Utility Dive•2 months ago
Powering the AI era: Grid technologies for America’s rising energy demand
- •Rapidly increasing AI/datacenter energy demand is driving the need for significant grid infrastructure upgrades and optimization across the US.
- •The article emphasizes leveraging existing grid assets more efficiently and deploying advanced transmission technologies (e.g., Grid Enhancing Technologies, HVDC) to accommodate new large loads.
- •Implies a critical need for policy and regulatory support to accelerate transmission planning, permitting, and investment to connect new demand centers.
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