition research. Her reporting has also been featured on CBS News, WAMU’s 1A, WBUR’s On Point, Marketplace, and C-SPAN.
Catherine is a native Vermonter and carries pure maple syrup to her favorite brunch spots in D.C., her current home. Contact Catherine at catherine@latitudemedia.com or on Signal at @cboudreau.37.
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Data centers’ hidden water footprint is linked to the grid
A Ceres analysis shows that data centers’ indirect water footprint from power plants dwarfs direct cooling.
Catherine BoudreauAug 25, 2026 -
How Heron Power plans to scale first transformer factory to 40 GW
CEO Drew Baglino on the company’s plans to ramp production in the coming years — and combat the U.S. power equipment shortage.
Catherine BoudreauAug 24, 2026 -
Scoop: BlocPower is shutting down
The climate startup is liquidating its assets, and everyone from major banks and venture firms to everyday investors faces losses.
Catherine BoudreauAug 19, 2026 -
Pacific Northwest targets 14 GW clean energy buildout by 2032
Regional planners called for a massive expansion of solar, wind, and batteries to meet data center demand.
Catherine BoudreauAug 13, 2026 -
Nextpower’s next chapter: From solar trackers to inverters and storage
The solar tracker pioneer is making a series of acquisitions.
Catherine BoudreauAug 10, 2026 -
Scoop: BlocPower faces restructuring — and investors stand to lose
After raising millions to electrify low-income homes, the startup now faces heavy debt and unpaid crowdfunders.
Catherine BoudreauAug 6, 2026 -
Perimeter Compute wants to turn spare office power into edge AI data centers
Exclusive: The startup is launching out of stealth with a plan to put GPUs in commercial buildings with excess capacity.
Catherine BoudreauAug 3, 2026 -
Grid utilization: Useful policy tool or a distraction?
As Virginia rolls out its first-in-the-nation law, analysts debate whether measuring spare capacity will actually lower rates.
Catherine BoudreauJul 31, 2026 -
As more data centers trip off the grid, ‘ride-through’ rules gain steam
A 3-GW load drop in Virginia highlighted the cascading blackout risks of AI data centers disconnecting during grid faults.
Catherine BoudreauJul 28, 2026 -
Why energy bills may keep rising, even as utilities join Trump’s AI ratepayer pledge
The White House is taking credit for customer savings. But real change may ultimately be up to states.
Catherine BoudreauJul 23, 2026
