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The multimillion dollar debate over powering data centers in Texas
1+ hour, 58+ min ago (632+ words) The rulemaking process for SB6, the state's landmark large load legislation, is highlighting key sticking points. When Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed Senate Bill 6 into law last summer, rewriting the rules for how large loads connect to and operate on the…...
The Terms of Power: Inside the New Utility Rates For Data Centers
1+ week, 4+ day ago (286+ words) A first-of-its-kind analysis of data-center-specific utility tariffs across the United States " who has filed them, what they say, and what they mean for the grid. What happens when the biggest customer on the grid can walk away? Data centers now…...
The efficiency revolution hiding inside Google data centers
2+ week, 5+ day ago (336+ words) For more than two decades, Partha Ranganathan has helped define how hyperscale computing works. As a VP Engineering Fellow at Google, Partha was one of the architects behind the idea that a data center isn't just a warehouse full of…...
The data center boom is a diesel generator boom
2+ week, 6+ day ago (264+ words) In just five years, diesel generator capacity at data centers nearly tripled. Diesel generators are ubiquitous as backup power for data centers both for their reliability and because the high energy density of diesel means that they can run for…...
Up to half of the world’s data centers may be delayed this year
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (425+ words) An analysis by Sightline Climate finds local opposition and moratoriums are derailing billions in planned data center builds. Between 30% and 50% of large data centers scheduled to come online this year are expected to be delayed due to power constraints, equipment…...
The long-term grid impacts of data center flexibility
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (530+ words) Despite concerns about reliability, a new study finds that flexibility will "unequivocally" lower emissions in the long-term. Almost exactly a year ago, researchers at Duke University published a now-widely cited study on the potential of flexible data centers, explaining that…...
Trump’s AI executive order won’t slow the surge of state data center laws
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (497+ words) States enacted more than a dozen data center laws this year. Trump's order exempts them from preemption. As data center construction grows at a staggering pace, so too does a state-level push to compete for the sector's business " and shield…...
PJM must factor demand response into its data center strategy
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (666+ words) Several proposals that the grid operator is weighing threaten to pinch off one of our best tools for lowering the cost of power. Stretching from Washington D.C. clear to Chicago, PJM is the largest electric power market in the U.S. and the…...
A Google-backed blueprint for FERC’s data center fast lane
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (556+ words) Could partial flexibility and bring-your-own capacity limit the risks to ratepayers and the grid itself? Federal regulators, tasked with building a framework to allow data centers to connect to the grid more quickly, are grappling with the question of whether…...
Does PJM have the authority to approve flexible data centers?
4+ mon, 3+ day ago (541+ words) The region's independent market monitor wants FERC to weigh in on the Critical Issue Fast Path process. PJM's independent market monitor is doubling down on its hotly debated assertion that data center flexibility is little more than an expensive and…...