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With rising costs and federal rollbacks making energy a strategic risk for real estate, owners must pivot to active management using microgrids, AI, and new leasing strategies. Learn how to lead the conversation at the ChargedUp! Pavilion in Detroit in 2026.

JOLT’s move to buy Shell’s Volta Media Network is a test of whether EV stalls can double as a durable media platform — and whether landlords can claim a slice of that upside, not just the power bill.

For years, backup power sources were line items you hid in the engineering budget. Now they're creeping into leasing conversations - Evidence suggests they’re already influencing which buildings win the tenants with the highest expectations—and the longest horizons.

Deal expands ChargedUp! coverage from EVs to full-stack power, connectivity and AI integration for commercial, corporate and public real estate. DENVER, CO – (BUSINESS WIRE)--November 25, 2025 --   PublioSTUDIO™ , a content strategy and go-to-market studio for established and high-growth B2B brands, today announced it has acquired ChargedUp! from Fifth Gen Media. The acquisition positions ChargedUp! as a dedicated media platform focused on intelligent electrification for comm

If you only skimmed the headlines this week, you probably saw more “EV politics” than actual infrastructure news. Underneath that noise, there’s a different story: utilities rolling out demand-charge–friendly tariffs, states and the feds funding managed charging and V2G, microgrids scaling fast thanks to Big Tech and new tax credit markets, and private 5G quietly becoming the nervous system for ports and industrial campuses.

The U.S. Department of Energy’s new Federal Workplace Charging Program Guide walks agencies through how to offer charging to employees’ personal vehicles on federal property, from fee structures to roles and responsibilities. These are site-level playbooks that private owners - from corporate, healthcare, higher ed, logistics, even REITs - can copy almost verbatim.