AI data center energy demand, grid connection, and efficiency: covering hyperscale power infrastructure, cooling loads, and grid reliability for compute-intensive facilities.
3 sources PJM proposed standards on September 8 that would require large data centers to ride through transmission faults. Read More
3 sources MISO wants a 90-day interconnection review for generators that serve one large load and never push Read More
4 sources DataOne ran at least 45 of the 62 generators at its Vineland, New Jersey site in mid-August, and Read More
4 sources North Carolina regulators drafted two separate air permits rather than one for roughly 650 diesel generators at Read More
4 sources DOE Emergency Order 202-26-23 authorized PJM to dispatch backup generators at data centers and large Read More
4 sources NEC Article 706 caps DC defaults at 100 V. Deploying 800 VDC data centers requires AHJ variances most US Read More
5 sources Hill County, TX voted 3-2 to impose a 1-year data center construction moratorium -- the first Read More
3 sources Oregon's POWER Act from June 10, 2026 requires loads above 20 MW to fund distribution expansion, with a 1 cent/Read More
4 sources FERC committed on April 24, 2026, to act by end of June on the DOE Section 403 proposal to Read More
3 sources Maryland's General Assembly passed the Utility RELIEF Act in April 2026, sending the legislation to Governor Wes Read More