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Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers
With no consensus among stakeholders, PJM Interconnection’s 10-member board now must craft a policy for surging data-center demand that has already driven up electricity prices for millions.
After months of wrangling over how to handle surging power demand from AI-driven data centers and the resulting spike in electricity prices for millions, members of PJM Interconnection, the nation’s largest grid operator, could not agree on a solution.
Members of America’s Largest Power Grid Can’t Agree on How to Power Data Centers