AI Data Center Boom Prompts Grid Planning Discussions in Greenville
The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence technologies is driving an unprecedented demand for data centers, a trend that is increasingly shaping discussions around power grid capacity and local economic development across the nation, including in Greenville. These modern data facilities, essential for processing the vast computational needs of AI, are significant consumers of electricity. Their […]
Federal Regulators Advance Faster Power Connections for AI Data Centers
Federal regulators have approved new policies designed to accelerate the process by which large energy consumers, such as artificial intelligence data centers, can connect to the nation’s power grid. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) voted to advance measures that aim to reduce lengthy interconnection queues, a bottleneck that has increasingly hampered the deployment of […]