FERC Grapples With Connecting Power-Hungry Data Centers To Grid

Federal energy regulators are beginning to grapple with how to deliver electricity to power-hungry data centers that are being deployed to serve artificial intelligence (AI) and other advanced computing applications, as officials struggle to balance the cost, reliability and emissions implications of the expected wave of projects. Among the options being explored are proposals to co-locate such facilities with large generators such as nuclear plants, as the technology sector is under pressure to ensure that AI expansion does not cause...