US power grid proposes making data centers pay fully for the electricity they use
pstAsiatech · x · 2026-07-28
America’s largest power grid has proposed a plan that would make data centers fully pay for the electricity they need.
The proposal is meant to prevent AI-driven demand growth from worsening energy shortages, and it highlights how the economics of large-scale inference and training are beginning to collide with grid capacity.
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